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Codeveloper of Ethernet Predecessor Dies at 91
Franklin “Frank” Kuo Codeveloper of ALOHAnet Fellow, 91; died 14 April Kuo helped develop ALOHAnet , a pioneering computer system at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa , in Honolulu. The system went online in 1971 and represented the first public demonstration of a wireless packet data network . It was an inspiration for Robert Metcalfe ’s development of Ethernet a couple of years later. In 2020 ALOHAnet was designated as an IEEE Milestone . Kuo earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign. After earning his Ph.D. in 1960, he joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. , where he conducted research in computer communications. After six years at the company, Kuo left to become a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Hawaii. From 1968 to 1971 he and one of his colleagues, IEEE Life Fellow Norman A
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Franklin “Frank” Kuo Codeveloper of ALOHAnet Fellow, 91; died 14 April Kuo helped develop ALOHAnet , a pioneering computer system at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa , in Honolulu. The system went online in 1971 and represented the first public demonstration of a wireless packet data network . It was an inspiration for Robert Metcalfe ’s development of Ethernet a couple of years later. In 2020 ALOHAnet was designated as an IEEE Milestone . Kuo earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign. After earning his Ph.D. in 1960, he joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. , where he conducted research in computer communications. After six years at the company, Kuo left to become a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Hawaii. From 1968 to 1971 he and one of his colleagues, IEEE Life Fellow Norman A
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According to IEEE Spectrum’s source item, Codeveloper of Ethernet Predecessor Dies at 91, Franklin “Frank” Kuo Codeveloper of ALOHAnet Fellow, 91; died 14 April Kuo helped develop ALOHAnet , a pioneering computer system at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa , in Honolulu. The system went online in 1971 and represented the first public demonstration of a wireless packet data network . It was an inspiration for Robert Metcalfe ’s development of Ethernet a couple of years later. In 2020 ALOHAnet was designated as an IEEE Milestone . Kuo earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign. After earning his Ph.D. in 1960, he joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J. , where he conducted research in computer communications. After six years at the company, Kuo left to become a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Hawaii. From 1968 to 1971 he and one of his colleagues, IEEE Life Fellow Norman A
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