Vint Cerf

@Software Entrepreneurs, Birthday and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Vint Cerf is an American engineer who revolutionised the world of technology and is often regarded as the ‘Father of Internet’ This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, profile, career & timeline Cancer Celebrities Connecticut Philanthropists American Stanford University University Of California, Los Angeles Business People IT & Software Entrepreneurs Engineers 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.

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Birthday: June 23, 1943 Nationality: American Famous: Software Entrepreneurs, it, Philanthropists, Stanford University, University Of California, Los Angeles, Business People, IT & Software Entrepreneurs, Engineers City/State: Connecticut Spouses: Sigrid Cerf (m. 1966) Known as: Vinton G. Cerf, Vinton Cerf, Vinton Gray Cerf, Vinton Gray Universities: Stanford University,University Of California, Los Angeles 1972 - University of California Los Angeles 1970 - University of California Los Angeles 1965 - Stanford University 1961 - Van Nuys High School Information Detail Birthday June 23, 1943 Nationality American Famous Software Entrepreneurs, it, Philanthropists, Stanford University, University Of California, Los Angeles, Business People, IT & Software Entrepreneurs, Engineers City/State Connecticut Spouses Sigrid Cerf (m. 1966) Known as Vinton G. Cerf, Vinton Cerf, Vinton Gray Cerf, Vinton Gray Universities Stanford University,University Of California, Los Angeles 1972 - University of California Los Angeles 1970 - University of California Los Angeles 1965 - Stanford University 1961 - Van Nuys High School Notable Alumnis Stanford University University Of California Los Angeles Founder / Co-Founder Internet Society Discoveries / Inventions Transmission Control Protocol The Internet Birth Place New Haven Gender Male Father Vinton Thruston Cerf Mother Muriel Cerf Net Worth $37 Million as of January 16,2017 Sun Sign Cancer Born in New Haven Famous as Engineer

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In 1966, Cerf married Sigrid, and is blessed with two children David and Bennett. The family resides in Virginia. Unsplash Personal Life

He has been awarded with several honorary doctorate degrees from various institutions like ‘Yale University’, ‘University of the Balearic Islands’, ‘University of the Balearic Islands’, ‘University of Pisa’, ‘University of South Australia’ and ‘Keio University’. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on 23rd June, 1943, in New Haven, Connecticut, US, to Vinton Thurston Cerf and Muriel (née Gray). He father was employed in an aeronautics company while his mother was a home-maker. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He received education at the ‘Van Nuys High School’, where future scientists Jon Postel and Steve Crocker were his classmates. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He completed his bachelor’s degree in 1965, from ‘Stanford University’, California, with mathematics as his subject. Thereafter, he got employed at ‘IBM’ (International Business Machines Corporation) in the position of a systems engineer. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

During the same time, he also pursued his master’s degree in computer science from the ‘University of California’, Los Angeles (ULCA) which he completed in the year 1970. During his post-graduation, he got acquainted to engineer Robert E. (Bob) Kahn who had already been engaged with the ‘ARPANet’ network. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1972, he earned a doctorate in computer science from the ‘Stanford University’. Thereafter, he started working at the university as an assistant professor. During the same time, he also did research work on packet network along with Kahn and constructed the DoD TCP/IP protocol suite. Unsplash Career

He joined the ‘Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’ (DARPA) in 1976, and continued to conduct researches there for the next six years. Unsplash Career

In 1982, he was appointed the vice president of ‘MCI Digital Information Services’, where he headed the operations of the ‘MCI Mail’, which was a commercial email service. He served in the position for the next four years. Unsplash Career

The two engineers, Cerf and Bob Kahn, together initiated the ‘Internet Society’ in 1992. This society is a charitable organization formed in order to deliver internet related education and avail the use of the facility for the common man. Unsplash Career

In 1994, he joined the ‘MCI Communication’ once again and was appointed as the Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy. In this capacity, he led the corporate strategy with a technical approach. Unsplash Career

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. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	June 23, 1943
Nationality	American
Famous	Software Entrepreneurs, it, Philanthropists, Stanford University, University Of California, Los Angeles, Business People, IT & Software Entrepreneurs, Engineers
City/State	Connecticut
Spouses	Sigrid Cerf (m. 1966)
Known as	Vinton G. Cerf, Vinton Cerf, Vinton Gray Cerf, Vinton Gray
Universities	Stanford University,University Of California, Los Angeles 1972 - University of California Los Angeles 1970 - University of California Los Angeles 1965 - Stanford University 1961 - Van Nuys High School
Notable Alumnis	Stanford University University Of California Los Angeles
Founder / Co-Founder	Internet Society
Discoveries / Inventions	Transmission Control Protocol The Internet
Birth Place	New Haven
Gender	Male
Father	Vinton Thruston Cerf
Mother	Muriel Cerf
Net Worth	$37 Million as of January 16,2017
Sun Sign	Cancer
Born in	New Haven
Famous as	Engineer

Vint Cerf

American

Jun 23, 1943

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