Vint Cerf

Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American computer scientist who is commonly referred to as the "father of the Internet" for his key technical and managerial role in the creation of the Internet and the TCP/IP protocols which it uses.

Awards and honors

He has received a number of honorary degrees, including Doctorates from the University of the Balearic Islands, ETH in Switzerland, Capitol College and Gettysburg College.

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University of the Balearic Islands - ETH - Switzerland - Capitol College - Gettysburg College

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In 1995 he was awarded the Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award. In 1996 he was award the SIGCOMM Award for "contributions to the Internet span more than 25 years, from development of the fundamental TCP/IP protocols".

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1995 - Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award - 1996 - SIGCOMM Award

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In December 1997 he, along with his partner Robert E. Kahn, was presented with the National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton, for his accomplishments in the creation of the Internet and TCP/IP.

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1997 - National Medal of Technology - Bill Clinton

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In 2001, he was awarded the Strowger Award from Ohio University's J. W. McClure School of Communication Systems Management. In October 2002 he, together with Bob Kahn, Larry Roberts and Tim Berners-Lee, was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de Investigacion Cientifica, the most distinguished Spanish award.

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2001 - Strowger Award - Ohio University - 2002 - Larry Roberts - Tim Berners-Lee

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In early 2005 it was announced that Cerf and Kahn were the winners of the ACM's Turing Award (the computer science field's equivalent of the Nobel Prize) for 2004, for their "pioneering work on internetworking, including .. the Internet's basic communications protocols .. and for inspired leadership in networking."

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ACM - Turing Award - Nobel Prize - 2004 - Internetworking - Communications protocols

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