Roberts, Lawrence G.2011-06-172011-06-171989-04-04Lawrence G. Roberts, OH 159. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 4 April 1989, San Francisco, California. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107608OH 159https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107608Transcript, 53 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95573Roberts, Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) Director from 1968-1973 and later chief operating officer of Network Express, begins by discussing his own research in computer science and the development of computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lincoln Laboratory. The interview focuses on IPTO and the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Much of Roberts description of the work of ARPA and IPTO is set within the context of his interactions with Congress on budget matters. Topics include: J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland, Steve Lukasik, Wesley Clark, ARPA and IPTO support of research in computer science, computer networks, and artificial intelligence, the ARPANET, the involvement of universities with ARPA and IPTO.en-USComputer historyARPANET (Computer network)Artificial intelligence -- ResearchClark, WesleyComputer networks -- ResearchComputer science -- ResearchLicklider, J. C. R.Lincoln LaboratoryLukasik, StephenMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMilitary research -- United StatesSutherland, Ivan Edward, 1938-United States. -- Advanced Research Projects Agency. -- Information Processing Techniques OfficeUniversities and colleges -- Research -- United StatesOral History