Robert Cailliau

Belgian engineer and computer scientist (1947) · Belgium · Scientists

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2012Internet Hall of FameAward2009Honorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2008Gouden PenningAward2004Commander of the Order of LeopoldAward2000Honorary doctors of Ghent UniversityAward1999Christophe Plantin PrizeAward1995ACM Software System AwardAward1947Born26 January 1947

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Awards

Internet Hall of Fame2012

Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2009

Gouden Penning2008

Commander of the Order of Leopold2004

Honorary doctors of Ghent University2000

Christophe Plantin Prize1999

ACM Software System Award1995

About this person

Robert Cailliau is a Belgian informatics engineer who proposed the first (pre-www) hypertext system for CERN in 1987 and collaborated with Tim Berners-Lee on the World Wide Web from before it got its name. He designed the historical logo of the WWW, organized the first International World Wide Web Conference at CERN in 1994 and helped transfer Web development from CERN to the global Web consortium in 1995. He is listed as co-author of How the Web Was Born by James Gillies, the first book-length account of the origins of the World Wide Web.

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Belgium

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