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[edit] Name

The redirect should really be changed so that Vint Cerf bounces to Vinton Cerf, since the latter is his full name.

Yes, but everyone in the world, but everyone, calls him "Vint". And Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) says we're supposed to use "the most common name of a person or thing". So having the article under "Vint Cerf" is exactly the right thing. Noel 02:44, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Confusion over the Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award

Ok my first edit ever, and boy was this a big one! I saw there was some confusion over whether Vint Cerf received the Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award in 1995 or 1996. After some searching on the net I have come to the conclusion, the award was received in 1995.

In his Professional Curriculum Vitae, which can be found at his personal homepage (http://mci.com/cerfsup/), he mentions the following under the heading “Professional Memberships, Activities and Awards”: Softquad/Rubinsky Award, 1995.

This by itself is enough proof to solely name the year 1995 and not to cause any confusion.

If more confirmation is needed I suggest the following location: http://www.gallupippi.com/content/default.aspx?CI=15757

Which mentions the following: "In 1995, he was awarded the Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award."

Off course if absolute certainty is needed it is always possible to contact Vinton G. Cerf at: http://global.mci.com/us/enterprise/insight/cerfs_up/contact/

I will also be changing the following Wikipedia article, which too fails to mention 1995 as the proper year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Rubinsky_Memorial_Award

I was unsure whether or not to add a reference as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite_sources, then again the personal homepage itself is already mentioned. --Brucevdk 18:17, 16 July 2005

I am not sure why any web sites, including Vint's, might state that he received the award in 1995. However, I can state with absolute certainty that he received the award at the Fifth WWW Conference in Paris in 1996. Yuri passed on Jan 21, 1996 and I handed out all of the awards that were subsequently given. See the wikipedia article on teh award itself. My name is Murray Maloney.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.54 (talk • contribs) 07:37, 22 January 2006

[edit] President's IT Advisory Council (PITAC)

"Vint Cerf is also a member of the Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov IT Advisory Council, assigned with a Presidential Decree on March 8, 2002."

I wanted to tweak the grammar of this a little and discovered that there are apparently at least two entities named "President's IT Advisory Council (PITAC)", a Bulgarian [1] and a U.S. [2].

Cerf is apparently a member of the Bulgarian Council but not of the U.S. For all I know, other countries may also have a "President's IT Advisory Council (PITAC)".

[edit] Vint Cerf on his biography

GCN: Speaking of Wiki, is your Wikipedia entry accurate? [Editor’s note: The online collaborative encyclopedia recently came under fire when a contributor admitted he fabricated information.]
Cerf: There are a number of minor factual inaccuracies, and it is both incomplete and out of date. Thanks for reminding me to look at it; I need to update and correct the minor mistakes. One thing in particular: I can’t really be the Father of the Internet because so many people have had key roles to play. Bob Kahn actually started the internetting project at DARPA in late 1972 or early 1973 and then invited me to work with him on it just after I joined the Stanford faculty. So at most I am “one of the fathers” of the Internet.
Source

So there you have it, we're out of date and have inaccuracies. Anyone want to give it a shot in sorting this out? - Ta bu shi da yu 15:12, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Cerf's objection is important to note, particularly in light of the fact that he's shared a number of major honors with Kahn. But a distinction exists between being called the "father of the Internet" and being its father. Cerf can't dispute the former, which can be verified easily with an internet search. In the edits I just completed, I cited his objection in a footnote, complete with a link to the GCN interview. 68.167.253.9 (talk · contribs) 21:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC).
I must say, the way I always hear it from friends of the family who worked in DARPA at the time Cerf was very much Kahn's subordinate. Does anyone have a creditable source one way or the other on this? ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.76.181 (talk • contribs) 9 August 2006

[edit] Hearing Impairment

Can't this be changed to hard of hearing or deaf?

[edit] Relationship to other Cerf's

Does anyone know anything about Vinton Cerf's relationship, if any, to Bennett Cerf, or more about the surname: Cerf? --TMH (talk) 00:20, 5 May 2008 (UTC)