Computer History Museum

Kotok, Alan oral history

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.

Item Details

Date
2004-11-04 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102657916
Other identifying number
OHP 088 (OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER)
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Alan Kotok (Interviewee)
Gardner Hendrie (Videographer)
Gardner Hendrie (Interviewer)
Category
Transcript
Extent
56 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/MA/Cambridge
Language
English
Acquisition number
X3004.2005
Subject
MIT
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection