Google “chief Internet evangelist” and Vice President Vinton Cerf, will visit Virginia Tech and give a lecture on Dec. 7.
The lecture, entitled “The Unfinished Internet,” take place at 11:00 a.m. in the Assembly Hall in Holtzman Alumni Center.
In 1994, former President Bill Clinton granted Cerf the U.S. National Medal of Technology and credited him and his colleague with creating the Internet. He also was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, under former President George W. Bush.
After graduating from UCLA with a degree in computer science, Cerf served as the senior vice president of technology strategy for MCI, Inc., a Verizon subsidiary. He is credited with having created MCI Mail, which was one of the first forms of e-mail to exist on the Internet.
Cerf’s lecture is being sponsored by the College of Science. No tickets are required to attend the event, and it is open to all interested students and community members.
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Any follow-up like attendees' questions, answers and comments about the lecture would be very helpful.
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