Newell, Allen2011-06-162011-06-161991-06Allen Newell, OH 227. Oral history interview by Arthur L. Norberg, 10-12 June 1991, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107544OH 227https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107544Transcript, 175 pp.Newell discusses his entry into computer science, funding for computer science departments and research, the development of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, and the growth of the computer science and artificial intelligence research communities. Newell describes his introduction to computers through his interest in organizational theory and work with Herb Simon and the Rand Corporation. He discusses early funding of university computer research through the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health. He recounts the creation of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) under J. C. R. Licklider. Newell recalls the formation of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon and the work of Alan J. Perlis and Raj Reddy. He describes the early funding initiatives of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and the work of Burt Green, Robert Cooper, and Joseph Traub. Newell discusses George Heilmeier's attempts to cut back artificial intelligence, especially speech recognition, research. He compares research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Computer Science Department with work done at Carnegie Mellon. Newell concludes the interview with a discussion of the creation of the ARPANET and a description of the involvement of the research community in influencing ARPA personnel and initiatives.en-USComputer historyUnited States. -- Advanced Research Projects Agency. -- Information Processing Techniques OfficeTraub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), 1932- .Stanford University. -- Computer Science Dept.Stanford Artificial Intelligence LaboratorySimon, Herbert Alexander, 1916-Reddy, RajPerlis, Alan J.Newell, AllenNational Institutes of Health (U.S.).National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLicklider, J. C. R.Heilmeier, George H.Green, BurtCooper, Robert S. (Robert Shanklin), 1932-Computer science -- ResearchCarnegie Mellon University. -- Computer Science Dept.Artificial intelligence -- ResearchARPANET (Computer network)Oral History