Calspan Corporation records, 1945-1973.

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Calspan Corporation records, 1945-1973.

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Includes litigation documents concerning Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in the matter of Attorney General Lefkowitz vs. Cornell University, EDP Technology, Inc., and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; papers of Trustee Robert W. Purcell concerning the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory; annual reports; financial statements; Board of Directors minutes; minutes of stockholder meetings; general correspondence; reports; news releases; and other records of the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, including Annual Reports (1952-61), News Bulletin (1963-67), "Perspective" (1957-67), and "Research Trend" (1953-68); and agreements between EDP Technology, Inc. and Cornell University. Also, Charles W. Lake's files on the Cornell Engineering College Council's relations with CAL.

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Calspan Corporation

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Calspan Corporation specializes in such areas as avionics, aerodynamic and flight research, acoustics, defense and space systems, environmental and energy systems, electronic countermeasures, security systems, surface chemistry, automotive and highway safety, thermal research, and many other technical and scientific areas. Previously known as the Cornell Areonautical Laboratory, the name was changed to Calspan Corporation in 1972. From the description of Calspan Corporation records, ...

Cornell University

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Purcell, Robert W.

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Lake, Charles W.

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Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory

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The MARK I perceptron was an experimental machine which could automatically identify optical patterns. It was developed at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory under the sponsorship of the Information Systems Branch of the Office of Naval Research and the Rome Air Development Center. Frank Rosenblatt headed the development team at Cornell. The MARK I was an electromechanical device built to demonstrate the feasibility of the basic perceptron concept. Perceptrons had a significant role in artificial i...

EDP Corporation.

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Cornell University. Engineering College Council

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