Robert W. Taylor

    Robert W. Taylor was born in 1932 and is a computer scientist. He is a very important figure in the development of the Internet. During the 1960's he contributed in the development of the ARPAnet. The ARPAnet is an Advanced Research project that gradually progressed the Internet. He was a director there. ARPAnet stands for Advanced Research Project Agency. Some of the ongoing research projects for technology that Robert had started is computer graphics, time-sharing, networking and so much more.
    In 1968 Robert worked with J.C.R Licklider to publish an article about computers being used as communication devices. He left ARPA and shortly after he joined another research center and help founded the Computer Science Laboratory. Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) was the first local area network created in the 1970's. His work eventually lead to computer systems as the Mac and Windows.               In 1984 he joined  the Digital Equipment Corporation which progressed to an on-going research facility called Systems Research Center. He continued to work with them until he retired in 1996.
    His achievements will never be forgotten, in which he had received awards for all of his accomplishments.  In 1999 he received an award of the National Medal of Technology. This particular award is given by the president of the United States to many inventors or many people who have played a major role in developing of technology that is important in the world. In 2004 he won an award from the National Academy of Engineering. Without him technology would not be the same today.