David J. Farber

David J. Farber
Farber in 2008
Born (1934-04-17) April 17, 1934
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStevens Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Institutions
Doctoral studentsJon Postel, Dave Sincoskie, Marshall Rose, Paul Mockapetris

David J. Farber (born April 17, 1934) is a professor of computer science, noted for his major contributions to programming languages and computer networking who is currently the distinguished professor and co-director of Cyber Civilization Research Center at Keio University in Japan. He has been called the "grandfather of the Internet".