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Robert "Bob" Melancton Metcalfe (born April 7, 1946) is an American engineer and entrepreneur who contributed to the development of the internet in the 1970s. He co-invented Ethernet , co-founded 3Com , and formulated Metcalfe's law , which describes the effect of a telecommunications network.
- Robert Melancton Metcalfe, April 7, 1946 (age 77), New York City, U.S.
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Robert M. "Bob" Metcalfe, developer of Ethernet and other Internet-related technologies, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946. Fascinated by technology and gadgets as a child, he already knew at the age of ten that he wanted to become an electrical engineer and attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mar 22, 2023 · Bob Metcalfe ’69, a CSAIL research affiliate and MIT Corporation life member emeritus, has been awarded this year’s Turing Award for his work inventing Ethernet, reports Randy Bean for Forbes. “Turing recipients include the greatest pioneers in the advancement of computer science,” says Metcalfe.
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May 22, 2023 · Robert “Bob” Metcalfe—American engineer born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1946—is a key figure in the story of how Ethernet came to be. While Metcalfe is most well-known for co-inventing Ethernet, he proclaims to have had more than six careers. Robert Metcalfe. Image used courtesy of MIT. Here’s a look at the six careers of Robert Metcalfe.
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Robert Metcalfe left Xerox in 1979 to promote the use of personal computers and local area networks. He successfully convinced the Digital Equipment, Intel and Xerox corporations to work together to promote Ethernet as a standard. He succeeded as Ethernet is now the most widely-installed LAN protocol and an international computer industry standard.
Jan 16, 2024 · Robert Melancton Metcalfe is an Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at The University of Texas at Austin and a Research Affiliate in Computational Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).
Mar 22, 2023 · This year's winner is Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of Ethernet technology. Metcalfe is an Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas, Austin and...
