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<p>I, of course, recognize the great quality of the Department of Computer Science at Stanford. It is definitely one of the best in the world. However, I find your statements to be so ridiculous that they are stupid. 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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>What I will do, however, is share my opinion on how to rank a particular top university for undergrad in terms of academics: familiarize yourself with the programs and requirements of each in order to see what type of education you will be getting. Chances are your professor will be extremely qualified to teach your class, regardless of whether he invented the mouse or not. This is, of course, unless you are already at a grad-school level, in which case you wouldn’t be stupid enough to rank a school based on the number of total popular inventions, but rather on the quality of the particular research team that matches your skills. </p>
<p>I certainly hope you’re not a Stanford student; otherwise, this would make me lose some appreciation for the admissions department of what I currently think of as one of the best CS departments in the US, alongside with Berkeley, CMU and MIT.</p>