Title
Sutherland, Ivan oral history, part 2 of 2
Catalog Number
102706904
Type
Document
Description
In this second oral history interview, Sutherland begins by reviewing his career path and involvements following his time on the faculty at Caltech. The interview then turns to cross cutting themes, lessons, and concerns from across Sutherland’s life. The career review begins with Sutherland’s decision to leave Caltech and pursue a robotics project at Carnegie Mellon University, designing and building a six-legged walking machine. He discusses the formation of the consulting company Sutherland, Sproull, and Associates with Bob Sproull and, later, Bert Sutherland. He talks about his involvement in venture capital investing as a partner in Advanced Technology Ventures, and its connection to Sutherland, Sproull and Associates. He reviews his ACM Turing award, and his paper on the micropipelines approach to asynchronous systems. Sutherland reviews the acquisition of Sutherland, Sproull and Associates by Sun Microsystems, and the subsequent establishment of Sun Laboratories. He discuses the work there on asynchronous systems, particularly the contributions of Charlie Molnar. He conlcudes this section detailing the purchase of Sun by Oracle, his establishment of the Asynchronous Research Center at Portland State University, his various efforts in government service, from the Navy Research Advisory Committee to the National Academies, and reflections on venture capital activities and figures. In the second section of the interview, topics include project choice, work habits, geometric approaches, symmetry, beauty and design, successful research groups, and leadership.
Date
2017-03-10
Contributor
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Brock, David C., Interviewer
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Sproull, Bob, Interviewer
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Sutherland, Ivan E., Interviewee
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Waldo, Jim, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA
Extent
94 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Credit
Computer History Museum
