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Vint Cerf

American computer scientist (born 1943) · United States · Scientists

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Vinton Gray Cerf is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn.

A life in dates

2023IEEE Medal of HonorAward2018Benjamin Franklin MedalAward2014Officer of the Legion of HonourAward2012Internet Hall of FameAward2010Harold Pender AwardAward2006Order of Saints Cyril and MethodiusAward2005Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2002Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific ResearchAward2001Charles Stark Draper PrizeAward1998Honorary Doctor of ETH ZürichAwardMarconi PrizeAward1997IEEE Alexander Graham Bell MedalAward1993EFF AwardAward1991ACM Software System AwardAward1943Born23 June 1943

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Vinton Cerf in Vilnius, September 2010Vinton Cerf in Vilnius, September 2010Cerf playing Spacewar! on the Computer History Museum's PDP-1, ICANN meeting, 2007Cerf playing Spacewar! on the Computer History Museum's PDP-1, ICANN meeting, 2007Cerf at 2007 Los Angeles ICANN meetingCerf at 2007 Los Angeles ICANN meetingCerf and Bob E. Kahn being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. BushCerf and Bob E. Kahn being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. BushVint Cerf, before his talk in memory of Dr. John Niparko at the 2017 MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology in BaltimoreVint Cerf, before his talk in memory of Dr. John Niparko at the 2017 MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology in Baltimore

Awards

IEEE Medal of Honor2023
Benjamin Franklin Medal2018
Catalonia International Prize2018
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2016
Officer of the Legion of Honour2014
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering2013
Internet Hall of Fame2012
OII Lifetime Achievement Award2011
Harold Pender Award2010
Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations2010
Japan Prize2008
Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius2006
National Inventors Hall of Fame2006
Presidential Medal of Freedom2005
Turing Award2004
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research2002
Paul Evan Peters Award2002
Charles Stark Draper Prize2001
Honorary Doctor of the Rovira I Virgili University2000
Marconi Prize1998
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich1998
Honorary Doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands1998
Honorary Doctor of Luleå University of Technology1998
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal1997
National Medal of Technology and Innovation1997
ACM Fellow1994
EFF Award1993
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award1992
ACM Software System Award1991
IEEE Fellow

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83

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