Stephen Wolff
Stephen Wolff | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University Swarthmore College |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
Stephen South Wolff is one of the many fathers of the Internet.[1] He is mainly credited with turning the Internet from a government project into something that proved to have scholarly and commercial interest for the rest of the world. Dr. Wolff realized before most the potential in the Internet and began selling the idea that the Internet could have a profound effect on both the commercial and academic world.
Education
Stephen Wolff earned a BSc with Highest Honors in Electrical Engineering from
Contributions to the Internet
For fourteen years, Wolff worked as a communications and technology researcher for the
In 1986, Wolff became Division Director for Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure at the
Wolff also conceived the Gigabit Testbed, a joint NSF-DARPA project designed to prove the feasibility of IP networking at gigabit speeds.[6]
In 1994, Wolff left NSF and joined Cisco where he helped with projects such as Internet2 and the Abilene Network. Wolff's career at Cisco began as business development manager for the Academic Research and Technology Initiative program. There, Wolff helped advance the University Research Project (URP) which supports academic research candidates with grants to further networking technology.[3] He was named the interim Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Internet2 on March 31, 2011.[7]
Major awards
In 2002 the
The Internet Society also recognized Wolff in 1994 for his courage and leadership in advancing the Internet.[1]
In 2013, Dr. Wolff was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Stephen Wolff Receives the Internet Society's Postel Service Award for 2002", Internet Society, June 24, 2002
- ^ "Biography of Stephen S. Wolff", Session information for the 33rd Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 13–17, 2012, accessed August 19, 2012
- ^ a b c "Stephen Wolff -- Hustling for Innovation: Cisco Employee Receives ISOC Award for Contributions to Internet Development" Archived January 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Charles Waltner, Cisco Inc., July 30, 2002.
- ^ ISBN 9781610398022.
When I spoke to Wolff, I asked, "Is it right to call you the man who privatized the Internet?" "Yes, that is a fair assessment," he replied.
- ^ Banks, Michael. On the Way to the Web. New York: Apress, 2008.
- ^ Cerf, Vinton, et al. "A Brief History of the Internet". Internet Society. December 10, 2003.
- ^ Bass, Ryan. "Steve Wolff Named New Internet2 Interim Vice President and Chief Technology Officer". March 31, 2011.
- ^ "Stephen Wolff | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "2013 INTERNET HALL of FAME INDUCTEES | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved May 17, 2021.