From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-x22e.google.com (mail-ob0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD4B421F3A4 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:12:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by obbnt9 with SMTP id nt9so14817921obb.3 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:12:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9Mtgz1TmbBPcSdp0ziQiWLWD8hDUoTYldZk0UA8R5yU=; b=HkhNccJTzRZVY4KympouZqfKm7Wndpsff01sbKo7jBXL96OkZ70RVon8+ZdE7OtlXf SqElpxbZNjUl6LQpopLyNecG6CaX+MZPIfCJ9MGG7tkQUBL4iPvgluwbPaQiz5Dvir8A quhtZ4VVLq7mI+eQJ2dKZJJXcbt1qzSqQE6fB+z9+l1Ai8gEdAVqG2AwY5UQDrbNSv1P gImkG0lTM3FgSY6F7gvn5X4P67NhGZGgo/7e0g0rCl0uixYRb5ovn1B1oFTpzzuf+td3 h5hLNPy4xsWm8zPGN2QQpxmhzpuJq5Rj/W95FCjYsG1g267X0Kx+PeCoAmrqjwPDWvk2 LdAQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.57.9 with SMTP id e9mr7628713oeq.24.1425571943102; Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:12:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.202.51.66 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:12:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:12:23 -0800 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: "codel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Codel] Fwd: some thoughts towards medals and other recognition for fundamental contributions to the internet X-BeenThere: codel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: CoDel AQM discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:12:53 -0000 since the codel database is so overwhelmed by spam as to make the admin interface fail to let me approve this message, I am forwarding. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vint Cerf Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:38 AM Subject: Re: some thoughts towards medals and other recognition for fundamental contributions to the internet To: Dave Taht Cc: bloat , "aqm@ietf.org" , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" , "codel@lists.bufferbloat.net" dave, this is a great list - and much appreciated. nominations must go to the committees for awards. I suggest we compile a list of the applicable awards from IEEE, ACM, NAE, AAAS, .... and references to how to make nominations. v On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Dave Taht wrote: > > There are plenty of people involved in the bufferbloat project who > already have got plenty of medals, awards and statuettes - Eric > Raymond, Jim Gettys, Paul Vixie, Vint Cerf, Fred Baker, etc... > > And there are now a bunch of newer people that have made enormous > contributions to making the Internet better, and it would be good to > somehow, give them some recognition for that. > > Are there some set of medal granting organisations we could submit > these peoples' names to? > > * Kathie Nichols and Van Jacobson - for making a fundamental > contribution towards understanding the causes of network latency with > codel > * Jesper Dangaard-Brauer - for solving all the thorny rateshaping > problems on PPPoe/ATM/DSL in his masters thesis (and in running code) > * Tom Herbert - for the invention of BQL > * Eric Dumazet - for the invention of fq_codel (and being the worlds > greatest active network programmer!) > * Juliusz Chroboczek - for solving nearly all the problems that > distance vector routing had, and making source specific routing > actually work > * Greg White - for driving the DOCSIS 3.1 standard > * Simon Kelly - IMHO, he deserves a knighthood and place in the > mythology along with Tim-Berners-Lee - as unlike http, dnsmasq has > been invisible, nearly as widespread, and far less problematic. He's > England's national treasure, and just spent 3 years making DNSSEC > deployable along the edge, besides. > * PI, PIE teams. > * No doubt I am not remembering someone, apologies! please feel free > to offer up some suggestions! (but what I am mostly looking for is a > (set of) place(s) to give names to!) > > Even without finding some separate medal granting org, I have longed > to create a *new* award - an "Internet Pioneers Award". > > It would feature a statuette of an engineer, chained to a rock, > marketroids eating his guts out, with a dozen arrows in his back, with > hands outstretched - holding up a shiny new piece of technology. > > First up, for that award (and I can think of plenty of others > eligible!), would be this guy: > > http://the-edge.blogspot.com/2003/06/wireless-connection.html > > ... without whom, it would have taken a lot longer for the entire home > router market to exist. > > In addition to the statue that award would include an all-expenses > paid trip to some tropical beach, somewhere, that didn't have > internet! > > I see isoc does some stuff, the process for national science awards is > not very clear... LF does some stuff... > > What else is there? > > -- > Dave T=C3=A4ht > Let's make wifi fast, less jittery and reliable again! > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/TVX3o84jjmb --=20 Dave T=C3=A4ht Let's make wifi fast, less jittery and reliable again! https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/TVX3o84jjmb