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Jacques Fabrice Vallée (; born September 24, 1939) is a venture capitalist, computer scientist, author, ufologist and former astronomer currently residing in San Francisco, California. In mainstream science, Vallée is notable for co-developing the first computerized mapping of Mars for NASA and for his work at SRI International on the network information center for the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern Internet. Vallée is also an important figure in the study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), first noted for a defense of the scientific legitimacy of the extraterrestrial hypothesis and later for promoting the interdimensional hypothesis. == Life and career == Vallée was born in Pontoise, France. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne, followed by his Master of Science in astrophysics from the University of Lille. He began his professional life as an astronomer at the Paris Observatory in 1961. He was awarded the Jules Verne Prize for his first science-fiction novel in French. He moved to the United States in 1962 and began working in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, at whose MacDonald Observatory he worked on NASA's first project making a detailed informational map of Mars. In 1967, Vallée received a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University. While at the Institute for the Future from 1972 to 1976 he was a principal investigator on the large NSF project for computer networking, which developed one of the first conferencing systems, Planning Network (PLANET),〔("PLANET – IRC History, ARPANET Chat, Conferencing, Jacques Vallee, Internet" ).〕 on the ARPANET many years before the Internet was formed. He has also served on the National Advisory Committee of the University of Michigan College of Engineering and was involved in early work on artificial intelligence. Vallée has authored four books on high technology, including ''Computer Message Systems'', ''Electronic Meetings'', ''The Network Revolution'', and ''The Heart of the Internet''. Along with his mentor, astronomer J. Allen Hynek, Vallée carefully studied the phenomenon of UFOs for many years and served as the real-life model for the character portrayed by François Truffaut in Steven Spielberg’s film ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''.〔Jacques Vallee, ''Dimensions'' (1988), page 269.〕 His research has taken him to countries all over the world. Considered one of the leading experts in UFO phenomena, Vallée has written several scientific books on the subject. His current endeavours include his involvement in SBV Ventures,〔(SBV Ventures )〕 a venture capital fund, as a general partner. He and SBV's other general partner, Graham Burnette,〔(Graham Burnette on SBV )〕 are also in the early stages of launching a second venture capital fund. He is married and has two children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacques Vallée」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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