Vint Cerf

Vint Cerf is one of the most significant scientists, of contemporary times, who has been instrumental in designing and developing the TCP/IP protocols along with engineer Bob Kahn. After completing his schooling he took up Mathematics as a subject and earned a bachelor’s degree in it. After this he got a job as systems engineer and then directed his attention to computer science and premeditated on the subject in his post-graduation. He trained under the tutelage of some eminent scientist and himself did some important research during his university days. His encounter with electrical engineer Robert E. (Bob) Kahn presented a new world of possibilities before him and these two scientists together made significant contribution to the world of science. They worked day in and day out and their hard work and patience paid when they designed the basis of internet, that is, the TCP/IP protocols. Cerf worked with many scientific associations and helped them develop and enhance their efficiency. This visionary scientist even outlined the future of technology after he became the Chief Internet Evangelist of Google. He and Kahn made some of the most important advancements revolving around internet, and it is because of these two people that the world is now considered a global village

Major Works:
This brilliant engineer has revolutionised the world of technology by developing the internet and taking it to advanced levels. He is credited with designing the TCP/IP protocols along with engineer Bob Kahn.

Awards & Achivements:

• In 1996, he was awarded with the ‘Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award’. The same year, ‘The Franklin Institute’ honoured him with the ‘Certificate of Merit’. Two years later, he became a Fellow of the ‘IEEE’ (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
• In 1997, the then President of the US Bill Clinton presented Cerf and Kahn with the ‘National Medal of Technology’.
• In 2000, he became a Fellow of the ‘Computer History Museum’ and the same year, the ‘Library of Congress’ awarded him with the ‘Living Legend Medal’.
• He was awarded with the ‘A.M.Turing Award’ in 2004. He shared this award with Bob Kahn, for their significant contribution towards the development of internet.
• In 2005, he along and Kahn were together awarded with the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ by the then president of the US George W. Bush. He has also received the ‘SIGCOMM Award’ for his contributions to the development of the internet.
• In 2006, he was inducted in the ‘National Inventors Hall of Fame’ along with fellow scientist Bob Kahn.
• In 2012, he was inducted into the ‘Internet Hall of Fame’, and the following year, he was honoured with the ‘Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering’ along with four other Internet and Web innovators.
• During 2013-14, he was a recipient of the ‘Bernard Price Memorial Lecture’, and also honoured with the ‘Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana’ and ‘Officer of the French Légion d'honneur’.