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Vint Cerf is a computer scientist and engineer born on June 23, 1943, in New Haven, Connecticut. He is a citizen of the United States. Cerf has held various occupations, including professor, technology evangelist, computer scientist, engineer, and inventor.
Cerf attended Van Nuys High School and went on to further his education at Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, Princeton University, and City College of New York. His doctoral advisors included Leonard Kleinrock and John B. Thomas. Cerf was the doctoral advisor to Raphael Finkel and Hanan Samet.
Vint Cerf is best known as one of the inventors of the TCP/IP protocol suite, in addition to his work on the ARPANET. His other notable works include the development of the Internet protocol suite and the Transmission Control Protocol.
Cerf is the founder of the Internet Society and Corporation for National Research Initiatives. He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work in the field of networks. Some of these accolades include the Turing Award, the Japan Prize, and the Marconi Prize, among others. Vint Cerf has also been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Technology.