Tag: Bob Metcalfe

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News
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April 16, 2024

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Technology

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AI, Bob Metcalfe, Discovery Institute, Ethernet, internet, Jay Richards, Tech}

Bob Metcalfe on Our Connected World

_{Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards interviews Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet} _{News
April 16, 2024

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The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence is pleased to be able to share the videos from the 2023 COSM conference, now available on YouTube. This annual conference explores the status and the future of our era-defining technologies, from artificial intelligence to electric vehicles to new developments in biotech. Today’s video features a conversation with Bob Metcalfe, a pioneer in the field of computer science and the inventor of Ethernet. Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards interviews Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and recipient of the prestigious Turing Award, about the predicted pathologies of the internet and the reversals associated with the rise of connectivity.

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News
Date
September 5, 2023

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Bob Metcalfe, COSM, Ethernet, Jay Richards, Metcalfe's law, Technology}

Metcalfe’s Law and the Ethernet

_{The man who helped create the Ethernet is speaking at this year’s star studded COSM conference} _{News
September 5, 2023

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The winner of the prestigious 2022 Turing Award, Bob Metcalfe paved the way for billions of computers and now smartphones to be connected to the Internet. Read More ›

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News
Date
February 11, 2022

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Economics, Education, Work

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__has-video, Babak Parviz, Bellevue (Washington), Bob Metcalfe, COSM 2021, Featured, Remote work, video}

Is It Really the End for Silicon Valley or Just a Reboot?

_{A COSM 2021 panel looked at the effect of remote work, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, on iconic locations like the Valley} _{News
February 11, 2022

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Economics, Education, Work}

“Is It the End for Silicon Valley?” was one of the discussions at COSM 2021 (2:00 pm, Wednesday, November 11, 2021). It featured The conversation turned on whether, in the internet age, one needs to work in any specific locality, like Silicon Valley. Some of their comments relating to where people will live in relation to their work and the problems they will face are transcribed below: Work where you live or live where you work? — How can Silicon Valley keep its people together in the age of the internet? Babak Parviz: We have a title, “Is this is the end of Silicon Valley, as in the space is no longer important. It’s going to be localized and you Read More ›

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Caitlin Cory
Date
October 26, 2021

Categorized
Events

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Bob Metcalfe, COSM 2021, Ethernet, George Gilder, Metcalfe's law}

Bob Metcalfe, Mastermind Behind Ethernet, to Speak at COSM 2021

_{An engineer and entrepreneur, he considers his work on Ethernet his "good fortune"} _{Caitlin Cory
October 26, 2021

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This November, COSM 2021 will feature some of the best minds in business, science, and technology to tackle questions about and problems with the future intersection of these fields. Bob Metcalfe is an engineer and an entrepreneur, most famously known for his involvement in the invention of the Ethernet in the 1970s, what he has called “the plumbing of the internet to customers.” For this work, he received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in addition to the IEEE Medal of Honor. He went on to co-found 3Com, formulate a law named after himself (more on that later), and become the Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin where he teaches today. “The story Read More ›