Contributions

  • Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), 1932-2015, interviewee - Contributor

Publication

1984 - Charles Babbage Institute, The Center for History of Information Processing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Language

English

Word Count

12,500 words, Guess

Page Count

50 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCQA76.2.T73 A76 1984

Description

The main topic in this interview is institutions in computing. The discussion begins with why computer science has developed as a discipline at some intitutions and not others. Institutions highlighted include Stanford, Berkeley [University of California, Berkeley], University of Pennsylvania, MIT, and Carnegie-Mellon. Other topics include industrial and government funding of computer science departments and the importance of educational institutions to regional centers of industrial computing. Traub also talks about his experience at Bell and Watson Laboratories.

Description

Traub discusses his academic contributions to computer science and mathematics at Bell Laboratories and at Caregie-Mellon and Columbia Universities, his role in the development of computational complexity, and algorithms. He also describes his book, "Iterative Methods for the Solution of Equations".

Subjects

Other Editions

  • An interview with Joseph F. TraubCharles Babbage Institute, The Center for History of Information Processing, University of Minnesota1984-01-01

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