Lawrence H. Landweber

A Professor Emeritus at the Computer Science Department of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Dr. Lawrence H. Landweber has made seminal contributions to the development of the Internet. During the 1970s, he began work on computer networks that would support global research and education, including TheoryNet, an email system for theoretical computer scientists, and CSNET, the first open network for all computer research groups in the United States. From 1984 to 1989, he organized the Landweber Conferences which supported scientists striving to implement national academic and research networks in their countries. These workshops led to the emergence of an international academic Internet and the creation of INET, the first open, international conference to draw experts from government, industry and academia having technical, financial and policy expertise.

An IEEE Member, Dr. Landweber also is a founding member and former president and trustee of the Internet Society and a Fellow of the Association of Computer Machinery.