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Leonard Kleinrock
Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Kleinrock made several important contributions to the field of computer science, in particular to the mathematical foundations of data communication in computer networking. He has received numerous pr…
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science · American computer scientist (born 1934) · mathematician · computer scientist · patent inventor · professor · also Leonard Kleinrock, Kleinrock
Born 13 June 1934 · Q32338
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2020· 2 entries
EurekAlert!: Internet architect Dr. Leonard Kleinrock receives UCLA Medal
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2019· 3 entries
TwinCities.com: Leonard Kleinrock: 50 years ago, I helped invent the internet. How did it go so wrong?
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PBS: Leonard Kleinrock & Vint Cerf on the Invention of the Web
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KTLA: Frank Buckley Interviews: Professor Leonard Kleinrock, Internet Pioneer
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2014· 3 entries
KCRW: Leonard Kleinrock
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Awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2014).
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A special edition of Computer Networks was published in his honor
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Internet Hall of Fame (2012).
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Won IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (2012).
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Kleinrock was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Dan David Prize (2010).
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Phys.org: UCLA Internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock looks toward future, helps students do the same
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2008· 1 entry
EurekAlert!: UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock to receive National Medal of Science
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2007· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science (2007).
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2004· 1 entry
Described his work as:Basically, what I did for my PhD research in 1961-1962 was to establish a mathematical theory of packet networks which uncovered the underlying principles that drives today's Internet
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Charles Stark Draper Prize (2001).
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Awarded Okawa Prize (2001).
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Received the Draper Prize "for the development of the Internet"
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded ACM Fellow (2000).
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Awarded IEEE Internet Award (2000).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1996).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded SIGCOMM Award (1990).
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Kleinrock said:The thing that really drove my own research was the idea of a message switching network, which was a precursor to the packet switching networks
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1988· 1 entry
Kleinrock was the chairman of a committee of the National Research Council’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) that presented the report Toward a National Research Network to the U
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Marconi Prize (1986).
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1980· 1 entry
Was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering contributions to the field and leadership as an educator in computer communications networks
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1976).
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1973· 1 entry
Employing the network for a modern every-day use
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1969· 2 entries
Between the Interface Message Processor (IMP) at UCLA and the IMP at the Stanford Research Institute
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From Boelter Hall 3420, the school's main engineering building, Kline transmitted from the university's SDS Sigma 7 host computer to the Stanford Research Institute's SDS 940 host computer
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1968· 1 entry
To establish a Network Measurement Center (NMC) to measure and model the performance of the network
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1963· 1 entry
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (1963).
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1961· 1 entry
Information Flow in Large Communication Nets, led to a doctoral thesis at MIT in 1962, Message Delay in Communication Nets with Storage, later published as book in 1964, Communication Nets: Stochastic Message Flow and De
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1957· 2 entries
Studied at City College of New York, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1951–1957).
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From the City College of New York, and a master's degree and a doctorate (Ph
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1951· 1 entry
Studied at Bronx High School of Science, high school diploma (1949–1951).
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1934· 2 entries
To a Jewish family, and graduated from the noted Bronx High School of Science in 1951
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Born 1934-06-13.
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