• DocumentCode
    829079
  • Title

    Leading a top-notch R&D group in the BBN environment

  • Author

    Heart, Frank

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    The author notes his MIT background and transition from MIT Lincoln Laboratory to Bolt Beranek and Newman. He sketches the Arpanet project at BBN from his position as project leader, and he describes BBN´s unusual mix of government-funded R&D and commercial activity, including issues and anecdotes involving government contracting, overhead rates, and employee motivation.
  • Keywords
    contracts; government; history; human factors; project management; research and development management; Arpanet project; Bolt Beranek and Newman; MIT Lincoln Laboratory; employee motivation; government contract; government-funded research and development; Acoustic arrays; Acoustic sensors; Antenna arrays; Companies; Fasteners; Laboratories; Radar antennas; Research and development; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; ARPANET; R&D environment; Whirlwind; chargability; clients; commercial business; rewards; staffing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2005.29
  • Filename
    1438235