Editing Joyce K. Reynolds

{{Short description|American computer scientist (1952–2015)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Joyce K. Reynolds
| birth_date = {{birth date |1952|3|8|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|28|1952|3|8|df=yes}}
| fields = [[Computer science]]
| workplaces = ISI
| alma_mater = [[University of Southern California]]
| known_for = Her work on the [[Internet]]
}}

'''Joyce Kathleen Reynolds''' (March 8, 1952 – December 28, 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joyce Kathleen Reynolds (1952-2015) |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158256355 |website=Find A Grave |access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> was an American [[computer scientist]] who played a significant role in developing [[Protocol (computing)|protocols]] underlying the [[Internet]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1336|title=Who's Who in the Internet: Biographies of IAB, IESG and IRSG Members|last=Malkin|first=G.|website=tools.ietf.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> She authored or co-authored many [[Request for Comments|RFCs]], most notably those introducing and specifying the [[Telnet]], [[FTP]], and [[Post Office Protocol|POP]] protocols.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index2.html|title=RFC INDEX|website=www.rfc-editor.org|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>

== Career ==
Reynolds held bachelor's and master's degrees in social sciences from the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1336#page-30|title=Who's Who in the Internet: Biographies of IAB, IESG and IRSG Members|last=Malkin|first=G.|website=tools.ietf.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>

From 1983 until 1998, she worked with [[Jon Postel]] to develop early functions of the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]], such as the global allocation of IP addresses, Autonomous System (AS) number allocation, and management of the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://icannwiki.org/Joyce_Reynolds|title=Joyce Reynolds - ICANNWiki|website=icannwiki.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref> After Postel's death in 1998, Reynolds helped supervise the transition of the IANA functions to the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]].<ref name=":1" /> She worked with ICANN in this role until 2001, while remaining an employee of [[Information Sciences Institute|ISI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/2003-October/000343.html|title=[ih] Joyce K. Reynolds|last=Reynolds|first=Joyce|date=9 October 2003|access-date=2018-04-27|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165406/http://www.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/2003-October/000343.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 1987 to 2006, she served on the editorial team of the Request for Comments series, co-leading the RFC Editor function at the ISI from 1998 until 2006.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2006/bob-braden-joyce-k-reynolds-receive-postel-award/|title=Bob Braden and Joyce K. Reynolds receive Postel Award {{!}} Internet Society|work=Internet Society|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref>

As Area Director of the User Services area, she was a member of the [[IESG|Internet Engineering Steering Group]] of the [[IETF]] from 1990 to March 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/past-members/|title=IESG Past Members|website=IETF|language=en|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>

== Death ==
Reynolds died due to complications from cancer on December 28, 2015, at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg96008.html|title=Joyce Reynolds|website=www.ietf.org|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
With [[Bob Braden]], she received the 2006 [[Postel Award]] in recognition of her services to the Internet.<ref name=":2" /> She is mentioned, along with a brief biography, in <nowiki>RFC 1336</nowiki>, ''Who's Who in the Internet'' (1992).<ref name=":0" /> Upon her death, former IETF Chairman [[Brian Carpenter (engineer)|Brian Carpenter]] suggested that "What would Joyce have said?" should be a guiding question for the organization.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brian|first=Carpenter|date=2015-12-31|title="Re: Joyce Reynolds"|url=https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/WnTgROz3q-ge_p9LmAn8QhxR5Es/|website=IETF Mail Archive.}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
* Reynolds, J. K., Postel, J. B., Katz, A. R., Finn, G. G., & DeSchon, A. L. (1985). The DARPA experimental multimedia mail system. ''Computer'', ''18''(10), 82-89.
* Postel, J. B., Finn, G. G., Katz, A. R., & Reynolds, J. K. (1988). An experimental multimedia mail system. ''ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)'', ''6''(1), 63-81.
* Postel, J., & Reynolds, J. K. (1988). RFC1042: Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802 networks.
* Reynolds, J. K. (1989). RFC1135: Helminthiasis of the Internet.
* Reynolds, J. K. (1991). The helminthiasis of the Internet. ''Computer networks and ISDN systems'', ''22''(5), 347-361.
* Marine, A. N., Reynolds, J. K., & Malkin, G. S. (1994). FYI on Questions and Answers-Answers to Commonly asked" New Internet User" Questions. ''RFC'', ''1594'', 1-44.

==See also==
* [[Internet pioneers]]
* [[Women in Technology (disambiguation)|Women in Technology]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{DBLP|name=Joyce K. Reynolds}}
* [http://icannwiki.org/Joyce_Reynolds Page on the ICANNWiki]
* [https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg96051.html Obituary notice on IETF mailing list] by [[Steve Crocker]]

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