Vinton Cerf ==>
Vint Cerf
<person> (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet
and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the
development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs
since the late 1960s.
Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for
MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet
frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video
services for business and consumer use.
In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of
Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing
the Internet.
Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for
National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital
Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the
first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet.
During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development
of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies.
Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is
currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential
Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for
Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland.
Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his
work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one
of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People."
In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as
technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict,"
the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special
guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished
visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the
design of an interplanetary Internet.
Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University
and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also
holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic
Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
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