Editing Vint Cerf (section)

== Awards and honors ==
[[Image:CerfKahnMedalOfFreedom.jpg|thumb|220px|Cerf and [[Bob Kahn|Bob E. Kahn]] being awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President George W. Bush]]
[[Image:CerfParvanov.jpg|thumb|220px|Cerf and Bulgarian President Parvanov being awarded the St. Cyril and Methodius in the Coat of Arms Order]]

Cerf has received a number of honorary degrees, including doctorates, from the [[University of the Balearic Islands]], [[ETHZ]] in Zurich, Switzerland, [[Capitol College]], [[Gettysburg College]], [[Yale University]],<ref>{{cite news|date=2013-05-20|title=Yale awards 10 honorary degrees at 2013 Commencement|url=https://news.yale.edu/2013/05/20/yale-awards-10-honorary-degrees-2013-commencement|access-date=2020-07-01|website=YaleNews|language=en}}</ref> [[George Mason University]], [[Marymount University]], Bethany College (Kansas), [[University of Pisa]], [[University of Rovira and Virgili]] ([[Tarragona]], Spain), [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Cosby Urges Rensselaer Graduates: Be Honest, Be Humble {{!}} News & Events|url=https://news.rpi.edu/luwakkey/459|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Rensselaer News}}</ref> [[Luleå University of Technology]] ([[Sweden]]), [[University of Twente]] ([[Netherlands]]), [[Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications]], [[Tsinghua University]] (Beijing), [[Polytechnic University (New York)|Brooklyn Polytechnic]], UPCT (University of Cartagena, Spain), Zaragoza University (Spain), [[University of Reading]] (United Kingdom), [[Royal Roads University]] (Canada), MGIMO (Moscow State University of International Relations), Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (Argentina),  [[Polytechnic University of Madrid]], [[Keio University]] (Japan), [[University of South Australia]] (Australia), [[University of St Andrews]] (Scotland), [[University of Pittsburgh]] and<ref>{{cite web|date=24 June 2015|title=Laureation address: Dr Vinton Cerf|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2015/title,261363,en.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122422/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2015/title,261363,en.php|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> [[Gallaudet University]] (United States). Other awards include:

*Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year Award from UCLA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumni.ucla.edu/share/ucla-awards/bio/vinton-cerf.aspx |title=Vinton Cerf M.S. '70, PhD '72 &#124; UCLA Alumni |publisher=Alumni.ucla.edu |access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias award]] for science and technology<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/12/31/lawrence-roberts-who-helped-design-internet-s.html#i/11177294|title=Lawrence Roberts, who helped design Internet's precursor, dies at 81|last=Hafner|first=Katie|date=31 December 2018|website=San Francisco Business Times}}</ref>
*[[Fellow of the IEEE|Life Member IEEE]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/sxsw-vint-cerf-on-connecting-the-next-billion-people|title=SXSW: Vint Cerf on Connecting the Next Billion People|last=Costa|first=Dan|date=11 March 2017|website=PC Mag}}</ref>
*Fellow of the [[IEEE]] for contribution and leadership in the design, development, and application of internet protocols.<ref>
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*Fellow of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]], 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/laureation-address-dr-vinton-cerf/|title=Laureation address: Dr Vinton Cerf|date=24 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/430417-acm-iot-roundtable-internet-experts-luminaries-innovators.htm|title=ACM IoT Roundtable: Internet Experts, Luminaries and Innovators|last=Briodagh|first=Ken|date=15 March 2017|website=IoT Evolution}}</ref>
* Elected as a member into the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1995 for contributions to the design and development of network protocols and leadership in the evolution of the Internet.
*[[Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award]], 1996<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/1999/05/award-from-an-unlikely-source/|title=Award from an Unlikely Source|date=18 May 1999|magazine=Wired|last=Kahney|first=Leander}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://elementy.ru/nauchno-populyarnaya_biblioteka/432541/Chernyy_lebed_interneta|title=Black swan of the internet|date=2 November 2014}}</ref>
*[[SIGCOMM Award]] for "contributions to the Internet [spanning] more than 25 years, from development of the fundamental TCP/IP protocols".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sigcomm.org/awards.html |title=SIGCOMM Awards |publisher=Sigcomm.org |access-date=December 2, 2011 |archive-date=June 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621042330/http://www.sigcomm.org/awards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[The Franklin Institute Awards|Certificate of Merit]] from [[The Franklin Institute]], in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Official Biography: Vint Cerf |url=https://www.internethalloffame.org/vint-cerf/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=Internet Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In December 1997 he, along with his partner Robert E. Kahn, was presented with the [[National Medal of Technology]] by President [[Bill Clinton]], "for creating and sustaining development of Internet Protocols and continuing to provide leadership in the emerging industry of internetworking."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ostp.gov/html/motmos.html |title=Office of Science and Technology Policy &#124; The White House |publisher=Ostp.gov |access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalmedals.org/|title=Home|website=National Science and Technology Medals Foundation}}</ref>
*Stibitz-Wilson Award from the [[American Computer & Robotics Museum]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://acrmuseum.org/1999|title = Stibitz-Wilson Awards 1999}}</ref>
* In 2000, he received the honorary doctorate degree from URV, Spain.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://digital.publicacionsurv.cat/index.php/purv/catalog/book/237|title=Investidura com a doctor honoris causa de l'Excm. Sr. Vinton Gray Cerf, 2000|date=June 26, 2017|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301095145/http://digital.publicacionsurv.cat/index.php/purv/catalog/book/237|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*He received the [[Living Legend Medal]] from the Library of Congress in April 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Living Legends (May 2000) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin |url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0005/livleg.html |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=www.loc.gov}}</ref>
*In 2000, he was made a Fellow of the [[Computer History Museum]] "for his contributions to computer architecture, operating systems, and software engineering."<ref>{{cite web
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*Cerf was selected as a Fellow of the [[Association for Women in Science]] (AWIS) in 2000.
*Cerf was awarded the Award of Technology from the Telluride Tech Festival in 2002, also known as the Tesla Festival since the world's first AC hydro-power power plant was built in Telluride in 1891 by L.L. Nunn who purchased the generator and plans from George Westinghouse and Tesla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telluride Tech Festival {{!}} Celebrating innovation |url=http://www.techfestival.org/index.html?p=314.html |access-date=2023-07-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Cerf and Kahn were the winners of the [[Turing Award]] for 2004,<ref name="turing"/> for their "pioneering work on [[internetworking]], including .. the Internet's basic [[communications protocols]] .. and for inspired leadership in networking."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/cerf_1083211.cfm|title=ACM: Fellows Award / Vinton G. Cerf |publisher=amturing.acm.org |date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref>
*In November 2005, Vinton Cerf and Kahn were awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[George W. Bush]] for their contributions to the creation of the Internet.<ref name="whitehouse"/>
*He and Robert Kahn were inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] in May 2006.<ref name=":0" />
*Vinton Cerf was awarded the St. Cyril and Methodius in the Coat of Arms Order in July 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://isoc.bg/it-delegation.html |title=ISOC-Bulgaria: IT-delegation in Sofia |publisher=Isoc.bg |access-date=December 2, 2011}}</ref>
*Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn were each inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the [[Society for Technical Communication]] (STC) in May 2006
*He and Robert Kahn were awarded the [[Japan Prize]] in January 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.japanprize.jp/prize/2008/e1_cerf_kahn.htm|title=2008 (24th) Japan Prize Laureate}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Cerf was inducted into the [[Worshipful Company of Information Technologists]] and given the [[Freedom of the City]] of London in April 2008.<ref name=":0" />
*Cerf was awarded an honorary membership in the [[Yale Political Union]] after keynoting a lively debate on the subject "Resolved: Online Communities are Real Communities." The motion passed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150904030956/http://www.yale.edu/ypu/minutes/ypu-2009-04-15.html MINUTES OF THE FLOOR MEETING OF THE YALE POLITICAL UNION]. Yale.edu, April 15, 2009</ref>
*In celebration of the five year-anniversary of YouTube he was selected as a guest [[curator]] by the site, and chose the six videos on YouTube he found most memorable.<ref>{{cite web|author=FiveYear |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulDYxyv4KQ&feature=PlayList&p=E393E6A9AACD5554&playnext_from=PL&index=0  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/zulDYxyv4KQ| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Vint Cerf's Top YouTube Videos |work=Youtube | date=May 9, 2010 |access-date=December 2, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* IEEE-HKN [[Eta Kappa Nu]] Eminent Member, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hkn.ieee.org/get-involved/awards/eminent-member-recognition|title=Eminent Member Recognition|access-date=July 9, 2019|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527061504/https://hkn.ieee.org/get-involved/awards/eminent-member-recognition/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In May 2011, he was awarded an [[Hasso Plattner Institute|HPI]] Fellowship as "...a tribute to his work for a new medium which influenced the everyday life of our society like no other one."<ref>"Vinton G. Cerf, who developed together with Robert E. Kahn the TCP/IP protocol was awarded as a HPI Fellow on May 25th 2011. The HPI award is a tribute to his work for a new medium which influenced the everyday life of our society like no other one." {{cite web |url=http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/personen/hpi_fellows_guests.html?L=1#c21361 |title=HPI Fellows & Guests |access-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520143230/http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/personen/hpi_fellows_guests.html?L=1#c21361 |archive-date=May 20, 2011  }}</ref>
*In September 2011 he was made a distinguished fellow of [[British Computer Society]], in recognition of his outstanding contribution and service to the advancement of computing.<ref>{{cite web|last=British Computer Society|title=Vint Cerf named BCS Distinguished Fellow|url=http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/41990?src=ebcs|access-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403041300/http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/41990?src=ebcs|archive-date=April 3, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In 2012 he was inducted as a Pioneer into the [[Internet Hall of Fame]]<ref>[http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/year/2012 2012 Inductees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213033309/http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/year/2012 |date=December 13, 2012 }}, [[Internet Hall of Fame]] website. Last accessed April 24, 2012</ref>
*In 2013, Cerf was one of five Internet and Web pioneers awarded the inaugural [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]].<ref>[http://qeprize.org/internet-and-web-pioneers-win-qeprize/ "2013 Winners Announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102085500/http://qeprize.org/internet-and-web-pioneers-win-qeprize/ |date=January 2, 2017 }} Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering</ref>
* In 2013, Cerf presented the [[Bernard Price Memorial Lecture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saiee.org.za/News/DisplayNewsItem.aspx?niid=17943|title=62nd Bernard Price Memorial Lecture|date=September 5, 2013|publisher=South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)|access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref>
* In 2014, Cerf was awarded the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]], 1st class for his role in invention of TCP/IP by president of [[Estonia]] [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bearers of decorations – Vinton Gray Cerf |url=https://corporate-awards.ieee.org/event/2023-vic-summit-honors-ceremony-gala/ |access-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206092730/https://corporate-awards.ieee.org/event/2023-vic-summit-honors-ceremony-gala/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 2014, Cerf was awarded Officer of the [[French Légion d'honneur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france-science.org/cerf.html|title=Vinton Cerf Appointed an Officer of the Legion of Honor|access-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122220702/http://www.france-science.org/cerf.html|archive-date=November 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2015, Cerf received an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Reading]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-archive/press-releases/pr637253.html|title='Father of the Internet' receives Honorary Degree from the University of Reading|website=University of Reading}}</ref>
* Cerf was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2016|Foreign Member of The UK Royal Society in 2016]]<ref name="frs" />
* In 2018, Cerf was named a recipient of the [[Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)|Benjamin Franklin Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/vinton-gray-cerf|title=Vinton Gray Cerf|date=November 2, 2017}}</ref>
* In 2018, Cerf was awarded Catalonia's International Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/vinton-cerf-un-dels-pares-dinternet-premi-internacional-catalunya-2018/noticia/2896661/|title=Vinton Cerf, un dels pares d'internet, premi Internacional Catalunya 2018|date=January 9, 2019|publisher=324}}</ref>
* In 2023, Cerf was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor for co-creating the Internet architecture and providing sustained leadership in its phenomenal growth in becoming society's critical infrastructure<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/2023-ieee-medal-of-honor|title=IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Vint Cerf|date=January 31, 2023|publisher=324}}</ref>
* In 2024, Cerf was inducted into the [[California Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://californiamuseum.org/california-hall-of-fame/17th-annual-california-hall-of-fame-california-museum/|title=17th Annual California Hall of Fame|work=California Museum|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821015235/https://californiamuseum.org/california-hall-of-fame/17th-annual-california-hall-of-fame-california-museum/|url-status=dead}}</ref>