Oral history interview with Gene H. Golub, 1979 May 16.

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Oral history interview with Gene H. Golub, 1979 May 16.

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Golub discusses his career in computer science at Stanford University. In 1962, after working as a numerical analyst for the Space Technology Center, Golub was hired by George E. Forsythe for Stanford's new computer science program. Golub describes interactions and tensions between the mathematics dept. and the new computer science faculty. He mentions the resistance Forsythe encountered in his attempts to increase revenues by selling computer time to private industry. Golub discusses Forsythe's personality and his performance as an administrator.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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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...