Vinton Cerf

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Internet pioneer computer scientist human

Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist widely regarded as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his co-design of the TCP/IP protocols and fundamental contributions to internet architecture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Internet pioneer → computer scientist → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in Mathematics → Master of Science in Computer Science → PhD in Computer Science →
awardReceived	Marconi Prize → National Medal of Technology → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering → Turing Award →
collaboratedWith	Robert E. Kahn →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-06-23 →
educatedAt	Stanford University → University of California, Los Angeles →
employer	DARPA → Google → MCI → Stanford University →
familyName	Cerf →
fieldOfWork	Internet architecture → computer networking → computer science →
fullName	Vinton Gray Cerf →
givenName	Vinton →
hasDisability	hearing impairment →
honorificTitle	Father of the Internet →
knownFor	being one of the fathers of the Internet → co-design of TCP/IP → development of Internet architecture →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Association for Computing Machinery → Internet Society → National Academy of Engineering →
notableIdea	end-to-end principle in Internet design → packet-switched networking for internetworking →
notableWork	Internet architecture design → TCP/IP protocol suite →
placeOfBirth	New Haven, Connecticut, United States →
positionHeld	Chair of ICANN → President of the Internet Society → Program Manager at DARPA → Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google →
residence	Virginia, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Sigrid Cerf →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACM Distinguished Service Award ("Vinton G. Cerf") → Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering → Lovie Lifetime Achievement Award ("Vint Cerf") → Marconi Prize → SIGCOMM Award ("Vint Cerf") →	notableRecipient
Bennett Cerf ("Cerf") → Vinton Cerf ("Cerf") →	familyName
ISOC ("Vint Cerf") → Internet Society ("Vint Cerf") →	foundedBy
ARPANET → Advanced Research Projects Agency Network →	hasKeyPerson
Arthur M. Bueche Award ("Vinton G. Cerf") → Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Robert Kahn ("Vint Cerf") →	coInventedWith
Transmission Control Protocol ("Vint Cerf") →	designedBy
Vinton Cerf ("Vinton Gray Cerf") →	fullName
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal ("Vinton G. Cerf") →	hasRecipient
BBN Technologies ("Vint Cerf") →	notableEmployee
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering →	notableLaureate
Network Working Group ("Vint Cerf") →	notableMember
Robert Kahn ("Vint Cerf") →	notableStudentOrCollaborator