Leonard Kleinrock
Professor
Computer Science Department
3732 Boelter Hall (310) 825-2543
UCLA lk@cs.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA 90024 www.lk.cs.ucla.edu
Dr. Leonard Kleinrock is known as the Inventor of Internet Technology, having created the basic principles of packet switching—the technology underpinning the Internet—while a graduate student at MIT. This was a decade before the birth of the Internet, which occurred when his host computer at UCLA became the first node of the Internet in September 1969. He wrote the first paper and published the first book on the subject; he also directed the transmission of the first message ever to pass over the Internet.
Dr. Kleinrock received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1963 and since then has served as a professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his master’s degree from MIT in 1959, and his BSEE degree from CCNY in 1957. He also received an Honorary Doctor of Science from CCNY in 1997 and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2000. He was the first president and co-founder of Linkabit Corp., and founder/chairman of Nomadix, Inc. and Technology Transfer Institute—both hi-tech firms located in Southern California. He has published more than 220 papers and authored six books on a wide array of subjects including packet switching networks, packet radio networks, local area networks, broadband networks and gigabit networks. Additionally, Dr. Kleinrock has recently launched the field of nomadic computing, the emerging technology to support users as soon as they leave their desktop environments. Nomadic computing is turning out be the next major wave of the Internet.
Dr. Kleinrock is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He is an IEEE fellow, ACM fellow, IEC fellow, INFORMS fellow, and a founding member of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council. Among his many honors, he is the recipient of the C.C.N.Y. Townsend Harris Medal, the CCNY Electrical Engineering Award, the Marconi Award, the L.M. Ericsson Prize, the NAE Charles Stark Draper Prize, the Okawa Prize, the IEEE Internet Millennium Award, the UCLA Outstanding Teacher Award, the Lanchester Prize, the ACM SIGCOMM Award, the Sigma Xi Monie Ferst Award, the INFORMS Presidents Award, and the IEEE Harry Goode Award.
Factoids—Dr. Leonard Kleinrock
Born: June 13, 1934, Manhattan
Married: Four children, five grandchildren
Education: Bronx High School of Science 1951
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, CCNY 1957
Masters in Electrical Engineering, MIT 1959
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, MIT 1963
Positions:
Professor: University of California, Los Angeles, 1963—present
Computer Science Department
Chair: University of California, Los Angeles, 1991—1995
Computer Science Department
Founder/Chairman: Nomadix, Inc., an organization 1995—present
developing software and hardware products
for nomadic computing. Founder/Chair/CEO: Technology Transfer Institute, 1976—present
a Santa Monica-based computer seminar and
conference company.
Chairman: TTI/Vanguard, a membership-based 1998—present
high-tech forum for senior IT executives,
focusing on emerging technologies, and
spearheaded by a prestigious board of thought
leaders.
Consultant: Clearstone Venture Partners 2001
Founder: Computer Channel Inc. 1988
Founder/First President: Linkabit Corporation 1968 Staff Associate: MIT Lincoln Labs 1957—1963
Engineer: Photobell Company 1991—1957
Publications:
6 books and over 220 professional papers
Honors:
The Okawa Prize 2001
National Academy of Science Charles Stark Draper Prize 2001
University of MA at Amherst – Honorary Doctor of Science 2000
CCNY - Honorary Doctor of Science Degree 1997
L.M. Ericsson Prize (the "Nobel Prize" in telecomminications) 1982
presented by the King of Sweden
12th Marconi International Fellowship Award 1986
presented by Prince of Belgium
National Academy of Engineering 1980
elected as one of its youngest members
Guggenheim Fellowship 1971
IEEE Fellow 1973 ACM Fellow 2000 INFORMS Fellow 2002
IEC Fellow 1999
IEEE Internet Award 2000
The INFORMS Presidents Award 1999
IEEE Harry M. Goode Award 1996
ACM SIGMA Xi Monie A. Ferst Award 1996
ACM SIGCOMM AWARD 1990
ORSA Lanchester Outstanding Research Prize 1976
Computer Design Hall of Fame 1982
CCNY Townsend Harris Medal 1982
Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper 1975
ICC Prize Paper 1978
UCLA Alumni Association Special Recognition Award 2002 UCLA Faculty Research Lecturer 1995
UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award 1986
UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award 1967
UCLA Outstanding Faculty Member 1966
IBM Science Advisory Committee 1982 to 1988
CCNY Electrical Engineering Award 1956
Sr. Class President, CCNY evening session 1956
Founder:
Linkabit Corporation 1968
Technology Transfer Institute 1976
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board 1986
of the National Research Council
Computer Channel Inc. 1988
Nomadix 1995
Public Service:
Vice Chair -- Year 2002 Computer Science and Engineering Peer Committee, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Founding member Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council of the NAE
Member, Internet 2 Network Research Liaison Council
Member, Advisory Board of the CCNY Powell Center for Policy Studies
Invited consultant Mayor's Office of the City of Los Angeles
Member Gigabit Testbed Advisory Board
Chair Committee that produced “Realizing the
Information Future, The Internet and Beyond,”
National Research Council
Member Committee that produced “Computing the
Future - A Broader Agenda” for Computer Science & Engineering
Chair Committee that produced “Towards a National Research Network,” National Research Council
Member Alan T. Waterman Award Committee, National Science Foundation
Founding Member Science Council of the Cross Industry
Working Team
Congressional Testimony on “Realizing the Information Future” before the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, May 26, 1994
Congressional Testimony 1988, VIP Project Participant--Telethon for Cerebral Palsy
Hobbies :
Karate (Black Belt), marathon runner, biking, swimming, travel
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