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Van Jacobson

Van Jacobson is an American computer scientist, renowned for his work on TCP/IP network performance and scaling. He is one of the primary contributors to the TCP/IP protocol stack—the technological foundation of today’s Internet. Since 2013, Jacobson is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) working on Named Data Networking.

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Known for
Work on TCP/IP
Awards
IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Fields
Computer science

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Van Jacobson

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related to Career · 12
Van Jacobson → Compressing TCP/IP Headers, Compression, He, His, Internet, Jacobson's, Low-Speed Serial Links, MBone, RFC, TCP/IP Header Compression, TCP/IP's, Van Jacobson TCP/IP Header
related to External links · 10
Van Jacobson → Cade Metz, Inc, Internet Meltdown, Jacobson's, Packet Design, PARC, Van Jacobson Denies Averting, Van Jacobson's, Wayback Machine, Wired
Awards · 1
Van Jacobson → IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Fields · 1
Van Jacobson → Computer science
Known for · 1
Van Jacobson → Work on TCP/IP
is a · 1
Van Jacobson → American computer scientist

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Van JacobsonAwardsIEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award1.00infobox
Van JacobsonFieldsComputer science1.00infobox
Van JacobsonKnown forWork on TCP/IP1.00infobox
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Van Jacobsonrelated to CareerInternet0.60section
Van Jacobsonrelated to CareerHe0.60section
Van Jacobsonrelated to CareerTCP/IP Header Compression0.60section
Van Jacobsonrelated to CareerRFC0.60section
Van Jacobsonrelated to CareerCompressing TCP/IP Headers0.60section

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