S2E2: The Wild West of Computing | Part 2: Funding an Institution

08/12/2021 27 min Temporada 2 Episodio 2
S2E2: The Wild West of Computing | Part 2: Funding an Institution

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The second season of Cut Pathways, the oral history podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Oral History Program, dives into the influential history of computer science at CMU. In a six-episode series, titled “The Wild West of Computing,” hosts Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo along with guests historian Andrew Meade McGee and Curator of Special Collections Sam Lemley show how the culture surrounding computer science significantly altered the reputation of the school from 1956 to 1987. 
 
In this episode, we learn how funding from Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) advanced computer science research at CMU. 

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