Penn Vs. Stanford

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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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<p>1) microprocessor
Ted Hoff, the inventor of microprecessor, was a Stanford Ph.D. in electrical engineering.<br>
To find out the birth of microprocessor, see
[Marcian</a> Ted Hoff](<a href=“http://www.xnumber.com/xnumber/tedhoff.htm]Marcian”>Marcian Ted Hoff)
[Inventor</a> of the Week: Archive](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/hoff.html]Inventor”>http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/hoff.html)</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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> a case study of the first expert system for scientific hypothesis formation](<a href=“http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=152192.152194&coll=GUIDE&dl=ACM]DENDRAL:”>http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=152192.152194&coll=GUIDE&dl=ACM)
[Edward</a> Feigenbaum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Feigenbaum]Edward”>Edward Feigenbaum - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>What is wrong about that?

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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<p>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</a> of the Week: Archive](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/townshend.html]Inventor”>http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/townshend.html).
Here is an article about John Cioffi: [Pioneer</a> of digital subscriber line wins prestigious fellowship](<a href=“You’ve requested a page that no longer exists | Stanford News”>You’ve requested a page that no longer exists | Stanford News)</p>

<p>The multiplrotocol internet router was invented by Bill Yeager, a long time Stanford engineer. See an article about him: [Router</a> man - Network World](<a href=“http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2006/anniversary/032706-routerman.html]Router”>http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2006/anniversary/032706-routerman.html)</p>

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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.

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.</p>