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Cerf-Kahn Appreciation Evening - Tue. May 10 - McLean VA
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 17:14:11 -0400
SUBJECT: Cerf-Kahn Appreciation Evening - Tue. May 10 - McLean VA Appreciation Evening for Vint Cerf & Bob Kahn Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Where: Booz-Allen-Hamilton World Headquarters, McLean, Virginia Host: DCISOC - Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf, members of our local Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society, have recently won the Association for Computing Machinery's prestigious annual Turing Award. The ACM is the premier organization for computing professionals, and its Turing Award, considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing," has been given to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn for their for pioneering work on the design and implementation of the Internet's basic communications protocols. Cerf and Kahn jointly developed TCP/IP, the protocol on which the Internet is based, in brief a format and procedure for transmitting data that enables computers in diverse environments to communicate with each other. The Turing Award will be presented at the ACM Awards Banquet in San Francisco, in June. Since we all can't get to the ACM meeting in San Francisco, ISOC chapters around the world have organized this meeting to express our gratitude for everything Bob and Vint have done, not just for the industry but for ISOC as well. The evening will start with a social hour, with time to say hello to Vint and Bob. Several speakers (including Dennis Doughty, President, Booz-Allen-Hamilton Worldwide Technology Business) will touch briefly on the differences the Internet has brought to the world. Internet pioneer Steve Crocker will ask Bob and Vint to share their thoughts, looking back on three decades of remarkable change and to the future. We will have replica copies of historical TCP/IP documents which Vint and Bob may be so kind as to autograph for us. During the evening, leaders of ISOC chapters around the world will be joining the meeting via the Internet to congratulate Vint and Bob, and thank them for their key roles in the start and growth of the Internet, as well as in creating and supporting ISOC and the IETF. To attend, please R.S.V.P. to info () dcisoc org. We need to give Booz Allen a count of the expected number of attendees, as they will be providing refreshments. Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Place: Booz-Allen-Hamilton Conference Center Tel. 703-902-5000 8283 Greensboro Drive, McLean (Tysons Corner), VA 22102 Map and detailed driving directions: www.dcisoc.org/bah_directions.pdf or www.dcisoc.org/bah_directions.gif For more information on event contact gene.gaines () gainesgroup com or marty () burack nu. See www.dcisoc.org for more information on the Turning Award. This invitation also available in these formats: Web www.dcisoc.org/cerf_kahn_appreciation_050510.html PDF www.dcisoc.org/cerf_kahn_appreciation_050510.pdf DOC www.dcisoc.org/cerf_kahn_appreciation_050510.doc ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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