Oral history interview with J. C. R. Licklider, 1988 Oct. 28.

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Oral history interview with J. C. R. Licklider, 1988 Oct. 28.

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Licklider discusses his work at Lincoln Laboratory and at the Advanced Research Projects Agency's (ARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO). Topics include: personnel recruitment; the interrelations between the various Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratories; Licklider's relationship with Bolt, Beranek, and Newman; the work of ARPA director Jack Ruina; IPTO's influence of computer science research in the areas of interactive computing and timesharing; the ARPA contracting process; and the work of Ivan Sutherland.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Ruina, J. P. (Jack P.)

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Aspray, William,

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Bolt, Beranek, and Newman

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Licklider, J. C. R.

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First Information Processing Techniques Office director. From the description of Oral history interview with J. C. R. Licklider, 1988 Oct. 28. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63309584 ...