| Title: |
Jack P. Ruina
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| Local code: |
OH 163
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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: |
The interview is mainly concerned with the beginning of the Information Processing Techniques Office within ARPA. The following issues were discussed: the initial goals, how the idea of an information processing program was initiated, the selection of the first director, and the working relation Ruina had as the Director of ARPA from 1961-1963 with the Director of the computing program.
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| Extent: |
12 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=238
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1989 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ruina, Jack P.
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Document location: |
Cambridge, MA
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| Document date: |
20-Apr-1989
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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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: |
OHI0024037-25583
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