SIGCOMM Award
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The SIGCOMM Award recognizes lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks.
The award is presented in the annual SIGCOMM
Technical Conference.
The awardees are:
The award is presented in the annual SIGCOMM
SIGCOMM
SIGCOMM is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Data Communications, which specializes in the field of communication and computer networks. It is also the name of an annual 'flagship' conference, organized by SIGCOMM, which is considered to be the leading conference...
Technical Conference.
The awardees are:
- 2011 Vern PaxsonVern PaxsonVern Edward Paxson is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He also works as an Internet researcher based at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. His interests range from transport protocols to intrusion detection and worms...
- 2010 Radia PerlmanRadia PerlmanRadia Joy Perlman is a software designer and network engineer sometimes referred to as the "Mother of the Internet." She is most famous for her invention of the spanning-tree protocol , which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation...
- 2009 Jon CrowcroftJon CrowcroftJon Crowcroft is the Marconi Professor of Communications Systems in the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge...
- 2008 Don TowsleyDon TowsleyDonald F. Towsley is an American computer scientist, currentlyDistinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he co-directs the Networking Research Laboratory. He received his B.A. degree in physics and his Ph.D. degree in...
- 2007 Sally FloydSally Floyd (computer scientist)Sally Floyd was a computer scientist at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. She retired in 2009. She is best known for her work on Internet congestion control...
- 2006 Domenico Ferrari
- 2005 Paul MockapetrisPaul MockapetrisDr. Paul V. Mockapetris is the inventor of the Domain Name System.In 1983, he proposed a Domain Name System architecture in RFCs 882 and 883 while at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California....
- 2004 Simon S. LamSimon S. LamSimon Sin-Sing Lam is Professor and Regents Chair in Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin. He was born in Macau in 1947. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Distinction from Washington State University in 1969, and M.S. and Ph.D...
- 2003 David CheritonDavid CheritonDavid Ross Cheriton is a Canadian-born computer science professor at Stanford University who has investments in technology companies...
- 2002 Scott ShenkerScott ShenkerScott Shenker is a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley. He is also the head of the Networking Group and the Vice President of the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California. He received his Sc.B. in Physics from Brown University in 1978, and his PhD in Physics from...
- 2001 Van JacobsonVan JacobsonVan Jacobson is one of the primary contributors to the TCP/IP protocol stack which is the technological foundation of today’s Internet. He is renowned for his pioneering achievements in network performance and scaling....
- 2000 Andre DanthineAndré DanthineAndré Danthine was a professor of computer science at the University of Liège from 1967-1997; he is now a professor emeritus there. He specialized in computer networks, and created the Research Unit in Networking there in 1972....
- 1999 Peter 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 ...
- 1998 Larry RobertsLawrence Roberts (scientist)Lawrence G. Roberts received the Draper Prize in 2001 and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002 "for the development of the Internet" along with Leonard Kleinrock, Robert Kahn, and Vinton Cerf....
- 1997 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...
- 1997 Louis PouzinLouis PouzinLouis Pouzin invented the datagram and designed an early packet communications network, CYCLADES...
- 1996 Vint CerfVint CerfVinton 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...
- 1995 David J. FarberDavid J. FarberDavid J. "Dave" Farber is a professor of Computer Science, noted for his major contributions to programming languages and computer networking. He is currently Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy at the School of Computer Science, Heinz College, and Department of...
- 1994 Paul GreenPaul Green (engineer)Paul Eliot Green, Jr. is an American electrical engineer, famous for his research in spread spectrum and radar technology. He was the son of playwright Paul Green....
- 1993 Robert KahnBob KahnRobert Elliot Kahn is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol , the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.-Career:After receiving a B.E.E...
- 1992 Sandy Fraser
- 1991 Hubert ZimmermanHubert ZimmermanIn 1991, Hubert Zimmerman was awarded the SIGCOMM Award for "20 years of leadership in the development of computer networking and the advancement of international standardization".-References:...
- 1990 David D. ClarkDavid D. ClarkDavid Dana Clark is an American computer scientist. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1966. In 1968, he received his Master's and Engineer's degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on the I/O architecture of Multics under Jerry...
- 1990 Leonard KleinrockLeonard KleinrockLeonard Kleinrock is an American engineer and computer scientist. A computer science professor at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, he made several important contributions to the field of computer networking, in particular to the theoretical side of computer networking...
- 1989 Paul BaranPaul BaranPaul Baran was a Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks.He invented packet switching techniques, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of the Internet and other modern digital...