Louis Pouzin

E49643

Louis Pouzin is a French computer scientist best known for pioneering datagram-based packet networking, work that laid key foundations for the modern Internet.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf computer scientist
engineer
human
awardReceived ACM SIGCOMM Award
Légion d'honneur
Ordre national du Mérite
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
contributedTo design of Internet protocols
countryOfCitizenship France
educatedAt École Polytechnique
employer CII Honeywell Bull
IRIA
MIT
familyName Pouzin
fieldOfWork computer networking
computer science
packet switching
genre technical writing
givenName Louis
hasOccupation computer scientist
engineer
researcher
hasRole architect of CYCLADES network
pioneer of computer networking
influenced Internet architecture
Transmission Control Protocol
work of Robert Kahn
work of Vint Cerf
knownFor CYCLADES computer network
datagram-based packet networking
foundations of the Internet
languageSpoken English
French
memberOf Internet Hall of Fame
name Louis Pouzin
nationality French
notableIdea connectionless packet switching
datagram
end-to-end principle (precursor concepts)
notableWork design of the CYCLADES network
development of the datagram concept
participatedIn development of early packet-switched networks
placeOfBirth France
sexOrGender male
workLocation France
United States

Referenced by (3)

Please wait…