Oral history interview with Stephen Crocker, 1991 Oct. 24.

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Oral history interview with Stephen Crocker, 1991 Oct. 24.

Crocker discusses computer networks, artificial intelligence research, and his work at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAPRA). Crocker details his interactions with other DARPA personnel including Cordell Green, Barry Wessler, Larry Roberts, Robert Kahn, and David Russell. He discusses his work as a program manager in the Information Processing Techniques Office. Crocker describes the effect of the Mansfield amendment, which specified research needed to be relevant to the military, on DARPA projects. He also discusses software development.

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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...

Russell, David G.

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Wessler, Barry David

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O'Neill, Judy E. (Judy Elizabeth)

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Kahn, Robert Emanuel, 1938-

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Computer scientist and former director of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). From the description of Oral history interview with Robert E. Kahn, 1989 Mar. 22. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63289547 Computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert E. Kahn, 1990 Apr. 24. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63...

Green, Claude Cordell

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Crocker, Stephen David, 1944-

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Computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Stephen Crocker, 1991 Oct. 24. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63309577 ...