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S2E3: The Wild West of Computing | Part 3: Building Culture from Crisis

S2E3: The Wild West of Computing | Part 3: Building Culture from Crisis

Update: 2021-12-15
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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 look at the departure of influential figure, Alan Perlis, staff cuts, and a rebuilding the Department of Computer Science.

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S2E3: The Wild West of Computing | Part 3: Building Culture from Crisis

S2E3: The Wild West of Computing | Part 3: Building Culture from Crisis

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