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Metcalfe, Robert Melancton was born on April 7, 1946 in Brooklyn.
(In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery wi...)
In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary fifty years the computer has had, you need only look around you--probably no farther than your desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at your local hospital. But as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, with opinions from such experts as Gordon Bell, Sherry Turkle, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Paul Abraham, Donald Norman, Franz Alt, and David Gelernter. This brilliantly eclectic collection, commissioned to celebrate a major milestone in an ongoing technological revolution, will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they're taking us.
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(This groundbreaking Harvard Ph.D. dissertation by Bob Met...)
This groundbreaking Harvard Ph.D. dissertation by Bob Metcalfe led directly to his invention of Ethernet and contributed significantly to the TCP/IP protocol suite developed by Vint Cerf and others. This dissertation remains a penetrating mathematical exposition of the fundamental packet switching techniques employed by both TCP/IP and Ethernet. Hard-core techies interested in either technology, as well as computer history buffs, will find this material fascinating.
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venture capitalist electrical engineer
Metcalfe, Robert Melancton was born on April 7, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969. Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Harvard University, 1973.
Member research staff Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, California, 1973-1979. Founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer 3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, 1979-1990. Vice president technical International Data Group, Boston, 1990—1992.
Public, Chief Executive Officer Info World Public Company, San Mateo, California, 1992—1995, columnist, executive correspondent, 1995—2000. Venture capitalist, general partner Polaris Venture Partners, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 2001. Visiting fellow Wolfson College, University Cambridge, England, 1991—1992.
Board directors International Data Group, 1992—2006, Avistar Communications Corporation, since 2000, Ember, 1366 Technologies, Infinite Power Solutions, SiOnyx, Sun Catalytix. Founder, director executive technical conference Pop!Tech, since 1997.
(In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery wi...)
(This groundbreaking Harvard Ph.D. dissertation by Bob Met...)
Member of National Academy of Engineering, International Engineering Consortium, American Academy Arts & Sciences.