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Vint Cerf

Also Known As Vinton Gray Cerf
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Vinton Gray Cerf is an American Internet pioneer recognized as one of the fathers of the Internet, a title he shares with Robert Kahn, with whom he co-designed the TCP/IP protocol suite while at Stanford in the early 1970s. Cerf and Kahn shared the 2004 Turing Award for their pioneering work on internetworking, including the Internet's basic communications protocols. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1943 1
Birth Date
1943-06-23 2
Nationality
American 1
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Associated With

Computer Networking, Fields

Vint Cerf co-designed the TCP/IP protocols with Robert Kahn, work recognized by the ACM Turing Award citation for pioneering internetworking, foundational to computer networking as a field.

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The Internet, Systems

Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn co-designed TCP/IP, the Internet's basic communications protocols, work recognized by their joint ACM Turing Award citation for pioneering internetworking; both are commonly called fathers of the Internet.

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Invented

TCP/IP, Systems

Co-designed with Robert Kahn, with whom Cerf shares the fathers of the Internet title and the 2004 Turing Award.

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1. Wikipedia: Vint Cerf
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  • Introduction and Awards sections
    Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of 'the fathers of the Internet', sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn.
  • Introduction
    Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer
  • Invented: TCP/IP, Life and Career section
    Cerf worked as assistant professor at Stanford University from 1972 to 1976 where he conducted research on packet network interconnection protocols and co-designed the DoD TCP/IP protocol suite with Kahn.
  • Associated With: Computer Networking
  • Associated With: The Internet
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2. Vint Cerf (Wikidata)
  • P569 (date of birth): 1943-06-23
    1943-06-23
  • Wikidata P166: Harold Pender Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Harold Pender Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Charles Stark Draper Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Charles Stark Draper Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: Officer of the Legion of Honour
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Officer of the Legion of Honour.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of Luleå University of Technology
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of Luleå University of Technology.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: National Inventors Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): National Inventors Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata P166: Foreign Member of the Royal Society
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Foreign Member of the Royal Society.
  • Wikidata P166: Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
  • Wikidata P166: Catalonia International Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Catalonia International Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: EFF Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): EFF Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
  • Wikidata P166: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
  • Wikidata P166: Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of the Rovira i Virgili University
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of the Rovira i Virgili University.
  • Wikidata P166: Paul Evan Peters Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Paul Evan Peters Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Marconi Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Marconi Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands.
  • Wikidata P166: OII Lifetime Achievement Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): OII Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Internet Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Internet Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of ETH Zürich.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Medal of Honor
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Medal of Honor.
  • Wikidata P166: Benjamin Franklin Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Benjamin Franklin Medal.
  • Wikidata P166: Japan Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Japan Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: National Medal of Technology and Innovation
    Wikidata P166 (award received): National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
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