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Roberto Mario "Robert" Fano (11 November 1917 – 13 July 2016) was an Italian-American computer scientist and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jul 15, 2016 · Robert “Bob” Fano, an MIT professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science whose work helped usher in the personal computing age, died in Naples, Florida on July 13. He was 98.
Jul 26, 2016 · Robert Fano, an electrical engineer who was instrumental in creating a world of instantly responsive computers, died on July 13 in Naples, Fla. He was 98. His daughter Paola Nisonger...
Jul 22, 2019 · Professor Robert Mario Fano was born in Torino, Italy in 1917, where his father was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Torino. He did part of his undergraduate work at the School of Engineering in Torino, Italy, before coming to the United States in 1939 as a student of Electrical Engineering at M.I.T.
Robert Fano was a Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT and the founder of Project MAC, the precursor of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He was born in Italy and received his degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1941 and 1947.
INTERVIEWER: So this is the Infinite History interview with professor Robert Fano. I guess I'd like to start by asking you where you were born and where you grew up? FANO: I was born in Torino, Italy on November 11, 1917, exactly one year before the end of World War I.
Robert M. Fano. Born November 11, 1917, Torino, Italy; leader of Project MAC, which established interactive computing through time-sharing as a common part of modern computer systems. Education: SB, electrical engineering, MIT, 1941; ScD, electrical engineering, MIT, 1947.
