Keith Uncapher [SEP] date of death
Keith Uncapher
Keith Uncapher (1922–2002) was an American computer engineer and manager.
At the RAND Corporation Uncapher worked on several pioneering computer projects. He founded the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California, School of Engineering. There, he assembled teams of engineers who helped to grow the early Internet
Biography.
Keith Uncapher was born in Denver, Colorado April 1, 1922. He attended Glendale Community College and graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
include a hardware floating point system.
See also.
- List of vacuum tube computers
References.
- Johnniac entry on "Antique Computers" site.
- The History of the JOHNNIAC (RAND monograph)
- Oral history interview with Keith W. Uncapher, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Review of projects at RAND when Keith Uncapher was hired in 1950 through the early 1970s, such as JOHNNIAC, JOSS, a survivable national network, and work related to the ARPANET.