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A Father of the InternetModeling and Performance Evaluation
Queueing and All That
Recent Presentations
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Born | |
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June 13, 1934 Manhattan
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Married | |
Four children, five grandchildren
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Education | |
Bronx High School of Science
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1951 |
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, CCNY
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1957 |
Masters in Electrical Engineering, MIT
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1959 |
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, MIT
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1963 |
Position | |
Professor
University of California at Los Angeles, Computer Science Dept. |
1963-present |
Chair
University of California at Los Angeles, Computer Science Dept. |
1991-1995 |
Founder/President
Nomadix, LLC an organization developing software and hardware products for nomadic computing |
1995-present |
Founder/Chair
Technology Transfer Institute a Santa Monica based computer seminar and conference company |
1976-present |
Founder
Computer Channel Inc. |
1988 |
Founder
Linkabit Corporation |
1968 |
Staff Associate
MIT Lincoln Labs |
1957-1963 |
Engineer
Photobell Company |
1951-1957 |
Publications | |
6 books and 200 professional papers
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Honors | |
L.M. Ericsson Prize
- The "Nobel Prize" in telecommunications, presented by the King of Sweden |
1982 |
12th Marconi International Fellowship Award
- Presented by Prince of Belgium |
1986 |
National Academy of Engineering
- Elected as one of its youngest members |
1980 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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1971 |
IEEE Fellow
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1973 |
IEEE Harry M. Goode Award
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1996 |
ACM SIGCOMM AWARD
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1990 |
ORSA Lanchester Outstanding Research Prize
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1976 |
Computer Design Hall of Fame
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1982 |
CCNY Townsend Harris Medal
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1982 |
UCLA Faculty Research Lecturer
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1995 |
Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper
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1975 |
ICC Prize Paper
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1978 |
UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
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1986 |
UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
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1967 |
UCLA Outstanding Faculty Member
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1966 |
IBM Science Advisory Committee
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1982-88 |
CCNY Electrical Engineering Award
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1956 |
Sr. Class President, CCNY evening session
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1956 |
Founder | |
Linkabit Corporation | 1968 |
Technology Transfer Institute | 1976 |
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council |
1986 |
Computer Channel Inc.
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1988 |
Nomadix, LLC | 1995 |
Public Service | |
Founding Member
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the NRC |
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Invited Consultant
Mayor's Office of the City of Los Angeles |
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Member
Gigabit Testbed Advisory Board |
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Chair
Committee that produced Realizing the Information Future, The Internet and Beyond National Research Council |
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National Research Council
Member Committee that produced Computing the Future - A Broader Agenda for Computer Science & Engineering |
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Member
Committee that produced Towards a National Research Network National Research Council |
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Member
Alan T. Waterman Award Committee National Science Foundation |
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Founding Member
Science Council of the Cross Industry Working Team |
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Congressional Testimony
on Realizing the Information Future before the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation Committee on Science, Space, and Technology U.S. House of Representatives May 26, 1994 |
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Congressional Testimony
1988 |
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VIP Project Participant
Telethon for Cerebral Palsy |
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Hobbies | |
Karate (Black Belt); marathon runner;
swimming; puzzles; and exotic nature trips. |