Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory

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Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory

The Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (CAL) was a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Buffalo, New York, affiliated with Cornell University from 1946 to 1972. It developed from the Curtiss-Wright Research Laboratory and conducted research in aeronautics, defence, vehicle safety, computing, and cognitive systems:

$$\text{Curtiss-Wright Research Laboratory}\stackrel{1946}{⟶}\text{CAL}\stackrel{1972}{⟶}\text{Calspan Corporation}.$$

CAL hosted the early perceptron programme led by Frank Rosenblatt, including Project PARA and the development of the perceptron as a learning machine.