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

[Veni Markovski]

We are saddened to hear this news. Our deepest condolences go to his close
ones and friends.

Sincerely,
On behalf of ISOC — Bulgaria.


On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 03:08 Borka Jerman Blazic via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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> Networks Jožef Stefan Institute and Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana
> University Slovenia tel. +386 1 477 3408 tel. +386 1 477 3756 mob. +386 41
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