Won James Madison Medal (2023).
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Bob Kahn
Robert Elliot Kahn is an American electrical engineer who, along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.
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science · American Internet pioneer (born 1938) · computer scientist · inventor · electrical engineer · patent inventor · engineer · also Bob Kahn, Robert Kahn (computer scientist), Robert Elliot Kahn, Robert Kahn, Robert E. Kahn, R.E. Kahn
Born 23 December 1938 · Q62843
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2023· 1 entry
2015· 1 entry
Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,882 times.
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2013).
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Kahn was one of five Internet and Web pioneers awarded the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Internet Hall of Fame (2012).
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Was also recognized as honorary doctor of Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
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Kahn was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Harold Pender Award (2010).
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Published “Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1” in Cancer Cell — cited 6,509 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Japan Prize (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
“, in The Edge Annual Question—2010: How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?[2], January 2010. ==== “Communication Technology And Social Change”
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006).
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Awarded Webby Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
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"for pioneering technical contributions to internetworking and for leadership in the application of networks to scientific research
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2005· 2 entries
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George W. Bush (2005).
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Was awarded the Townsend Harris Medal from the Alumni Association of the City College of New York, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the C & C Prize in Tokyo, Japan
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Turing Award (2004).
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Kahn won the Turing Award with Vint Cerf for their work on TCP/IP
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2002).
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded ACM Fellow (2001).
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Awarded Charles Stark Draper Prize (2001).
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Was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
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1999· 1 entry
For Pioneering the Internet through Major Design and Development Contributor to the Original ARPANET NCP Protocol and Co-Inventor of the Internet's TCP/IP Protocol
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1997· 2 entries
Won IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1997).
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Won National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Computer Pioneer Award (1996).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Marconi Prize (1994).
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded SIGCOMM Award (1993).
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For "visionary technical contributions and leadership in the development of information systems technology", and shared the 2004 Turing Award with Vint Cerf, for "pioneering work on internetworking, including
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1992· 3 entries
Awarded IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award for Transmission Control Protocol (1992).
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Awarded EFF Award (1992).
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Co-founded with Vint Cerf the Internet Society, to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded ACM Software System Award (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded AAAI Fellow (1990).
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Published “PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT AT WORK.” in Academy of Management Journal — cited 11,078 times.
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1987· 1 entry
For research contributions in computer networks and packet switching, and for creative management contributions to research efforts in computers and communications
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1986· 2 entries
Awarded Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1986).
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And as of 2022 remains its chairman, CEO and president
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1981· 1 entry
Bob Kahn was elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow for original work in packet switching mobile radio telecommunications technology
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1978· 1 entry
Published “Rapid chromatographic technique for preparative separations with moderate resolution” in The Journal of Organic Chemistry — cited 5,486 times.
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1972· 2 entries
Kahn joined the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) within DARPA
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Where he was responsible for the administrative and technical evolution of the ARPANET, including programs in packet radio, the development of a new network protocol (TCP/IP), and the switch to TCP/IP to connect multiple
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1964· 1 entry
Studied at Princeton University, doctorate (1964).
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Princeton University, master's degree (1962).
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1960· 2 entries
Studied at City College of New York, bachelor's degree (1960).
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Kahn went on to Princeton University where he earned a M
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1938· 1 entry
Born 1938-12-23.
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