Postel Award
Encyclopedia
The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award is an award named after Jon Postel
. The award has been presented every year since 1999 by the Internet Society
to "honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community."
The first recipient of the award was Jon Postel himself (posthumously).
The award was created by Vint Cerf
as Chairman of the Internet Society
and announced in "I remember IANA
" published as RFC
2468.
Jon Postel
Jonathan Bruce Postel was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards...
. The award has been presented every year since 1999 by the Internet Society
Internet Society
The Internet Society or ISOC is an international, nonprofit organization founded during 1992 to provide direction in Internet related standards, education, and policy...
to "honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community."
The first recipient of the award was Jon Postel himself (posthumously).
The award was created by Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn...
as Chairman of the Internet Society
Internet Society
The Internet Society or ISOC is an international, nonprofit organization founded during 1992 to provide direction in Internet related standards, education, and policy...
and announced in "I remember IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is the entity that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System , media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and numbers...
" published as RFC
Request for Comments
In computer network engineering, a Request for Comments is a memorandum published by the Internet Engineering Task Force describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems.Through the Internet Society, engineers and...
2468.
Winners
- 2011 Prof. Kilnam Chon
- 2010 Dr. Jianping Wu
- 2009 CSNETCSNETThe Computer Science Network was a computer network that began operation in 1981 in the United States. Its purpose was to extend networking benefits, for computer science departments at academic and research institutions that could not be directly connected to ARPANET, due to funding or...
- 2008 La Fundacion Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed)
- 2007 Nii QuaynorNii QuaynorNii Narku Quaynor is a scientist and engineer who has played an important role in the introduction and development of the Internet throughout Africa.-Biography:...
- 2006 Bob BradenBob BradenRobert Braden is an American computer scientist who played a role in the development of the Internet. His research interests include end-to-end network protocols, especially in the transport and internetwork layers.-Career:...
and Joyce K. ReynoldsJoyce K. ReynoldsJoyce K. Reynolds is a computer scientist.Reynolds holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Southern California, United States. She has been active in the development of the protocols underlying the Internet... - 2005 Jun MuraiJun Muraiis a Japanese computer scientist, known as "the father of Japan's Internet". A professor at Keio University, Murai is the founder of JUNET and president of WIDE Project. Murai graduated from Keio University in 1979 and received a Ph.D...
- 2004 Phill Gross
- 2003 Peter T. KirsteinPeter T. KirsteinPeter Thomas Kirstein is a British computer scientist, best known for playing a significant role in the creation of the Internet.Born in Germany but brought up in England, he received a B.A. from Cambridge University in 1954, an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University ...
- 2002 Steve Wolff
- 2001 Daniel Karrenberg
- 2000 Scott BradnerScott BradnerScott Bradner is a senior figure in the area of Internet governance. He serves as the secretary to the Internet Society and was formerly a trustee. He is on the board of ARIN, the North American IP address registry. He has also held numerous senior leadership roles on the Internet Engineering Task...
- 1999 Jon PostelJon PostelJonathan Bruce Postel was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards...