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An Oral History of Computer Science
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Twelve senior faculty members share their personal journeys and their recollections of the early days of computer science at Cornell University and the leadership role in bringing a new field of study into existence.
(Click on a name above to scroll to an abstract and a live link to the associated streaming video.)
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00_A Directory of the Oral Histories of Computer Science at Cornell University
(The Internet-First University Press, 2016-06-16) -
A Conversation with Fred Schneider
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-09)Fred Schneider, an expert in concurrent and distributed systems and in computer and cybersecurity, shares insights about how his professional interests evolved, and provides sweeping views about how his field and department ... -
A Conversation with Claire Cardie
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-09)Claire Cardie discusses the role of Gerard Salton, natural language processing and the creation of the Information Science Department. -
A Conversation with Ken Birman
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-10)Ken Birman discusses the origins of cloud computing. -
A Conversation with Dexter Kozen
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-09)Kozen discusses his experiences at Cornell – his research and teaching experience, textbooks, participation in sports & music, etc. -
A Conversation with Charlie Van Loan
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-15)Van Loan discusses his experiences with teaching, writing textbooks, administering degree programs, MatLab, matrices and more. -
A Conversation with Tim Teitelbaum
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-09-10)A discussion of the teaching of large, introductory courses in programming in the early days-using the Terak and Macintosh computers and the development of integrated programming environments that implement language-aware ... -
A Conversation with David Gries
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-07-21)David Gries joined Cornell in 1969. He was chair of CS in the 1980s and associate dean of engineering for 8 years in the 2000s. His research was on compiler writing and areas related to formal programming methodology. ... -
A Conversation with John E. Hopcroft
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-07-21)This ACM Turing Award recipient talks about research, textbooks, working with graduate students, his role as a senior statesman of his field and concludes with some words of wisdom. -
A Conversation with Richard W. Conway
(Internet-First University Press, 2015-07-21)Dick Conway came to Cornell in 1949, as a freshman. He received the first PhD from Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (1958), was instrumental in the creation of the CS Department (1965) and was a founding ...
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