Robert Kahn

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Internet pioneer computer scientist electrical engineer human

Robert Kahn is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist best known as a co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols that form the foundation of the modern Internet.

Aliases (3)

Robert E. Kahn ×8
Bob Kahn ×4
work of Robert Kahn ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Internet pioneer → computer scientist → electrical engineer → human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Electrical Engineering → PhD in Electrical Engineering →
awardReceived	Charles Stark Draper Prize → Marconi Prize → National Medal of Technology → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering → Turing Award →
birthDate	1938-12-23 →
birthPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
coInvented	Internet Protocol (IP) → TCP/IP protocol suite → Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) →
coInventedWith	Vint Cerf →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
developed	Digital Object Identifier (DOI) concept →
educatedAt	City College of New York → Princeton University →
employer	Bolt Beranek and Newman → Corporation for National Research Initiatives → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency → Information Processing Techniques Office of ARPA →
familyName	Kahn →
fieldOfWork	computer networking → computer science → electrical engineering →
genre	scientific publication →
givenName	Robert →
influenced	development of the modern Internet →
knownFor	co-inventing TCP/IP → development of the ARPANET → foundational work on the Internet →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Robert Kahn →
notableStudentOrCollaborator	Vint Cerf →
notableWork	Design of TCP/IP protocols → Design of the ARPANET → Digital Object Architecture →
positionHeld	Director of Information Processing Techniques Office at DARPA → President of Corporation for National Research Initiatives →
residence	United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Corporation for National Research Initiatives ("Robert E. Kahn") → ISOC ("Bob Kahn") → Internet Society ("Bob Kahn") →	foundedBy
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering → Marconi Prize → SIGCOMM Award →	notableRecipient
ARPANET → Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ("Robert E. Kahn") →	hasKeyPerson
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal ("Robert E. Kahn") → Industrial Research Institute Medal ("Robert E. Kahn") →	hasRecipient
Vinton Cerf ("Robert E. Kahn") →	collaboratedWith
Handle System ("Robert E. Kahn") →	creator
Transmission Control Protocol ("Bob Kahn") →	designedBy
Corporation for National Research Initiatives ("Robert E. Kahn") →	founder
Corporation for National Research Initiatives ("Robert E. Kahn") →	hasChairperson
Louis Pouzin ("work of Robert Kahn") →	influenced
Robert Kahn →	name
BBN Technologies ("Bob Kahn") →	notableEmployee
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering →	notableLaureate