| Title: |
Robert Lee Simpson
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| Local code: |
OH 187
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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: |
Simpson discusses his education in computer science and artificial intelligence and work as a program manager in the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Topics include: Simpson's data analysis work while in the Air Force; the work of Ronald B. Ohlander at IPTO; the DARPA contracting process; program manager interaction at DARPA; and the management of DARPA. This interview was recorded as part of a research project on the influence of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the development of computer science in the United States.
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| Extent: |
41 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=255
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1990 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Simpson, Robert Lee, 1946-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1946
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer; Military personnel; Program manager
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| Age at speaking: |
44
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| Document location: |
Arlington, VA
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| Document date: |
14-Mar-1990
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| Interviewer: |
Norberg, Arthur L.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Artificial intelligence; 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: |
OHI0024043-25590
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