Oral history interview with Arthur Grad, 1990 Oct. 29.

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Oral history interview with Arthur Grad, 1990 Oct. 29.

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Grad describes his work in mathematics at the Office of Naval Research and discusses the reasons for his move to NSF. He recalls his early funding of computer science out of the mathematics program and the types of grant support provided to computer science research by NSF and various military agencies.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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United States. Office of Naval Research

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The original "Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects" was published by the Office of Naval Research in 1947 and 1948. It was revised and updated in 1950 under the title, HIGH-SPEED COMPUTING DEVICES (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950). This work was contracted out to the Minneapolis, Minn., firm of Engineering Research Associates and was an attempt to survey the state of computer technology at a time when the Navy was weighing the possibility of supporting the development of the electro...

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

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Aspray, William,

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Grad, Arthur

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First program director for mathematics at the National Science Foundation (NSF). From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Grad, 1990 Oct. 29. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63277434 ...