Interview with “The Grandfather of the Internet”, Dr. David Farber
About David Farber
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
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Dr. David Farber talks about his childhood and high school years, his career at Bell Labs, most exciting moments in technology, the analog computer, IBM’s 704 computer, developing the first distributed computing platform, Alexander Graham Bell, VoIP and mobile telephony, Google’s Vinton Cerf, social media, the future of the Internet, and much more!
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(Wikipedia) David J. Farber is a professor of Computer Science, noted for his major contributions to programming languages and computer networking. He is currently Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Farber graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1956 and began an 11-year career at Bell Laboratories, where he helped design the first electronic switching system (ESS-1) and the programming language SNOBOL. He subsequently held industry positions at the Rand Corporation and Scientific Data Systems, followed by academic positions at the University of California, Irvine, and the University of Delaware.
At Irvine his research work was focused on creating the world’s first operational Distributed Computer System. While a member of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Delaware, he helped conceive and organize the major American research networks CSNET, NSFNet, and the National Research and Education Network (NREN).
Dr. Farber subsequently was appointed Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems at the University of Pennsylvania where he also held appointments as Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School of Business and as a Faculty Associate of the Annenberg School for Communication. He served as Chief Technologist at the US Federal Communications Commission (2000-2001) while on leave from the university.
Filed under: Telecom, Social Networking, Software, Internet, Technology, All by Ronald Lewis
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