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211:. In 1981, Carlson was named the Director of the Image Quality and Perception Research Group and Vice President of the laboratory in 1990. In 1995, Carlson became Executive Vice President of Sarnoff's Interactive Systems Division. He started the 1997 team that developed the
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261:. For his contributions to science, technology, and business, He also received the Suffolk University's first Global Leadership in Innovation and Collaboration Award. He is an honorary Kobe Ambassador for SRI's contributions to Kobe, Japan.
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783:"Curtis Carlson Honored with WPI's Robert H. Goddard Award"
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1150:SRI International people
367:Carlson, Curtis (1978).
66:Providence, Rhode Island
720:"First Meeting Minutes"
616:San Francisco Chronicle
438:Harvard Business Review
307:. He has given several
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133:Northeastern University
980:Bloomberg Businessweek
399:Bloomberg Businessweek
313:University of Richmond
249:Memberships and awards
245:be orderly but dumb."
209:RCA Sarnoff Laboratory
145:Curtis Raymond Carlson
667:"NAI Charter Fellows"
434:Innovation for Impact
361:Selected publications
309:commencement speeches
290:Institute of Medicine
278:Defense Science Board
926:Kettering University
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