McCarthy (John) oral history
Computer science legend John McCarthy speaks with Stanford University AI researcher and professor of computer science, Nil Nilsson. McCarthy discusses his early academic training and influences at Caltech and Princeton University. He then describes his early work at MIT and Dartmouth College in which he helped organize the highly influential Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, the seminal first conference in the field. McCarthy then discusses his work at Stanford University and briefly summarizes some of the mathematical underpinnings of the logical models he uses in explaining and understanding computer systems.
Item Details
- Date
- 2007-09-12 (Made)
- Type
- Moving Image
- Catalogue number
- 102658125
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Nils J. Nilsson (Interviewer)
John McCarthy (Interviewee) - Category
- Oral History
- Format
- DVCAM
- Place of publication
- USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X4205.2008
- Subject
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History collection
- Archive hierarchy
- Oral History collection