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In this sense, claiming that a particular institution or research group is responsible for works such as "microprocessors, internet, expert systems", etc. is a gory misrepresentation of how research works.
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1) microprocessor
Ted Hoff, the inventor of microprecessor, was a Stanford Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
To find out the birth of microprocessor, see
Marcian Ted Hoff Inventor of the Week: Archive
2) Internet.
The Internet protocol TCP/IP was invented by Vinton Cerf, Bob Kahn, and Cerf's graduate students at Stanford. Cerf and Kahn are widely called the fathers of internet. Cerf was a Stanford graduate and a Stanford professor.
3) Expert system
Ed Feigenbaum was a long time Stanford professor in computer science. He is called the father of expert systems. Dendral, the first expert system, was developed at Stanford.
see
DENDRAL: a case study of the first expert system for scientific hypothesis formation Edward Feigenbaum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What is wrong about that?
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I could, of course, go one by one stating how Stanford has NOT been responsible for developing each of the elements you state (Tim Berners-Lee intervened heavily on the creation of W^3, Forgy at CMU developed the algorithms known as Rete for efficient inferencing, etc). However, I won't. It should be clear to anyone that most large-scale projects like "the internet", "multi-protocol routers", and so on, require the work of several different groups working together with standardization organizations.
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WWW is WWW. Internet is Internet. They are 2 different things. Before the inventions of 56K modem and DSL, WWW was nick-named "world wide wait".
The invention of 56K modem and DSL made internet access much faster than it used to be. Brent Townshend, a Stanford Ph.D, invented the 56k Modem. John Cioffi, a Stanford Ph.d and professor, played a vital role in the deveopment of DSL technology.
Here is an article about Brent Townshend:
Inventor of the Week: Archive.
Here is an article about John Cioffi:
Pioneer of digital subscriber line wins prestigious fellowship
The multiplrotocol internet router was invented by Bill Yeager, a long time Stanford engineer. See an article about him:
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No, not period. And LISP was originally created at MIT, not Stanford, so if you're going to justify an absurd argument, at least get your facts straight.
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LISP was invented by John McCarthy. He is a long time Stanford professor in computer science. Yes, he also stayed at MIT, but only for about 1 or 2 years. When I say "No other university on earth is better than Stanford in computer science", you think it is absurd? Then tell me which university is better than Stanford in computer science.