Van Jacobson
| Van Jacobson | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Work on TCP/IP | 
| Awards | IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award | 
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science | 
Van Jacobson is an American computer scientist, renowned for his work on TCP/IP network performance and scaling. He is one of the primary contributors to the TCP/IP protocol stack—the technological foundation of today’s Internet. Since 2013, Jacobson is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) working on Named Data Networking.