Radia Perlman
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| Radia Perlman | |
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| Born | Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Sun Microsystems |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Known for | Network and security protocols; computer books |
Radia Joy Perlman (born 1951 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA) is a software designer and network engineer sometimes referred to as the 'Mother of the Internet'.[citation needed] She is most famous for her invention of the spanning-tree protocol, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges. She also made large contributions to many other areas of network design and standardization such as link-state protocols, including TRILL, which she invented to correct some of the short-comings of spanning-trees. She obtained a Bachelor's, Master's in Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT[1] . Her doctoral thesis at MIT addressed the issue of routing in the presence of malicious network failures and forms the basis for most of the work in this field.[citation needed]
Perlman is the author of one textbook on networking and coauthor of one textbook on network security. She is currently employed by Sun Microsystems. She holds more than 50 patents from Sun alone.[2]
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[edit] Early Research
As an undergraduate at MIT she undertook a UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity), in lieu of course units, within the LOGO Lab at the (then) MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Working under the supervision of Seymour Papert, she developed a "tiny" version of the educational robotics language LOGO, called TORTIS. In this research performed 1974-6 young children -- the youngest aged 3 1/2 years, programmed a LOGO educational robot called a Turtle. Described as a pioneer of young children computer programming. [3]
[edit] Bibliography
- Perlman, Radia (1999). Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2e ed.). Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series.
- Perlman, Radia; Charlie Kaufman; Mike Speciner. Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World (2e ed.).
[edit] Awards
- USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
- One of three recipients of the inaugural Woman of Vision Award from the Anita Borg Institute (2005); Radia's award was for Innovation.
- SVIPLA (Silicon Valley Inventor of the year) - (April 28, 2004)
- Honorary Doctorate, Royal Institute of Technology - (June 28, 2000)
- Again, named as one of the 20 most influential people in the industry in the 25th anniversary issue of Data Communications magazine. (Only person to be named in both issues.) - (January 15, 1997)
- Named as one of the 20 most influential people in the industry in the 20th anniversary issue of Data Communications magazine. - (January 15, 1992)
[edit] References
- ^ "Radia Perlman". Sun Microsystems. http://research.sun.com/people/mybio.php?uid=28941. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Patents Awarded to Radia Perlman". Sun Microsystems. http://research.sun.com/dmp/patents.php?uid=28941&show=all. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "[http://www.formatex.org/micte2006/virtual/pdf/582.pdf Radia Perlman – A pioneer of young children computer programming, Leonel Morgado et al]]". http://www.formatex.org/micte2006/virtual/pdf/582.pdf. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
