About: Franklin F. Kuo

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.