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Larry Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer.
Larry Roberts is known as the father of computer vision for his contributions to the field and to the creation of the modern internet.
Lawrence Roberts (born December 21, 1937, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.—died December 26, 2018, Redwood City, California) was an American computer scientist who supervised the construction of the ARPANET, a computer network that was a precursor to the Internet.
In the pantheon of computing pioneers, Larry Roberts stands tall as one of the most influential and consequential figures of the digital age. A brilliant engineer, visionary leader, and tireless innovator, Roberts played a central role in the creation of the modern internet and the transformation of global communication.
The doodler, Lawrence G. Roberts, died on Dec. 26 at his home in Redwood City, Calif. He was 81. The cause was a heart attack, said his son Pasha. As a manager at the Pentagon’s Advanced Research...
Lawrence “Larry” Roberts, one of a small handful of people who can truly be called the grandparents of the internet, died of a heart attack on December 26 at his home in Redwood City,...
Lawrence G. Roberts is best known for his work on the development of the ARPANET, a key predecessor to the internet and the first major network built on the principle of packet switching, and later as a pioneer of commercial packet switching with his roles in Telenet and the widely deployed X.25 protocol.
Lawrence “Larry” Roberts, one of a small handful of people who can truly be called the grandparents of the internet, died of a heart attack on December 26 at his home in Redwood City, California. He was 81 years old.
The eyes belonged to fellow Ph.D. student Larry Roberts, who was watching his classmate from an empty slot in the computer rack. Roberts broke out into a huge grin and just kept going:...
Dr. Roberts designed and managed the first packet network, the ARPANET (the precursor to the Internet). At that time, in 1967, Dr. Roberts became the Chief Scientist of ARPA taking on the task of designing, funding, and managing the radically new communications network concept of packet switching.