Franklin F. Kuo
Franklin F. Kuo | |
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| Born | April 22, 1934 Wuhan, China |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Spouse | Dora Kuo |
| Awards | IEEE Fellow (1972) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Network Theory, Computer Networks |
| Institutions | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, University of Hawaii, Stanford University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Mannheim |
| Doctoral advisor | Mac Van Valkenburg |
Franklin F. Kuo (born April 22, 1934) was a professor in many universities — Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, University of Hawaii, Stanford University, Jiao Tong University and University of Mannheim. He is the author of 8 books in network theory and on computer network communications. For over 40 years, he was a university professor, a research engineer, a US Defense Department manager, an Internet advisor in China, and an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and China. He was best known as the co-developer to ALOHANET, along with Norman Abramson, at the University of Hawaii, 1969–1972.