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Simon S. Lam

American computer scientist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1947 · age 79

Simon S. Lam is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He retired in 2018 from The University of Texas at Austin as Professor Emeritus and Regents' Chair Emeritus in Computer Science #1.

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2023Internet Hall of FameAward2004ACM Software System AwardAwardSIGCOMM AwardAwardW. Wallace McDowell AwardAward1998ACM FellowAward1985IEEE FellowAward1947Born31 July 1947

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Awards

Internet Hall of Fame2023
SIGCOMM Award2004
ACM Software System Award2004
W. Wallace McDowell Award2004
ACM Fellow1998
IEEE Fellow1985

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He made seminal and important contributions to transport layer security, packet network verification, as well as network protocol design, verification, and performance analysis.

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Scientists
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Scientist
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Born 1947 · age 79