Simpson, Robert Lee, 1946-2011-06-172011-06-171990-03-14Robert Lee Simpson, Jr., OH 187. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 14 March 1990, Arlington, Virginia. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107633OH 189https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107633Transcript, 52 pp.Simpson discusses his education in computer science and artificial intelligence and work as a program manager in the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Topics include: Simpson's data analysis work while in the Air Force; the work of Ronald B. Ohlander at IPTO; the DARPA contracting process; program manager interaction at DARPA; and the management of DARPA. This interview was recorded as part of a research project on the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the development of computer science in the United States.en-USComputer historyUnited States. -- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. -- Information Processing Techniques OfficeUnited States. -- Air ForceOhlander, Ronald B.Defense contracts -- United StatesArtificial intelligence -- ResearchOral History