Paul Baran

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Paul Baran was an American engineer and pioneer of packet-switching technology whose ideas were foundational to the development of the internet.

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instanceOf American
computer network pioneer
electrical engineer
person
academicDegree bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
awardReceived IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Marconi Prize
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
birthName Paul Baran self-link
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryOfBirth Second Polish Republic
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-04-29
dateOfDeath 2011-03-26
educatedAt Drexel University
surface form: Drexel Institute of Technology

University of California, Los Angeles
employer BBN Technologies
surface form: Cabledata Associates

Metricom
RAND Corporation
ethnicGroup Polish Jews
familyName Baran
fieldOfWork computer networking
packet switching
telecommunications
founded Com21
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BBN Technologies
surface form: PacketCable, Inc.
genre technical report
givenName Paul
immigratedTo United States of America
influenced development of the ARPANET
development of the Internet
knownFor distributed communications
early computer network design
packet switching
languageSpoken English
Polish
memberOf National Academy of Engineering
notableIdea message blocks (early form of packets)
redundant, distributed network topology for survivable communications
notableWork On Distributed Communications series
design of distributed packet-switched networks
placeOfBirth Hrodna
surface form: Grodno
placeOfDeath Palo Alto, California
surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States
residence Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Palo Alto, California
surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States
spouse Evelyn Baran
workLocation Palo Alto, California
surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States

Santa Monica, California, United States

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Paul Baran birthName Paul Baran self-link
ARPANET hasKeyPerson Paul Baran
Lawrence G. Roberts influencedBy Paul Baran
Marconi Prize notableRecipient Paul Baran
SIGCOMM Award notableRecipient Paul Baran