[Chapter-delegates] Sad news - Peter Kirstein -the founder of the European Internet die

[Borka Jerman Blazic]

Peter Kirstein, a British computer scientist who was widely recognized 
as the father of the European internet, died on Wednesday at his home in 
London. He was 86.

Peter Kirstein  was crucial scientist   for spreading f the TCP/IP 
protocols that underpin today’s internet (and gave Queen Elizabeth her 
own email address). Peter was one of the most hard working scientist in 
the year 1985-1991 within the COSINE project that developed the first 
TCP/IP backbone in Europe in December 1991. Peter fashioned his pivotal 
role in computer networking with the old-fashioned way: through human 
connections. In 1982, his collegial ties to American scientists working 
in the nascent field of computer networks led him to adopt their 
standards in his own London research lab and later set up the first 
Internet line between Europe (UK) and USA.

We remember Peter through 25 years of collaboration within the EU 
Framework programs that started with the FP3 project: PASSWORD where the 
first software for digital signature and Public Key services were 
developed.  Our last cooperation was within the video-conferencing 
development project (Global-Plaza) in 2010. We all miss him and  his 
enthusiasm  and wisdom.


In the name of ISOC.SI

Borka Jerman Blažič




-- 
Prof.dr.Borka Jerman-Blažič Ex-Head, Laboratory for Open systems and 
Networks Jožef Stefan Institute and Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana 
University Slovenia tel. +386 1 477 3408 tel. +386 1 477 3756 mob. +386 
41 678 410
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