1. The CIS History Committee for 2013
Mission: To create an on-line history of the
CIS society that can be accessed by everyone.

2. CIS History Project : Progress Report
These files are "open”. Additional material and contributions to them can be made at any time, by any contributor.
Potential contributions are submitted to the CIS history subcommittee for approval and inclusion.

3. CIS History Project : Oral/Video Histories
(13) video interviews available
Interviewer(s)
Interviewee
Bonissone
Jim Bezdek
Wunsch YT
Walter Freeman
Lotfi Zadeh
Bezdek/Keller
Pat Simpson
Wunsch (oral)
Bart Kosko
Enrique Ruspini
Wunsch
Paul Werbos
Tom Caudell
Bezdek YT
Keller
Bob Marks
Bezdek
Jerry Mendel
YT = See excerpts at YOUTUBE: IEEECISHistory
See full videos at our website:

4. CIS History Project : Progress Report
Video Interviews: YouTube Clips made by Simon Shen
Interviewer
Interviewee
Wunsch
Lotfi Zadeh
Walter Freeman
Bob Marks
Bonissone
Bezdek
Bezdek/Keller
Don Wunsch
Enrique Ruspini
Pat Simpson
Jim Keller

5. CIS History Project : 2013 Update
Anecdotal recollections received from:
- Eric Herz (Prehistory: )
- Steve Grossberg (Prehistory: )
- Jim Bezdek (1990, 1997)
- Cliff Lau (1992)
(Maybe) we will get anecdotes from:
Tom Caudell Robert Golan
Gail Carpenter Robert Hecht-Nielsen
Charley Robinson Scott Mathews
Many promise – Few Deliver !

6. CIS History Project : 2013 Problems
Construction of 3rd set of templates impeded by
Hostage crisis: (Bob Marks holds records at bay)
Technology onslaught: Libraries dump paper copies)
Lack of Money (money, money, it’s a rich man’s world)
No support for History Committee in 2013
EOLSS Permission to include (Bez) CIS History Chapter
Pending, but ohh soooo sloooow

7. CIS History Projects : Next Year
IEEE CIS History Corner
WCCI (Beijing, 2014)
Your Ideas ?
Always Welcome !
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