What is Leonard Kleinrock?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Leonard Kleinrock |image =Leonard Kleinrock - Internet Hall of Fame inductees 2012 (cropped).jpg |image_size = |image_source = |caption = Kleinrock at a meeting of the Internet Hall of Fame inductees 2012 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|6|13}} |birth_place = [[New York City]] |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = [[United States]] |field = [[Engineering]] <br/> [[Computer science]] |workplaces = [[UCLA]] |alma_mater = [[City College of New York]], [[MIT]] |doctoral_advisor = Edward Arthurs |doctoral_students = [[Chris Ferguson]] |known_for = [[Internet]] development |prizes = [[Marconi Prize]] {{small|(1986)}}<br>[[Harry H. Goode Memorial Award]] <small>(1996)</small><br>[[National Medal of Science]] <small>(2007)</small><br>[[IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal]] {{small|(2012)}}<br>[[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] {{small|(2014)}} }} '''Leonard Kleinrock''' (born June 13, 1934) is an [[Americans|American]] [[engineer]] and [[computer scientist]]. He played an influential role in the creation of the [[ARPANET]], the [[precursor]] to the [[Internet]], at UCLA.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenbaum |first=Philip |title=Web pioneer recalls 'birth of the Internet' |publisher=CNN |date=29 October 2009 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/29/kleinrock.internet/index.html |accessdate=October 30, 2009}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{cite web |url=http://www.lk.cs.ucla.edu/ |title=Leonard Kleinrock's Home Page |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]|accessdate=11 February 2004}} *{{cite web |url=http://internethistory.ucla.edu/ |title=KIHC: The Kleinrock Internet History Center at UCLA |publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] |accessdate=11 November 2004 |archive-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404210459/http://internethistory.ucla.edu/ |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.lk.cs.ucla.edu/publications.html |title=Bibliography |publish