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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.
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 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.
Metcalfe is still very active on the technology scene, advising and mentoring others involved in computer-related technology. He holds the position of Professor of Innovation and the Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise at the University of Texas at Austin.
Mar 22, 2023 · Bob Metcalfe has won the 2022 Turing Award, the computing industry's top prize, for creating the Ethernet standard that today connects billions of devices to wired and wireless networks.
Robert Melancton Metcalfe (born April 7, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is an electrical engineer from the United States who co-invented Ethernet, founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfe's Law. As of January 2006, he is a general partner of Polaris Venture Partners.
The 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum kicked off with a captivating lecture by Robert Metcalfe, the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient and the inventor of Ethernet. In his engaging style, Metcalfe took the audience on a journey through the past, present, and future of connectivity.
