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Who is Vinton Cerf?

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Posted on: July 7, 2011
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Who is Vinton Cerf?

Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf

Have you ever heard about one of the famous communications engineer named Vinton Cerf? He is one of the founders of the internet. He is also called as the Father of Internet. The struggle of finding the software’s which are useful for getting the services like e-Mail and many more. Cerf is born and brought up in America and has completed bachelors degree in mathematics and after this he joined as systems engineer in IBM company. He left that job even without completing two years. He then joined in California University in Los Angles to pursue his higher studies. He worked as an assistant professor in the same University for four year after completing his MS and PhD. later on he joined in many computer organizations and worked on the computer net working and did many researches.

The titles and honors which are bagged by Cerf for his research and output and his contributions have been acknowledged and lauded, repeatedly, with honorary degrees, and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering. In addition to his work on the Internet, Cerf served on many government panels related to cyber security and the national information infrastructure.

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