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The birth of Licklider
He was born in Missouri, the United States on Mar 11, 1915. -
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The education background of Licklider
He earned a B.A. in psychology, mathematics, and physics at Washington University in 1937. He also received an M.A. in psychology in 1938. After then, from the University of Rochester, he received a Ph.D. in psychoacoustic in 1942. -
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The professional career of Licklider
Licklider worked as a research fellow at Harvard University and Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory as a lecturer from 1943 to 1950. -
Move to MIT
He got an interest in information technology and moved to MIT. He became an associate professor and established a psychology program for engineering students and an MIT Lincoln Laboratory. -
The achievement in the psychoacoustic field.
His 1951 paper, "Duplex Theory of Pitch Perception", is best known among his works in the field of psychoacoustic. -
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Coming to the world of computing
He had an opportunity to work on the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) project. He was inspired by the SAGE computer where real-time interaction with data and humans was available. -
Elected ASA president
After he left MIT in 1957, he was elected ASA (the Acoustical Society of America) President in 1958. -
Publication of the first Licklider's book
His most influential book, "Libraries of the Future," was written. This is about how a computer could provide automated libraries making people access the database remotely and simultaneously. -
Man-computer symbiosis
He published "Man-Computer Symbiosis” as the first article in a journal named "IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics." He claimed the computer needed to interact with users more easily and simply so that users could use it more directly without punch cards. -
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Licklider at ARPA
He was appointed the head of IPTO (the Information Processing Techniques Office) at ARPA (The Advanced Research Projects Agency). He conceived a time-sharing network of computers and ultimately it led to ARPANet, the precursor to the today's internet. During his director time, he funded Project MAC and convinced Lawrence G. Roberts, Bob Taylor, and Ivan Sutherland that the network of all-encompassing computer was a very important concept. -
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Licklider at IBM
He worked at IBM as a consultant to the director of research. -
The Computer as a Communications Device
His 1968 paper, "The Computer as a Communications Device", illustrates his vision of network application and he foresaw the computer network as a device allowing people who have common interests to communicate no matter where they are. -
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Goodbye MIT
Licklider left MIT and worked a second time as director of IPTO. -
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Retirement
In 1979, Licklider was a founder member of Infocom that is known for its interactive fiction computer games and became an emeritus professor in 1985. -
Licklider's death
He died in Arlington, Massachusetts.
