Name: Leonard Kleinrock

Born: June 13, 1934, New York City

  • Created the initial idea of the ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet in his first paper entitled “Information Flow in Large Communication Nets” on May 31, 1961.
  • Developed packet switching.

Significant publications

  • Information Flow in Large Communication Nets.

Honors and awards

  • Awarded the National Medal of Science on September 29, 2008.

Website

  • Leonard Kleinrock personal website