King, Kenneth
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Kenneth King formerly served as Vice Provost in charge of Computing at Cornell University and was involved with computing at universities from 1953 to 1998 and served as president of EDUCOM (1987–1992).
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Item An Oral History Conversation: The Paradigm Shift from Centralized to Decentralized Computing at CornellKing, Kenneth M.; Cooke, J. Robert; Teitelbaum, Tim; Gale, Doug (Internet-First University Press, 2015-10)Item Glimpses of Cornell History, Vol 2, The Kendal at Ithaca ConnectionCooke, J. Robert; King, Kenneth M. (Internet-First University Press, 2014-06-25)Item Glimpses of Cornell History Vol 1Cooke, J. Robert; King, Kenneth M. (The Internet-First University Press, 2012-12-06)This C.A.P.E. lecture was presented on 06Dec12 at BTI. The lecture describes the usage of low-‐cost digital publishing to preserve and to make Cornell’s institutional history more accessible. The lecture outlines issues and principles that guided the creation of The Internet-‐First University Press and cites its popularity (with more than 1 million downloads of books and videos each year). An incomplete listing of its published content, including abstracts and URL links, is provided. Finally a collage of snippets from thirteen of the IFUP videos constitutes our first volume of “Glimpses of Cornell History.”Item The Origin and History of the Internet, a lecture by Ken KingCooke, J. Robert (The Internet-First University Press, 2011)In this February 17, 2011 lecture to the Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti at Cornell University, Kenneth M. King traces the evolution of the Internet from its roots in higher education. This is a personal account of the political steps (rather than the hardware or software aspects) in the creation and evolution of a major technological development of our time. King was involved with computing at universities from 1953 to 1998 and served as president of EDUCOM (1987–1992). In this talk he describes the primary and under-celebrated role that universities played in the creation and evolution of networking and the Internet, specifically highlighting the role Cornell people played.