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DNS Inventor Receives 2005 ACM SIGCOMM Award3 June 2005
Nominum, the leading provider of IP address management infrastructure solutions, today announced its chief
scientist Paul Mockapetris is the 2005 recipient of the prestigious ACM SIGCOMM lifetime award. Paul is widely known and respected for his role in the creation of the Domain Name System (DNS).
The ACM SIGCOMM award was initiated in 1989 as a means of honoring computer and communication professionals for outstanding technical achievement in the fields of data and computer communications.
Paul's best-known contribution to technology is his role as the creator of the DNS, 22 years ago, while working at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute. The DNS is fundamental to the Internet, powering all web-based applications; from a simple email and web look-up, through to VoIP phone calls and RFID. Paul's earlier work at UC Irvine, MIT and IBM focused on multiprocessor operating systems, virtual machines and ring LAN technology.
"The Domain Name System (DNS) -- the distributed database that translates names like http://www.acm.org into numerical addresses that routers can understand -- lies at the heart of every user experience with the Internet. ACM SIGCOMM is proud to recognize Dr. Paul Mockapetris for his foundational work in designing and developing DNS, and for the important role he has played in the development of the Internet architecture," said Jennifer Rexford, Chair of ACM SIGCOMM.
Paul's other accomplishments include his work on the design of email systems, for which he wrote the first implementation of the Internet's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Further to this, Paul has held management
positions for both the USC's Information Sciences Institute and ARPA, overseeing networking projects across the US and Europe.
For more than thirty years, Paul has made an ongoing commitment to invention and the Internet. He continues to influence its evolution through his past and present participation in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), including chairing the IETF itself from 1994 to 1996. Paul is a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences including, ITU Telecom World, Burton Group Catalyst Conferences and Interop.
"It's a tremendous honor to be recognized by ACM SIGCOMM and to stand alongside its other distinguished recipients," said Paul Mockapetris. "It is especially poignant to receive this award at a time when the Internet is
impacting on society like never before. While the Internet has come a long way there is still much to do in terms of making the network more useful and secure"
The award will be presented on 24 August at the banquet dinner of the annual SIGCOMM conference.
About ACM
ACM is the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. Since 1947 ACM has provided a vital forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and discoveries. Today, ACM serves a membership of computing professionals and students in more than 100 countries in all areas of industry, academia, and government. Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), SIGCOMM is ACM's professional forum for the discussion of topics in the field of communications and computer networks, including technical design and engineering, regulation and operations, and the social implications of computer networking. The SIG's members are particularly interested in the systems engineering and architectural questions of communication.
About Nominum
Nominum is the leading provider of IP address infrastructure solutions for Global 2000 companies. Nominum provides the industry's only high-scalability and high-availability Internet name and address solutions for the always-on network. Nominum's Foundation product family includes scalable, reliable and secure DNS and DHCP servers and IP address management (IPAM) systems. These solutions allow service providers to deliver a carrier-grade telecommunications infrastructure that supports the rapidly growing demand for new services, and allows enterprises to create resilient and reliable networks that are responsive to changing business conditions. For further information visit http://www.nominum.com
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