| Title: |
Frederick W. Weingarten
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| Local code: |
OH 212
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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: |
Weingarten describes his duties as a program officer in the Computer Science Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He details the proposal review process. He discusses the impact NSF has had on computer science through improved facilities, applications, education, and support of research. Weingarten concludes with a comparison between the research support philosophies of NSF and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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| Extent: |
35 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=31
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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: |
Weingarten, Frederick W.
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Computer programmer
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| Document location: |
Washington, D.C.
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| Document date: |
26-Sep-1990
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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: |
OHI0024070-25616
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