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Sally Floyd

American computer scientist (1950-2019) · United States · On the map · Died at 69

Sally Jean Floyd was an American computer scientist known for her work on computer networking. Formerly associated with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she retired in 2009 and died in August 2019.

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A life in dates

2019Died25 August 20192007SIGCOMM AwardAward2005IEEE Internet AwardAward2001ACM FellowAward1950Born20 May 1950

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Awards

SIGCOMM Award2007
IEEE Internet Award2005
ACM Fellow2001

About this person

She is best known for her work on Internet congestion control, and was in 2007 one of the top-ten most cited researchers in computer science.

Country
United States
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1950 to 2019 · aged 69