Van Jacobson
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Van Jacobson is a renowned computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on Internet congestion control and TCP/IP performance, which fundamentally improved the scalability and stability of the modern Internet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Van Jacobson canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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engineer ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
SIGCOMM Award
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surface form:
ACM SIGCOMM Award
ACM Software System Award ⓘ IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award ⓘ IEEE Internet Award ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Award of the IEEE Internet Award (if named as such historically)
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| contributedTo |
TCP Reno
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TCP Tahoe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| developed |
TCP congestion avoidance algorithm
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TCP fast recovery algorithm ⓘ TCP fast retransmit algorithm ⓘ TCP slow start algorithm ⓘ TCP/IP header compression scheme ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Arizona
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| employer |
Cisco Systems
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ Palo Alto Research Center ⓘ
surface form:
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
Palo Alto Research Center ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox PARC
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| fieldOfWork |
Internet architecture
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computer networking ⓘ network protocols ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
Internet performance engineering
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TCP/IP ⓘ
surface form:
TCP/IP protocol suite
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| influenced |
modern Internet congestion control
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scalability of the Internet ⓘ stability of the Internet ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Internet congestion control
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Jacobson congestion control algorithm ⓘ Random Early Detection ⓘ
surface form:
RED active queue management
Random Early Detection ⓘ TCP congestion control algorithms ⓘ TCP/IP header compression ⓘ TCP/IP performance improvements ⓘ Traceroute tool enhancements ⓘ network diagnostics tools ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
active queue management
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content-centric networking ⓘ end-to-end congestion control ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Congestion Avoidance and Control (SIGCOMM 1988)
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Random Early Detection gateways for congestion avoidance ⓘ TCP/IP header compression for low-speed serial links ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Scientist at Cisco Systems
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Research Fellow at PARC ⓘ Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
information-centric networking
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named data networking ⓘ |
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