Title :
Leading a top-notch R&D group in the BBN environment
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2005.29
