Mr. Bell is a principal researcher with the Microsoft eSciences Research Group in San Francisco, and Visiting Professor at Macquarie University s Institute for Innovation. Mr. Bell s career includes: Vice President of R & D, Digital Equipment Corp. (1960-1983); Professor of Computer Science and electrical engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University (1966-72); founding Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation s Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering (CISE) Directorate (1986-1988); National Research and Education Network (NREN) panel chair (1987-1988) for creating the internet. He is a Diamond Exchange Fellow, on TTI Vanguard s Advisory Board, and the Dept. of Energy s Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee. Mr. Bell has BS and MS degrees from MIT (1956-57), University of New South Wales Fulbright Scholar (1957-58) an honorary D. Eng. from WPI (1993), and is a member of the AAAS, ACM, IEEE, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Science. His awards include: ACM-IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award, the IEEE s Computer Pioneer and McDowell Awards, and the IEEE Von Neumann Medal, Fellow of the Computer History Museum, the AEA Inventor Award for the economic contribution to New England, the IEEE 2001 Karapetoff Eminent Member s Award of Eta Kappa Nu, and The 1991 National Medal of Technology