Oral history interview with Nils J. Nilsson, 1989 Mar. 1.

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Oral history interview with Nils J. Nilsson, 1989 Mar. 1.

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Nilsson begins the interview with a brief historical overview of Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)-sponsored artificial intelligence (AI) research at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), including his own work on robotics, research on the Computer Based Consultant, and related research on natural language and speech understanding. He notes the impact to the Mansfield amendment on ARPA funding for these projects at SRI.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Aspray, William,

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Stanford Research Institute.

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The Stanford Research Institute was organized in 1946 as an applied research center for industry and government. In 1970 it became independent from Stanford University and in 1977 changed its name to SRI International. From the description of Stanford Research Institute records, 1947-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864063 Biographical/Historical Sketch The Stanford Research Institute was organized in 1946 as an ap...

Nilsson, Nils J., 1933-....

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Nils J. Nilsson, Kumagai Professor of Engineering (Emeritus) in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1958. After twenty-three years at the Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International, he returned to Stanford in 1985 as the Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, a position he held until August 1990. Besides teaching courses on artificial intelligence and on machine learning, he has conducted ...