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Lawrence Landweber

Also Known As Lawrence Hugh Landweber · Lawrence H. Landweber
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Lawrence Hugh Landweber is John P. Morgridge Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his bachelor degree in 1963 from Brooklyn College and his doctorate from Purdue University in 1967. He is best known for founding the CSNET project in 1979, which later developed into NSFNET, and is credited with making the fundamental decision to use the TCP/IP protocol.

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Lawrence Landweber (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Lawrence Hugh Landweber
    Lawrence Hugh Landweber
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Internet Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Internet Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata alias: Lawrence H. Landweber
    Lawrence H. Landweber
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