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David Corydon Walden (June 7, 1942 – April 27, 2022) was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer who contributed to the engineering development of the ARPANET, a precursor of the modern Internet.
May 3, 2022 · David Walden, a computer scientist who helped develop a machine that would evolve to become the backbone of the internet for decades, died on April 27 at his home in East Sandwich, Mass. He was...
May 5, 2022 · David Walden, a computer scientist who helped develop a machine that would evolve to become the backbone of the internet for decades, died on April 27 at his home in East Sandwich, Mass.
May 5, 2022 · David Walden, a member of a small team of computer scientists who developed a system fundamental to the growth of the internet has recently passed way. He was age 79.
- Freelance Writer
- February 4, 1986
By David C. Walden. In late 1968, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense announced the award to Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN) of a competitively procured contract to develop the backbone of packet switches for the ARPANET.
Life member of the IEEE and member of the IEEE Computer Society. Founding chair of the IEEE Internet Award committee (involved through the first several of its award cycles). Member of the editorial board of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing since 2006. Anecdotes editor 2008-2012.
Developing Telnet’s negotiated options (Bernard Cosell and David Walden), 2003, a historical look back at Bernie's conceiving of Telnet's negotiated options. My presentation on the ARPANET to the 1972 AFCET conference in Paris