Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf, born June 23, 1943, in New Haven, Connecticut. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Stanford University, a master's and doctorate degree in computer science from UCLA. Cerf is an American computer scientist who is considered one of the founders of the internet. Cerf was partnered with Robert Kahn to develop the internet. He also developed the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Cerf and Kahn were recipients of the ACM Alan M. Turing award in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols and President George Bush awarded Cerf and Kahn the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their work. Vinton Cerf is now working at Google as Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist.

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