Sally Floyd
Sally Floyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1950 |
| Died | August 25, 2019 (aged 69) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA, MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Random early detection Explicit congestion notification Floyd Synchronization Selective acknowledgement |
| Spouse |
Carole Leita (m. 2013) |
| Awards | SIGCOMM Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Thesis | On Space-Bounded Learning and the Vapnik-Chervonenkis Dimension (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard M. Karp |
Sally Jean Floyd (May 20, 1950 – August 25, 2019) was an American computer scientist known for her work on computer networking. Formerly associated with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she retired in 2009 and died in August 2019. She is best known for her work on Internet congestion control, and was in 2007 one of the top-ten most cited researchers in computer science.