Scott on the origins of computer science at Stanford and teaching Barbara Liskov.

Dana S. Scott, winner of the Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award, shares his impressions of the early days of computer science at Stanford including the contributions of George Forsythe, Donald Knuth, and John McCarthy. He also recalls teaching Barbara Liskov. This clip is taken from an interview conducted by Gordon Plotkin for the ACM between November 12, 2020 and February 18, 2021. Video of the full interview is available as part of Scott’s ACM profile at amturing.acm.o....