Oral history interview with Louis Fein, 1979 May 9.

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Oral history interview with Louis Fein, 1979 May 9.

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Fein discusses his involvement in establishing computer science as an academic discipline. In 1955 he joined Stanford Research Institute as a computer consultant and was asked by Frederick Terman and Albert Bowker to design a computation curriculum. He describes the difficulty in establishing computer science's autonomy from engineering programs. Fein also describes his contacts with the University of California-Berkeley, the University of North Carolina, Purdue, and other institutions. He recalls his 1962 International Federation for Information Processing presentation on computer science departments, and how his plans were accepted at many academic institutions in the United States and Europe.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Purdue University. Dept. of Computer Science.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Computer Science.

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International Federation for Information Processing.

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The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is an umbrella organization for national information processing organizations. It was established in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO. IFIP organizes a number of events, including conferences, working groups and workshops, and general assemblies.Information taken from the IFIP web site, http://ifip.or.at. From the description of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) conference papers 1966-1986. (Univ...

Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982

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Engineer and educator. Frederick Emmons Terman began his teaching career at Stanford in 1925 and became a full professor in 1937. In 1937, he also became head of the Electrical Engineering Department. As dean of the School of Engineering (1945-1960) and as Provost (1955-1965) and Vice-President (1959-1965) of the University, Terman played a key role in developing University faculty, research facilities and funding. He interrupted his Stanford career during World War II to direct the Harvard Radi...

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...

Fein, Louis

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Computer science professor. From the description of Oral history interview with Louis Fein, 1979 May 9. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63282972 ...

McCorduck, Pamela, 1940-....

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Pamela McCorduck conducted a series of oral history interviews with researchers involved in artificial intelligence (AI) during 1974 and 1975. The project was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The interviews resulted in McCorduck's book Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence (San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1979). The collection includes interviews with Carnegie Mellon researchers Allen Newel...

Bowker, Albert H. (Albert Hosmer), 1919-2008

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Computer science professor. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Hosmer Bowker, 1919 May 21. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283006 ...