American Internet pioneer receives German tech award

Vint Cerf received an award from the Hasso-Plattner Institute in Potsdam earlier this week. Cerf, along with another American colleague, is well-known for having developed the Internet's underlying protocol.

Vint Cerf, a legend in the computer science and Internet world, has once again been honored for his achievements as one of the key pioneers in creating the Internet. This time, though, it was the Hasso-Plattner Institute, in Postdam, just outside of Berlin, which made Cerf an honorary fellow on Wednesday. He now joins the ranks of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Cerf's colleague, Robert Kahn, with whom he developed TCP/IP, the fundamental protocol that makes the Internet function. While the Hasso-Plattner Institute is fairly young, Cerf said he was impressed with the creativity and innovation being fostered there - it is the only institute in Germany to offer graduate-level degrees in computer network engineering. "For me this is a special honor because it comes from a community that cares about technology, that care about the kinds of things that I care about," Cerf said in his remarks.

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(Source : Deutsche Welle)