HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

VINTON G. CERF

Co-creator of TCP/IP

Bio:

As the co-developer of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Cerf was

one of the innovators that took the concept of computer networking and packet-switching and

turned them into a useful and effective pathway to the Internet as we know it today. His vision

of an open-to-all Internet was partly motivated by a desire to create accessible systems even for

those without certain abilities, such as people with hearing-loss, which he and wife both had to overcome.

Links:

http://www.icann.org/biog/cerf.htm

http://www.itu.int/TELECOM/wt95/pressdocs/profiles/cerfbio.html

http://deafness.about.com/cs/celebfeatures/a/vintoncerf.htm