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Paul Baran was an American and Polish inventor, businessperson, computer scientist, and engineer. Born in Hrodna on 29 April 1926, he was educated at Drexel University and the University of California, Los Angeles. He worked for the RAND Corporation and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Baran is noted for his work in packet switching. He received the EFF Award, the Marconi Prize, the SIGCOMM Award, and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He was also recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Baran died of a stroke on 26 March 2011 in Palo Alto due to natural causes. He is buried in Palo Alto. He spoke Polish.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 29 April 1926
- Died
- 26 March 2011
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Some caveats on the contributions of technology to law enforcement
- Marxism and psychoanalysis
- The political economy of growth
- The political economy of growth
- The longer view
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-04-29 ) April 29, 1926, Grodno , Poland , (now Belarus )
- Died
- March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) (aged 84), Palo Alto, California , U.S.
- Citizenship
- Poland , United States
- Alma mater
- Drexel University ( BS ), University of California, Los Angeles ( MS )
- Known for
- Packet switching
- Spouse
- Evelyn Murphy Baran ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 )
- Awards
- IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1990) , Computer History Museum Fellow (2005) , Marconi Prize (1991) , National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2007) , National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Institutions
- RAND Corporation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Family name
- Baran
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Hrodna
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Drexel University
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Field of work
- computer scientist
- Image
- With Paul Baran.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1926-04-29
- date of death
- 2011-03-26
- place of burial
- Palo Alto
- cause of death
- stroke
- name in native language
- Paul Baran
- different from
- Paul A. Baran
- Commons category
- Paul Baran
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Baran (born Pesach Baran /ˈbærən/; April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of modern digital communication.
Early life
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