Details
Type
Text
Title
Kotok, Alan oral history
Contributor
|
Hendrie, Gardner, Cameraperson
|
|
Hendrie, Gardner, Interviewer
|
|
Kotok, Alan, Interviewee
|
Publisher
Computer History Museum
Date
2004-11-04
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Extent
56 p.
Description
In 1959, MIT freshmen Alan Kotok, Elwyn R. Berlekamp, Michael Lieberman, Charles Niessen, and Robert A. Wagner started working on a chess-playing program based on research by artificial intelligence pioneer professor John McCarthy. By the time they had graduated in 1962, the program could beat amateurs.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Kotok, Alan; MIT; chess software; model railroad club
Collection Title
Oral Histories Online
Accession Number
102657916
