Donald A. Waterman papers M1342
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Donald A. Waterman papers
Creator:
Waterman, D. A. (Donald Arthur)
Identifier/Call Number: M1342
Identifier/Call Number: 3993
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1961-1987
Scope and Contents
Course notes and research material, largely from 1961 through 1974, in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Psychology,
and other subjects. Includes a syllabus for the 1965 Stanford Ph.D. examination in Artificial Intelligence (the first year
of the Computer Science program at Stanford) as well as papers concerning Waterman's dissertation - a card-playing program
named DEUCE.
Biographical / Historical
Computer scientist; first Ph.D. from Stanford University in Artificial Intelligence. His doctoral research contributed to
the foundation work for what would later come to be labeled "knowledge based systems" (and still later "expert systems").
He helped define the problem areas of production rule architectures, machine learning, and learning apprentice systems. In
1975 he joined the Information Sciences Department at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artificial intelligence.
Computer engineering
Box 1, Item 1
PAS-II Functions notebook
1974
Box 1, Item 2
Papers in Artificial Intelligence
1960s
Box 1, Item 4
A Survey of the Psychology of Learning notes
Box 2, Item 1-2
Machine Learning of Heuristics dissertation
1968
Box 2, Item 3
Limitations on Minimal Size of Integrated Circuit Components paper
Box 2, Item 4
Hash-Coding Techniques for Document Retrieval paper
1966
Box 2, Item 5
Introduction to the Theory of Statistics notebook
Box 2, folder 6
artificial intelligence papers
1960s
Box 3, Item 1
Computers & Artificial Intelligence notebook
Box 3, Item 2
Psycholinguistics & Psychology of Learning class notebook
1964
Box 3, Item 3
Computer Systems & Design notebook
Box 3, Item 4
A Survey of Computer and Programming Systems notebook
Box 3, Item 5
Computer Programming class notebook
Box 4, Item 3
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference class notes
Box 4, Item 4
Logical Design of Digital Computers class notes
Box 4, Item 5
GAPS - Geometric-Analogy Problem Solver paper
1965
Box 4, Item 6
Probability Theory and Applications
Box 5, Item 2
Programming and Computer Systems
Box 5, Item 3
System Programming and Formal Languages notes
Box 5, Item 4
Waterman article and interview in ComputerWorld Vol. 20, No. 2
1986
Box 5, Item 5
article on Rand Corporation in Los Angeles magazine
1982
Box 5, Item 6
Stanford University Syllabus for PhD examination in Artificial Intelligence
1965
