| Title: |
Stephen Lukasik
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| Local code: |
OH 232
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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: |
Lukasik discusses his tenure at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), later the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The interview focuses on the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of ARPA. Topics include: the work of Eb Rechtin, the development of computer networks and the ARPANET, artificial intelligence research, the recruitment of IPTO directors, the effect of the Mansfield amendment--which specified research should be relevant to the military--on IPTO and ARPA funding, the grant process, and the development of ILLIAC. Lukasik concludes the interview with a discussion of the name change from ARPA to DARPA.
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| Extent: |
33 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=184
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1991 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Lukasik, Stephen
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Document location: |
Redondo Beach, CA
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| Document date: |
17-Oct-1991
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| Interviewer: |
O'Neill, Judy
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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: |
OHI0023995-25539
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