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Simon S. Lam

Simon S. Lam is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He retired in 2018 from The University of Texas at Austin as Professor Emeritus and Regents' Chair Emeritus in Computer Science #1. He made seminal and foundational contributions to transport layer security as well as important contributions to packet network verification, network…

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Known for
Inventing Secure Sockets Secure Network Programming Atomic Predicates for Network Verification Adaptive Backoff algorithms
Education
Washington State University (BS), UCLA (MS, PhD)
Born
(1947-07-31) July 31, 1947 (age 79) Macau
Citizenship
United States
Doctoral advisor
Leonard Kleinrock
Fields
Computer Science

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Simon S. Lam

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Simon S. Lam

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related to Early life and education · 28
Simon S. Lam → ARPA Network Measurement Center, ARPANET, Beginning Fall, BSEE, Chancellor’s Teaching Fellowship, College, Distinction, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, From, He, His, Hong Kong, Kowloon, La Salle College, Lam, Macau, Outstanding Senior, Portuguese, Postdoctoral Scholar
related to External links · 3
Simon S. Lam → Lam, Lam Major Awards, Simon
Born · 1
Simon S. Lam → (1947-07-31) July 31, 1947 (age 79) Macau
Citizenship · 1
Simon S. Lam → United States
Doctoral advisor · 1
Simon S. Lam → Leonard Kleinrock
Education · 1
Simon S. Lam → Washington State University (BS), UCLA (MS, PhD)
Fields · 1
Simon S. Lam → Computer Science
Known for · 1
Simon S. Lam → Inventing Secure Sockets Secure Network Programming Atomic Predicates for Network Verification Adaptive Backoff algorithms
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Simon S. Lam → The University of Texas at Austin, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

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Simon S. LamFieldsComputer Science1.00infobox
Simon S. LamKnown forInventing Secure Sockets Secure Network Programming Atomic Predicates for Network Verification Adaptive Backoff algorithms1.00infobox
Simon S. LamWorkplacesThe University of Texas at Austin, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center1.00infobox
Simon S. Lamrelated to Early life and educationSimon0.60section
Simon S. Lamrelated to Early life and educationLam0.60section
Simon S. Lamrelated to Early life and educationMacau0.60section
Simon S. Lamrelated to Early life and educationPortuguese0.60section
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