Terry Allen Winograd papers, 1963-2006

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Summary

Creators:
Winograd, Terry.
Extent:
38 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Terry Allen Winograd Papers (SC1165). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Terry Allen Winograd papers include 33 boxes of print and audiovisual files dating back to the 1960s from Winograd's own education and his career as a professor at Stanford University. The collection includes professional files, publications, research files, teaching files, audiovisual materials, computer files, and subject files on individual students.

Biographical / historical:

Terry Allen Winograd (1946-), an impressive scholar and professor of computer science at Stanford University, is known for his research on artificial intelligence and natural language. As a PhD student at MIT from 1968-1970, Winograd wrote SHRDLU, a computer program for understanding natural language.

During Winograd's successful career at Stanford University he co-directed the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group and advised a PhD student in the mid-1990s named Larry Page, who later co-founded Google. In addition to his work in Stanford's Computer Science Department, Winograd also helped found the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.

Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged three business days in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Terry Allen Winograd Papers (SC1165). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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