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Cerf, Vinton G. |
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Google, LLC |
| Primary Field
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Computer and Information Sciences |
| Secondary Field
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Engineering Sciences |
 Election Citation
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Cerf led the design and implementation of TCP/IP and continues to lead the networking research community and internet and telecommunications industries. |
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Research Interests
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Vinton Cerf's research interests revolve around the Internet, its protocols and technical, economic and policy implications. He has participated in the development of an Interplanetary Internet protocol suite and is working on an "Interspecies Internet" aimed at facilitating experiments in communication between disparate species. He is actively engaged in Internet and Web accessibility development. Through several non-profits on whose Boards he sits, he is an active proponent of improving global access to the Internet and to promoting awareness of and appreciation for scientific research by the general public. |
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