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W. DAVID SINCOSKIE
Pages 296-299

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... , Dave was a pioneering contributor for more than three decades to the field of computer communications and, in particular, to the emergence of today's ubiquitous Internet and its many applications. He was a member of the community of researchers who early on recognized that rapid advances in electronics, signal processing, and high-capacity communication systems would enable a single, integrated telecommunications network to economically provide transport of data, voice, and video information in the form of packets.
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... He served on the BAST Committee on Strategies for Network Science, Technology, and Experimentation, which recommended the creation of a government-sponsored research center in network science, directly contributing to the decision to create the Army Research Laboratory Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance. He also served for many years on the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA)
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... We had good memories of times in Boston after Dave's business trips to Woods Hole. His most recent hobby had been playing golf and he enjoyed it in Taiwan, Palm Springs, and at Hartefeld Country Club near his home in Delaware.
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