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Vint Cerf (Vinton Gray Cerf ) • Born : 23rd June, 1943 |
- One of the 'Founding Fathers of Internet'.
- Received 'ACM's Turing Award' (the computer science field's equivalent of Nobel Prize) for 2004 along with Mr. Kahn.
- For their ''pioneering work on internetworking, including .. the Internet's basic communications protocols .. and for inspired leadership in networking.''
- Cerf and Kahn, both have been awarded the 'Presidential Medal of Freedom' by President George W. Bush in 2005.
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