Tag: computerchronicles

An early look at artificial Intelligence.
Computer Chronicles TV panel discussion for KCSM-TV San Mateo, CA. TV panel discussion for KCSM-TV San Mateo, CA. "Guests include Edward Feigenbaum of Stanford University, Nils Nilsson of the AI Center at SRI International, Tom Kehler of Intellegenetics, Herb Lechner of SRI, and John McCarthy of Stanford. Featured demonstrations include Inferential Knowledge Engineering and the programming language LISP." 1984. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Artificial Intelligence (1986).
What is Artificial Intelligence? Does AI even exist? These are just two of the questions addressed in this episode. Topics covered include expert systems, machine vision, decision support software, natural languageprocessing, and speech recognition systems. Hosted by Stuart Cheifet and Gary Kildall, with commentary from George Morrow. Guests: Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley; Gary Hendrix, Symantec; S. Jerrold Kaplan, Lotus Development; Harry Tennant, Texas Instruments; and Terry Winograd, Stanford University. January 2, 1986. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Computers & the Pentagon - Part Two (1986).
"A look at the uses of computer hardware and software in the Defense Department. Shot on location at various military installations around the country. Featured are demonstrations of SDI, the Strategic Defense Initiative, the AEGIS combat control system on board the USS Valley Forge advanced navy cruiser, and the Air Force's Advanced Sensory Exploitation System using distributed networks and artificial intelligence to detect enemy threats." 1986. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Computers and the Pentagon - Part One (1986).
"The world's biggest computer user is the U.S. government and the military in particular. This program reviews the military uses of computer technology. Shot on location at various research centers around the country. Featured are the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Advanced Decision Systems in Mountain View, California. Demonstrations include the Pilot's Assistant and the Battlefield Commander's Assistant. Also flight and battle simulators from Singer Link." 1986. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Decision Support Software.
"In the heyday of artificial intelligence and expert systems, it was thought that computers could make human like decisions. This program looks at several early examples." Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall. with in-studio guests: Mike Doyle of Kepner-Tregoe demonstrating Decision Aide, Bill Barton from Palisade Corporation demonstrating AT RISK!, Peter McNamee of Strategic Decisions Group demonstrating Super Tree, and Jared Taylor from PC Magazine. Ray Levitt of Stanford University and Lee Siegler of Teknowledge also appear in this episode. After the main program, Kate Megargee presents industry news in the Random Access segment. 1987/1988/1989 - see comment. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Decision Support Systems / Computer-Aided Decision Making (1984).
"Expert systems software and artificial intelligence applications." Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall, with guests: Mike Thoma of Management Decision Systems demonstrating EasyScan, Steve Weyl of Syntelligence, and Jim Chapman of Human Edge Software, demonstrating Sales Edge. After the main program, Susan Bimba presents industry news in the Random Access segment. January 24, 1984. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Neural Networks.
"Neural networks are artificial intelligence systems modeled after the human brain. This program looks at several examples and applications. Included are Braincel 1.1 from Promised Land Technologies [demonstrated by Murray Ruggiero], BrainMaker Professional 2.0 from California Scientific Software [demonstrated by Mark Lawrence], MacBrain 3.0 from Neurix [demonstrated by Matt Jensen], NeuroSMARTS from Cognition Technology [demonstrated by Richard Mansfield], and ExploreNet from HNC. Also includes visits to NASA [Max Reid describes HONN: Higher Order Neural Network] and Intel [Mark Holler describes ETANN: Electronically Trainable Analog Neural Network] to see the work they're doing on neural networks." Also appearing on the show is Tom J. Schwartz (The Schwartz Assoc.). Hosted by Stewart Cheifet and Jan Lewis. May 15, 1991. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Robots - Japanese Style (1985).
Host Stewart Cheifet visits High Tech Expo '85 in Tsukuba (Science City), Japan, to look the latest computer and robotics technology. 1985. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Speech Synthesis (1984).
A look at speech synthesis and speech recognition technologies and applications with host, Stewart Cheifet, co-host, Herb Lechner (SRI International), and guests Carl Berne (Speech Plus), and Ron Stevens (Votan). Products discussed and demonstrated during the program include Minolta's Talking Camera, Texas Instruments' Speak & Spell, a text-to-speech system from Speech Plus, and the Votan V-5000 speech recognition system. The program also includes two "Computer Principles" lessons from Herb Lechner as well as his Chronicles' Summary. 1984. (more)

Computer Chronicles: Women in Computing (1985).
"Meet the top women in a field that has traditionally been dominated by men." Hosts Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall interview guests: Dr. Thelma Estrin, Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, and her daughter Judy Estrin, Co-Founder and Executive V.P of Bridge Communications; Kay Gilliland, Director of EQUALS at U.C. Berkeley, and Elizabeth Scott, Co-Founder of Rhiannon Software; Adele Goldberg, Xerox PARC and President of ACM; Jan Lewis, President of the Palo Alto Research Group. The show also includes reports about computers in the classroom and The Women's Computer Literacy Project, a commentary by Paul Schindler, the Random Access news report and Paul Schindler's review of the "da Vinci" software program. 1985. (more)

Computers in Education.
Stewart Cheifet is joined by guest co-host Herb Lechner [SRI International] for this 1984 broadcast about computers in education with in-studio guests: Professor Patrick Suppes [Stanford University], Nancy Palmer [ Computer Education Coordinator, Palo Alto School District], and Glenn Kleiman [Teaching Tools Microcomputer Services], author of 'Brave New Schools'. . 1984. (more)