Biography
Known as a father of the internet, Dr. Kleinrock pioneered the mathematical theory of packet networks which was the basis of the Internet. The Arpanet was launched in 1969 from his laboratory in UCLA's Boelter Hall Room 3420, now known as the "Birthplace of the Internet." He chaired the1988 National Research Council report upon which Al Gore based his 1991 High Performance Computing Act that upgraded U.S. computer network infrastructure. He is recipient of the 2007 National Medal of Science for fundamental mathematical contributions to Internet technology. Dr. Kleinrock has authored over 250 papers and supervised the research of over 50 PhD students. He founded and is Director of The UCLA Connection Lab, leads the SGI Advisory Board and will assist SGI's new innovation as it improves the ecosystem he helped initially create.