- Brian Carpenter
Brian Carpenter is a British Internet engineer, and past chair of the
IETF .Professional career
He spent 10 years writing software for process control systems at
CERN , which was interrupted by three years teaching undergraduate computer science atMassey University inNew Zealand .He led the networking group at CERN, from 1985 to 1996. He worked alongside
Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN.When he left CERN, he joined
IBM , where he was an IBM Distinguished Engineer working on Internet Standards and Technology. From 1999 to 2001 he was at iCAIR, the international Center for Advanced Internet Research, sponsored by IBM at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is currently based in Switzerland.In September 2007, he left IBM for academia, and is now teaching data communication at The
University of Auckland . [cite web|title=Official bio page at the University of Auckland|url=http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/people/profile.php?id=bcar071|accessdate=2007-12-03]IETF career
He has worked on IPv6 and on Differentiated Services, being chair of the
DiffServ working group. He served from March 1994 to March 2002 on theInternet Architecture Board , which he chaired for five years. He also served as a Trustee of theInternet Society , and was Chairman of its Board of Trustees for two years until June 2002. In March 2005 he became IETF Chair, a position he held until March 2007.References
External links
* [http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~brian/ Brian Carpenter's personal home page at University of Auckland]
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