Sally Floyd

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Sally Floyd was a pioneering computer scientist best known for her influential work on Internet congestion control and active queue management, including the development of Random Early Detection (RED) algorithms.

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instanceOf computer scientist
researcher
awardReceived SIGCOMM Award
surface form: ACM SIGCOMM Award

IEEE Internet Award
contributedTo design of TCP congestion control mechanisms
development of active queue management algorithms
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
employer International Computer Science Institute
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
fieldOfWork Internet congestion control
active queue management
computer networking
network protocols
performance evaluation of computer networks
gender female
hasAcademicDegree PhD in computer science
influenced Internet protocol design
network traffic management practices
knownFor RED algorithms
Random Early Detection
work on Internet congestion control
work on active queue management
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableIdea Random Early Detection
surface form: Random Early Detection for congestion avoidance

integration of active queue management with TCP
use of early packet drops to signal congestion
notableWork Random Early Detection
surface form: Random Early Detection Gateways for Congestion Avoidance

Simulation-based comparisons of Tahoe, Reno, and SACK TCP
The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
surface form: TCP and Explicit Congestion Notification
occupation computer scientist
networking researcher
researchInterest TCP congestion control
network simulation
queue management in routers
workLocation Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California

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SIGCOMM Award notableRecipient Sally Floyd
RFC 2481 author Sally Floyd