- Radia Perlman
Dr. Radia Joy Perlman (born
1951 inPortsmouth, Virginia ) is a software designer and network engineer sometimes referred to as the 'Mother of the Internet'. She is most famous for her invention of thespanning-tree protocol , while working forDigital Equipment Corporation , which is fundamental to the operation ofnetwork bridge s. She also made large contributions to many other areas of network design and standardization such aslink-state protocol s. She obtained a Bachelor's, Master's in Mathematics, and a Ph.D. inComputer Science fromMIT . Her doctoral thesis at MIT addressed the issue ofrouting in the presence of malicious network failures and forms the basis for most of the work in this field.Perlman is the author of two textbooks on networking. She is currently employed by
Sun Microsystems . She holds more than 47patent s from Sun alone.Bibliography
* cite book
title = Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols
edition = 2e | year = 1999 | publisher =Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series
first = Radia | last = Perlman
* cite book
title = Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World | edition = 2e
first = Radia | last = Perlman | coauthors = Charlie Kaufman; Mike SpecinerAwards
* USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (2007)
* One of three recipients of the inaugural [http://www.anitaborg.org/programs/wov/ Woman of Vision Award] from the [http://anitaborg.org/ Anita Borg Institute] (2005); Radia's award was for Innovation.
* SVIPLA (Silicon Valley Inventor of the year) - (April 28 ,2004 )
* Honorary Doctorate,Royal Institute of Technology - (June 28 ,2000 )
* Again, named as one of the 20 most influential people in the industry in the 25th anniversary issue of Data Communications magazine. (Only person to be named in both issues.) - (January 15 ,1997 )
* Named as one of the 20 most influential people in the industry in the 20th anniversary issue of Data Communications magazine. - (January 15 ,1992 )External links
* [http://research.sun.com/people/mybio.php?uid=28941 Sun Microsystems Biography Page]
* [http://research.sun.com/dmp/patents.php?uid=28941&show=all All Her Patents At Sun Microsystems Web Page]
* [http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/perlman.html Inventor of the Week archive at MIT: Spanning Tree Algorithm]
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