| Title: |
J. C. R. Licklider
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| Local code: |
OH 150
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Licklider, the first director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency's (ARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), discusses his work at Lincoln Laboratory and 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; the work of Ivan Sutherland.
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| Extent: |
56 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=180
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1988 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Licklider, J. C. R.
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Director; Researcher
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| Document location: |
Cambridge, MA
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| Document date: |
28-Oct-1988
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William; Norberg, Arthur L.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023992-25536
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