Title: An interview with Joseph F. Traub
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.
Subjects: Interviews, Computer scientists, Biography, Computer science, Study and teaching
Places: United States
People: J. F. Traub (1932-2015)