Oral Histories

Interviews Conducted for the Project in 2024

Andrew Blake audio, transcript

John Hallam audio, transcript

Geoffrey Hinton audio, transcript

Roland Ibbett audio, transcript

George Ross audio, transcript

Austin Tate audio, transcript

David Willshaw transcript

Forthcoming interviews: Helen Pain and Gordon Plotkin

Other interviews

Alan Bundy (Archives of IT)

Robert (Bob) Kowalski (Archives of IT)

Richard Gregory (Trying to set up a brain unit and moving to Edinburgh)

An interview with Donald Michie, September 2002

Lighthill debate (1973) with Professor Sir James Lighthill, Professor Donald Michie, Professor Richard Gregory and Professor John McCarthy. Lighthill's report and comments.

About Us

This website has been built by Prof Chris Williams , Dr Vassilis Galanos and Ms Xiao Yang, as part of the Edinburgh AI&CS History Project. This work is funded by the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, February-July 2024.

We thank everyone who has contributed to the collection of information, documents, web links etc for their help in preserving the history. We welcome additonal information and/or corrections about the the history of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Cognitive Science in Edinburgh.