Lawrence Roberts (engineer)

Lawrence Roberts

Lawrence "Larry" Gilman Roberts (born December 21, 1937 in Connecticut - † December 26, 2018 in Redwood City , California ) was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist who made fundamental contributions to the theory of computer networks and the Internet .

Together with Vinton G. Cerf , Robert E. Kahn , and Leonard Kleinrock , he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2001 and, together with Robert E. Kahn, Vinton G. Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee, the Prince of Asturias Prize for " Internet Development ".

During his time as program manager and office manager of the Advanced Research Project Agency , Roberts and his team developed packet switching and the ARPANET , a predecessor of today's Internet.

Early life and education

Roberts grew up in Westport . His parents were Elliott and Elizabeth Roberts, who both had doctorates in chemistry . In his youth, Roberts built a Tesla transformer and a television, and he also designed a telephone network made of transistors for his parents' girl scout camp.

Lawrence Roberts went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received his bachelor's degree in 1959 , his master 's degree in 1960 and his Ph.D. in 1963. in electrical engineering .

Career

After receiving his doctorate, Roberts worked at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory . Inspired by the work of J. C. R. Licklider on a "Galactic Computer Network", he developed the concept of a network in which computers can communicate by transmitting data packets. In 1966 he became program manager in the “Information Processing Techniques Office” at ARPA, which developed the fundamentals of ARPANET. When the head of the Information Processing Techniques Office, Robert W. Taylor , was sent to Vietnam in 1969 , Roberts succeeded him. The second node of the ARPANET, the Augmentation Research Center directed by Douglas C. Engelbart , was also funded by Roberts.

In 1973 Roberts left ARPA and founded Telenet Communications Corporation to commercialize the principle of data transmission through packet switching. Telenet was the first to offer packet switching tools. Roberts was CEO of the company from 1973 to 1980 . From 1983 to 1993 he was CEO of NetExpress, an asynchronous transfer mode equipment company, and from 1993 to 1998 President of ATM Systems. From 1999 he acted as chairman of the supervisory board and CTO of Caspian Networks, a supplier of broadband network technology. At the beginning of 2004 he left the company, which ceased operations at the end of 2006.

Awards and honors

1976: IEEE Harry M. Goode Memorial Award
1978: Member of the National Academy of Engineering
1982: Lars Magnus Ericsson Prize
1982: Award from the Computer Design Hall of Fame
1990: IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award
1998: SIGCOMM Award from the Association for Computing Machinery
2000: IEEE Internet Award
2001: Charles Stark Draper Prize
2001: Admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2002: Prince of Asturias Prize
2005: NEC C&C Award
2012: entry into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society
2017: Fellow of the Computer History Museum

literature

Who's Who in America. 66th Edition, Volume 2: M – Z. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights 2011, ISBN 978-0-8379-7032-5 (Volume 2), ISBN 978-0-8379-7035-6 (Complete Works ), p. 3747, ISSN 0083-9396

Web links

Interview with Lawrence Roberts
Profile of Lawrence Roberts on Internet Evolution
The parcel broker: On the death of Larry Roberts at Heise

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 2001 Draper Prize Recipients' Bios. National Academy of Engineering , accessed May 11, 2012 .
↑ Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet's Precursor, Dies at 81st New York Times , December 30, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b 2002 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Prince of Asturias Foundation, accessed 11 May 2012 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Josh McHugh: The n -Dimensional Superswitch. Wired , May 2001, accessed May 11, 2012 .
^ Judy Adams and Henry Low: Douglas Engelbart. In: Stanford and the Silicon Valley Oral History Interviews. Stanford University , December 19, 1986, accessed May 11, 2012 .
^ Otis Port: Larry Roberts: He made the Net Work . ( Memento of September 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) In: Business Week , September 27, 2004
^ Bobby White: Its Creators Call Internet Outdated, Offer Remedies. The Wall Street Journal , October 2, 2007, accessed May 11, 2012 .
^ Harry H. Goode Memorial Award. IEEE , accessed May 11, 2012 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brief Summary of Recipients' Careers. NEC , November 17, 2005, accessed May 11, 2012 .
^ W. Wallace McDowell Award. IEEE , accessed May 11, 2012 .
↑ SIGCOMM Awards. Association for Computing Machinery SIGCOMM, accessed May 11, 2012 .
^ IEEE Internet Award Recipients. (PDF; 110.7 kB) IEEE, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
↑ The jury of the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research 2002 (D. José Luis Álvarez Margaride, D. Ernesto Carmona Guzmán, et al. ): Minutes of the Jury - Technical and Scientific Research 2002. Fundación Príncipe de Asturias , May 23, 2002, accessed May 11, 2012 .
↑ Foundation for C&C Promotion Announces Recipients of 2005 C&C Prize - Mr. Kei-ichi Enoki, Mr. Takeshi Natsuno, Ms. Mari Matsunaga, Dr. Robert E. Kahn, Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, & Professor Leonard Kleinrock. NEC , November 17, 2005, accessed May 11, 2012 .
↑ Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer: Lawrence Roberts. Internet Society , accessed May 11, 2012 .

personal data
SURNAME	Roberts, Lawrence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Roberts, Lawrence Gilman (full name); Roberts, Larry Gilman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American electrical engineer and computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 21, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	December 26, 2018
Place of death	Redwood City , California

[NAE_2001-1] 2001 Draper Prize Recipients' Bios. National Academy of Engineering , accessed May 11, 2012 .

[2] Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet's Precursor, Dies at 81st New York Times , December 30, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .

[NAE_Draper_Citation-3] 2002 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Prince of Asturias Foundation, accessed 11 May 2012 .

[Wired-4] Josh McHugh: The n -Dimensional Superswitch. Wired , May 2001, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[5] Judy Adams and Henry Low: Douglas Engelbart. In: Stanford and the Silicon Valley Oral History Interviews. Stanford University , December 19, 1986, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[6] Otis Port: Larry Roberts: He made the Net Work . ( Memento of September 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) In: Business Week , September 27, 2004

[WSJ-7] Bobby White: Its Creators Call Internet Outdated, Offer Remedies. The Wall Street Journal , October 2, 2007, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[8] Harry H. Goode Memorial Award. IEEE , accessed May 11, 2012 .

[NEC_2005_11_17-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brief Summary of Recipients' Careers. NEC , November 17, 2005, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[10] W. Wallace McDowell Award. IEEE , accessed May 11, 2012 .

[11] SIGCOMM Awards. Association for Computing Machinery SIGCOMM, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[12] IEEE Internet Award Recipients. (PDF; 110.7 kB) IEEE, accessed on October 12, 2019 .

[13] The jury of the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research 2002 (D. José Luis Álvarez Margaride, D. Ernesto Carmona Guzmán, et al. ): Minutes of the Jury - Technical and Scientific Research 2002. Fundación Príncipe de Asturias , May 23, 2002, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[14] Foundation for C&C Promotion Announces Recipients of 2005 C&C Prize - Mr. Kei-ichi Enoki, Mr. Takeshi Natsuno, Ms. Mari Matsunaga, Dr. Robert E. Kahn, Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, & Professor Leonard Kleinrock. NEC , November 17, 2005, accessed May 11, 2012 .

[15] Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer: Lawrence Roberts. Internet Society , accessed May 11, 2012 .