Bob Kahn
Sign in to saveAmerican Internet pioneer, computer scientist (born 1938)
Person
- Born
- 1938-12-23
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5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 57,940x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT AT WORK.
· 1990 · cited 10,856x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,170x
- Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1
· 2010 · cited 6,403x
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Elliot Kahn , ( 1938-12-23 ) December 23, 1938 (age 87) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- City College of New York ( BS ), Princeton University ( MA , PhD )
- Known for
- TCP/IP
- Spouse
- Patrice Ann Lyons
- Fields
- Telecommunications , networking
- Institutions
- Bell Labs , MIT , BBN , DARPA , Corporation for National Research Initiatives
- Thesis
- Some problems in the sampling and modulation of signals (1964)
- Doctoral advisor
- Bede Liu
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Key dates
- Born
- 23 December 1938
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kahn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Princeton University
- Award
- IEEE Medal of Honor
- Notable work
- Internet protocol suite
Article
Robert Elliot Kahn (born December 23, 1938) is an American electrical engineer who, along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.
In 2004, Kahn won the Turing Award with Vint Cerf for their work on TCP/IP.
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