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Leonard Kleinrock

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Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UCLA. He made several important contributions to computer science, in particular to the mathematical foundations of data communication in computer networking, and played an influential role in the development of the ARPANET. 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
1934 1
Birth Date
1934-06-13 1
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Charles Stark Draper Prize 2
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Okawa Prize 2
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Dan David Prize 2
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Guggenheim Fellowship 2
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Frederick W. Lanchester Prize 2
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Harry H. Goode Memorial Award 2
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ACM Fellow 2
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IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 2
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IEEE Internet Award 2
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Marconi Prize 2
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Internet Hall of Fame 2
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BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2
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National Medal of Science 2
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SIGCOMM Award 2
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1. Wikipedia: Leonard Kleinrock
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    Leonard Kleinrock (born June 13, 1934) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
  • Infobox, Born
    June 13, 1934
  • In Field: Computer Networking, Lead paragraph
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2. Wikidata: Leonard Kleinrock
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