Lawrence G. Roberts (born December 21, 1937 in Connecticut[4]) is an American scientist who received the Draper Prize in 2001[4] and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002 “for the development of the Internet”[5] Lawrence Gilman Roberts Born December 21, 1937 (age 79) Connecticut, United States Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology Known for Founding father of the Internet Awards IEEE Computer Pioneer Award IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGCOMM Communications Award Harry Goode Memorial Award International Engineering Consortium Fellow award, 2001 Charles Stark Draper Prize of the National Academy of Engineers Principe de Asturias Award, 2002 Secretary of Defense Meritorious Service Medal Interface Conference Award L.M. Ericsson prize for research in data communications, 1982 Website packet.cc Scientific career Institutions Lincoln Lab, ARPA, Telenet Influences J. C. R. Licklider, Ivan Sutherland Notes As a program manager and office director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Roberts and his team created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies. The ARPANET was a predecessor to the modern Internet.

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