An interview with Joseph F. Traub
By: conducted by William Aspray
Contributors: Traub, J. F. (Joseph Frederick), 1932-2015, interviewee
Publisher: Charles Babbage Institute, The Center for History of Information Processing, University of Minnesota
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Interviews; Computer scientists; Biography; Computer science; Study and teaching
Other titles: Joseph F. Traub interview, March 29, 1985
Description: The main topic in this interview is institutions in computing. The discussion begins with why computer science has developed as a discipline at some intitutions and not others. Institutions highlighted include Stanford, Berkeley [University of California, Berkeley], University of Pennsylvania, MIT, and Carnegie-Mellon. Other topics include industrial and government funding of computer science departments and the importance of educational institutions to regional centers of industrial computing. Traub also talks about his experience at Bell and Watson Laboratories.
Notes: Interview conducted on March 29, 1985, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Includes tape Index.