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Recollections of Stanford CS 1969--1973 Ronald L. Rivest Bob Floyd Algorithms Programming; Algol W Advice 4 th STOC (1972) Donald E. Knuth Optimal binary search trees O-notation The Art of Computer Programming Bibliography on


  1. Recollections of Stanford CS 1969--1973 Ronald L. Rivest

  2. Bob Floyd Algorithms Programming; Algol W Advice…

  3. 4 th STOC (1972)

  4. Donald E. Knuth Optimal binary search trees O-notation The Art of Computer Programming… Bibliography on Sorting joint paper Phyllis Winkler

  5. Knuth’s Seminar NP-Completeness; Traveling Salesman Problem Dick Karp Ron Graham

  6. David Klarner Polyominoes Wooden puzzles (3)1x1x3 + (29)1x2x2 or 25 Y’s into 5x5x5 cube

  7. Vasek Chvatal Combinatorics Perfect Graph Conjecture Linear Programming Mexico

  8. Other CS faculty… • Zohar Manna • John McCarthy • John Herriott • Jerry Feldman • Gene Golub • Ed Feigenbaum • George Forsythe

  9. Computing • Punch cards… • Wylbur… • SAIL…

  10. Fellow students… • Vaughan Pratt • Giles Kahn • Leo Guibas • Jean Vuillemin • Bob Tarjan • Malcolm Newey • Dick Sites • Denny Brown • Doug Brotz • Barbara Ryder • Mike Fredman • …

  11. SAIL Cart Project • Bruce Baumgart • “Find the road” • PDP-10 assembler • midnight hours… • (draft deferment; for a while…)

  12. Teaching • TA positions • Summer Algol W course – Notes from Bob Floyd – Special TV room

  13. California

  14. Gail

  15. Thesis Privacy concerns… (shades of Google!)

  16. Economics • $300/month NSF Fellowship • $125/month rent in Escodido Village • Gas was 28 cents/ gallon • Food stamps (!)

  17. Politics • Unpopular war… • Unpopular president… • The draft… • George McGovern 1972 election • “Computer security”….

  18. Then on to… • France • MIT • RSA • Kids • Textbook…

  19. Thanks!

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