Vinton Cerf
Vinton Cerf
Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS,is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-inventor Bob Kahn and packet switching inventors Paul Baran and Donald Davies, among others. 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, the Marconi Prize and membership in the National Academy of Engineering...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 June 1943
CityNew Haven, CT
when we do get to the point where we need all the services in space that we have become accustomed to on Earth.
I'm still a strong proponent of getting IPv6 rolled out,
People need to be exposed to what the various problems are in various parts of the business. And you can become isolated from that in a large company.
I would agree that the U.S. educational system, especially at the undergraduate and graduate levels, needs some work, but in the meantime, we seem to be cranking out people who are capable,
My big concern is that suddenly access providers want to step in the middle and create a toll road to limit customers' ability to get access to the services of their choice even though they have paid for access to the network in the first place.
Users will also begin using their mobile devices to control and manage other Internet-enabled appliances (kitchen equipment, entertainment equipments, etc.),
These people just don't know you can't do that. So they just go out and do it. That's the great thing of working with all these new folks.
It took 30 years to get the Internet to where we are now. Thirty years from now, we have to assume there will be colonies on the moon, colonies on Mars and other planets and research stations all over.
It's Chief Internet Evangelist, which suggests I should go from three-piece suits to some sort of ecclesiastical robes.
It's conceivable that the IPN could go like its terrestrial counterpart, starting out as a network supporting scientific research and eventually evolving into something of commercial interest,
don't know you can't do that, so they go of and do it.
This medium will enjoy wider-spread use than television, radio or phones, and will ultimately expand beyond planet Earth,
Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success.
This is a place that's just full of creative energy, and I like places like that,