Leonard Kleinrock

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Internet pioneer computer scientist engineer human

Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer best known for his foundational work on packet-switching theory that underpinned the development of the ARPANET and the modern Internet.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Internet pioneer → computer scientist → engineer → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Electrical Engineering → Master of Science → PhD →
awardReceived	Charles Stark Draper Prize → IEEE Medal of Honor → Marconi Prize → National Medal of Science →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1934-06-13 →
doctoralAdvisor	Claude Shannon → Y. W. Lee →
educatedAt	City College of New York → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	University of California, Los Angeles →
familyName	Kleinrock →
fieldOfWork	computer networking → computer science → packet switching → queueing theory →
givenName	Leonard →
influenced	design of packet-switched networks → development of ARPANET →
knownFor	contributions to ARPANET → contributions to the development of the Internet → foundational work on packet-switching theory →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Leonard Kleinrock →
nationality	American →
notableWork	Communication Nets: Stochastic Message Flow and Delay → early theoretical work on packet switching → queueing-theoretic analysis of communication networks →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States of America →
positionHeld	distinguished professor → professor of computer science →
residence	Los Angeles →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	California → Los Angeles → United States of America →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ARPANET → Advanced Research Projects Agency Network →	hasKeyPerson
Leonard Kleinrock ("Kleinrock") →	familyName
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal →	hasRecipient
Leonard Kleinrock →	name
Network Working Group →	notableMember
SIGCOMM Award →	notableRecipient