Oral history interview with Howard Frank, 1990 Mar. 30.

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Oral history interview with Howard Frank, 1990 Mar. 30.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283039

The interview begins with a discussion of Frank's background in networking, including his education, work in the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and founding of the Network Analysis Corporation. Frank then describes his work on ARPANET, including interaction with Lawrence Roberts and the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), relationship with Bolt, Beranek and Newman and Leonard Kleinrock, and work on other network-related projects. The interview concludes with some general comments about IPTO as a government agency.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7885072

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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United States. Department of Defense. Information Processing Techniques Office

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In 1964, the Behavioral Sciences, Command and Control Research Office was split into the Behavioral Sciences Office (BSO) that covered the behavioral science functions and the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) that took over the Command and Control Research (CCR) functions.The Information Processing Techniques Office was dedicated to developing advanced information processing and computer communications technologies for critical military and national security applications. In its a...

Frank, Howard, 1941-2017

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Computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Howard Frank, 1990 Mar. 30. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283039 ...

Roberts, L. G. (Lawrence G.)

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Computer scientist and Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) Director from 1968-1973. From the description of Oral history interview with Lawrence G. Roberts, 1989 April 4. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63277426 ...

O'Neill, Judy E. (Judy Elizabeth)

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Kleinrock, Leonard.

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Computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Leonard Kleinrock, 1990 Apr. 3. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63276508 ...

Bolt, Beranek, and Newman

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Network Analysis Corporation

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