Vint Cerf
Co-designer of TCP/IP and one of the “fathers of the internet”
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Vint Cerf is an American computer scientist who, with Bob Kahn, designed TCP/IP, the protocols that let different networks join together into the internet. He is often called one of the fathers of the internet and has been Google’s chief internet evangelist since 2005.
Biography
ARPANET
Cerf studied mathematics at Stanford, worked at IBM and earned his PhD at UCLA, where in 1969 he was part of Leonard Kleinrock’s team that connected the first node of the ARPANET.
TCP/IP
In 1973–74, Cerf and Bob Kahn designed the Transmission Control Protocol, which lets computers on different networks exchange data reliably. Later split into TCP and IP, it became the standard of the ARPANET on 1 January 1983, the date often given as the birth of the internet.
Spreading the internet
At MCI he led the development of MCI Mail, the first commercial email service connected to the internet. He co-founded the Internet Society in 1992 and chaired ICANN, which manages domain names.
Google and beyond
Since 2005 Cerf has been a vice-president and chief internet evangelist at Google. He has also worked with NASA on an interplanetary internet. He received the Turing Award in 2004 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005.
Timeline
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1943
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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1969
Part of the UCLA team on the first ARPANET node
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1974
TCP paper with Bob Kahn
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1983
ARPANET switches to TCP/IP
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1992
Co-founds the Internet Society
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2004
Turing Award
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2005
Joins Google; Presidential Medal of Freedom
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2013
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Notable works
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1974
A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication Paper
With Bob Kahn.
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1983
MCI Mail Email service
Awards and honours
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Turing Award
2004
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
2005
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Japan Prize
2008
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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
2013
Did you know?
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1
He is known for wearing three-piece suits.
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He has partial hearing loss and has worked to make technology accessible.
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3
He has said the internet’s 32-bit addresses were meant to be an experiment.
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Who is Vint Cerf?
Vint Cerf is an American computer scientist who, with Bob Kahn, designed TCP/IP, the protocols that let different networks join together into the internet. He is often called one of the fathers of the internet and has been Google’s chief internet evangelist since 2005.
How old is Vint Cerf?
Vint Cerf is 83 years old, born on 23 June 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Where is Vint Cerf from?
Vint Cerf was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
What is Vint Cerf known for?
Vint Cerf is best known for TCP/IP protocols; ARPANET; Google’s chief internet evangelist; Turing Award 2004.
What awards has Vint Cerf received?
Notable honours include Turing Award (2004), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2005), Japan Prize (2008), Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2013).
References
- Vint Cerf — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Vint Cerf — Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Vint Cerf — IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Vint Cerf — Hindi Wikipedia. Wikipedia (Hindi). Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Vint Cerf (Q92743) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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