Leonard Kleinrock

UCLA Professor of Computer Science

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Leonard Kleinrock Biography

Leonard Kleinrock is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UCLA. Known as a "Father of the Internet," he developed the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology underpinning the Internet, while a graduate student at MIT. He wrote the first paper and published the first book on the subject and directed the transmission of the first message ever to pass over the Internet.

He has received numerous professional awards. Kleinrock was selected to receive the prestigious National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, from President George W Bush in the White House on September 29, 2008. "The 2007 National Medal of Science to Leonard Kleinrock for his fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of modern data networks, and for the functional specification of packet switching, which is the foundation of Internet technology. His mentoring of generations of students has led to the commercialization of technologies that have transformed the world." In 2010 he shared the Dan David Prize. In 2012, Kleinrock was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society. Leonard Kleinrock was inducted into IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-ΗΚΝ) in 2011 as an Eminent Member. The designation of Eminent Member is the organization's highest membership grade and is conferred upon those select few whose outstanding technical attainments and contributions through leadership in the fields of electrical and computer engineering have significantly benefited society. In September 2014, Leonard Kleinrock was awarded the ACM SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contribution Award at MobiCom 2014. He has also been granted with the 2014 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award "for his seminal contributions to the theory and practical development of the Internet," in the words of the jury's citation.

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Leonard Kleinrock Videos

  • Big Think Interview with Leonard Kleinrock - YouTube
  • UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock on packet switching, early Internet ...
  • Leonard Kleinrock, 2013 Concordia honorary doctorate - YouTube

Leonard Kleinrock Books

  • Communication Nets: Stochastic Message Flow and Delay (Dover Books on Engineering)
    Communication Nets: Stochastic Message Flow and Delay (Dover Books on Engineering)
  • Queueing Systems, Vol. 2: Computer Applications
    Queueing Systems, Vol. 2: Computer Applications
  • Queueing Systems. Volume 1: Theory
    Queueing Systems. Volume 1: Theory

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