Galler, Bernard A., 1928-2011-06-102011-06-101991-08Bernard A. Galler, OH 236. Oral history interview by Enid H. Galler, August 1991, Sutton's Bay, Michigan. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107301OH 236https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107301Transcript, 127 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/96144In this wide-ranging interview, Galler describes the development of computer science at the University of Michigan from the 1950s through the 1980s and discusses his own work in computer science. Prominent subjects in Galler's description of his work at Michigan include: his arrival and classes with John Carr, research use of International Business Machines (IBM) and later Amdahl mainframe computers, the establishment of the Statistical Laboratory in the Mathematics Dept., the origin of the computer science curriculum and the Computer Science Dept. in the 1950s, interactions with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and IBM about timesharing in the 1960s, the development of the Michigan Algorithm Decoder, and the founding of the MERIT network. Galler also discusses Michigan's relationship with ARPANET, CSNET, and BITNET. He describes the atmosphere on campus in the 1960s and early 1970s and his various administrative roles at the university. Galler discusses his involvement with the Association for Computing Machinery, the American Federation of Information Processing Societies, the founding of the Charles Babbage Institute, and his work with the Annals of the History of Computing. He describes his consultative work with Israel and his consulting practice in general, his work as an expert witness, and his interaction with the Patent Office on issues surrounding the patenting of software and his role in the establishment of the Software Patent Institute.en-USComputer historyUniversity of Michigan. -- Dept. of Mathematics. -- Statistical Laboratory.University of Michigan. -- Dept. of Electrical Engineering.University of Michigan. -- Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering.University of MichiganUnited States. -- Patent Office.Time-sharing computer systems.Student movements -- United States -- HistorySoftware Patent Institute.MERIT (Computer network)IBM computersElectronic data processing consultants -- IsraelElectronic data processing consultantsCSNET (Computer network)Computer software -- PatentsComputer science -- Study and teaching (Higher)Computer networks.Charles Babbage Institute.Carr, John W.BITNET (Computer network)Association for Computing MachineryARPANET (Computer network)Annals of the history of computing.American Federation of Information Processing Societies.Amdahl computers.Oral History