| Nationality: |
USA |
| Date of Birth: |
December 23 1938 |
| Academic Degrees: |
| 1960 |
B.E.E., Electrical Engineering, City College of New York |
| 1962 |
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University |
| 1964 |
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University |
| Professional Career: |
| 1960-1962 |
Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA |
| 1964-1966 |
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1966-1972 |
Technical Staff, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. |
| 1972-1979 |
Various Positions-Program Manager, Chief Scientist, Deputy Director, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Information Processing Techniques Office (DARPA/IPTO) |
| 1979-1985 |
Director, DARPA/IPTO (U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Information Processing Technology Office) |
| 1986-present |
Chairman, CEO & President of Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)) |
| Title: |
Chairman, CEO & President of Corporation for National Research Initiatives |
| Major Publications: |
- F.W. Heart, R.E. Kahn, S.M. Ornstein, W.R. Crowther, and D.C. Walden, The Interface Message Processor for the ARPA Computer Network. AFIPS Conference Proceedings, 1970 Spring Joint Computer Conference, vol. 36, pp. 551-567, May 1970.
- V. Cerf and R. Kahn, A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.22, issue 5, pp. 637-648, May 1974.
- Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf, The Digital Library Project: Volume 1:The World of Knowbots (DRAFT): An Open Architecture for a Digital Library System and a Plan for Its Development. Corporation for National Research Initiatives, March 1988.
- H. Frank, R.E. Kahn, L. Kleinrock, Computer Communication Network Design Experience with Theory and Practice, AFIPS 1972 Spring Joint Computer Conference, Vol. 40, pp. 255-270.
- R.E. Kahn, W.R. Crowther, Flow Central on a Resource Sharing Computer Network. Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE Symposium on Problems in the Optimization of Data Communications Systems, pp. 108-116, October, 1971.
- Advances in Packet Radio Technology, IEEE Proceedings , Vol. 66, No. 11, pp. 1468-1496, Nov. 1978.
- Robert Kahn and Robert Wilensky, A Framework for Distributed Digital Object Services, International Journal on Digital Libraries, Springer-Verlag, Volume 6, Number 2, pp. 115-123, April 2006 (First disseminated by the authors in May 1995 and reprinted by Springer in 2006)
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| Major Honors and Awards: |
- ACM President Award (1985)
- AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award (1986)
- Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award (1990)
- ACM Software System Award (with Dr. Cerf) (1991)
- IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award (1992)
- ACM SIGCOMM Award (1993)
- Marconi Award (1994)
- IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1997)
- U.S. National Medal of Technology (with Dr. Cerf) (1997)
- Charles Stark Draper Prize (with Dr. Cerf, L. Roberts, L. Kleinrock) (2001)
- Prince of Asturias Award (with Dr. Cerf, L. Kleinrock, L. Roberts, T. Berners-Lee) (2002)
- Digital ID World Award (2003)
- ACM Turing Award (with Dr. Cerf) (2004)
- C&C Award (2005)
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom (with Dr. Cerf) (2005)
- Townsend Harris Medal (2005)
- Inductee, National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006)
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| Memberships and Fellowships: |
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Member, New York Academy of Sciences
- Member, Board of Directors, Qualcomm
- Fellow, IEEE,
- Fellow, ACM,
- Fellow, AAAI
- Honorary Fellow, University College London
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| Honorary Degrees: |
- Princeton University
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- University of Maryland
- University of Pavia, Italy
- George Mason University
- University of Central Florida
- University of Pisa, Italy
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