Vint Cerf
Vinton Cerf | |
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Cerf in 2016 | |
| Born | Vinton Gray Cerf June 23, 1943 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BS) University of California, Los Angeles (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | TCP/IP Internet Society |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Telecommunications |
| Institutions | IBM, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, UCLA, Stanford University, DARPA, MCI, CNRI, Google |
| Thesis | Multiprocessors, Semaphores, and a Graph Model of Computation (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerald Estrin |
| Website | research |
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Vinton Gray Cerf (/sɜːrf/; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn.
He has received honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.