A pioneer in the development of the Internet in Brazil, Liane Tarouco educated a generation of engineers and network specialists in that country, South America, Europe, and Africa. In addition to her academic and training roles, she authored the first book on computer networks to be published in Brazil. Tarouco also made significant contributions to the design and implementation of academic and metropolitan networks in Brazil, as well as Brazil's first Internet backbone.| Internet Hall of Fame
Ask Liane Tarouco what she likes to do besides work, and she doesn’t miss a beat.| Internet Hall of Fame
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Liane Tarouco, a 2021 Internet Hall of Fame inductee who was known as a pioneer in the development of Brazil's Internet, passed away on 20 August 2025.| Internet Hall of Fame
Yakov Rekhter was responsible for designing and implementing the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) Backbone routing under the National Science Foundation’s 1988 cooperative agreement to build and operate the second phase of the NSFNET backbone with IBM, MCI, the State of Michigan, and the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad (MERIT) at the University of Michigan.| Internet Hall of Fame
Read about Lixia Zhang, an Internet pioneer whose biography includes years of “education” on a farm during China’s Cultural Revolution.| Internet Hall of Fame
The Internet Hall of Fame has officially opened nominations for its 2025 class of inductees and is seeking nominations through 28 March.| Internet Hall of Fame
The Internet Hall of Fame will welcome nine new inductees in a virtual induction ceremony on 26 September 2023 starting at 14:00 UTC.| Internet Hall of Fame
Pål Spilling worked to link the U.S. ARPANET to the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE) in Kjeller, Norway. Paving the way for a global network, he helped extend that connection to an overseas node at the University College London.| Internet Hall of Fame
It’s quite a leap from petroleum engineering to Internet pioneering, but that’s precisely the move made by Alejandro Pisanty, who set out in college to be an oil industry engineer, then made a sharp turn into the world of computer technology.| Internet Hall of Fame
Dr. Varghese made significant contributions to the usability of the Internet by inventing algorithms that increase its speed. By combining the strengths of disparate computing components, he also laid the foundation for a new way of thinking about resolving bottlenecks and making networks faster.| Internet Hall of Fame
DaeYoung (DY) KIM is known for his contributions to the development of the Korean and Asian Internet. His work helped further the use of the Internet to share live, multi-site events, creating many of the techniques still used today to handle compressed and uncompressed video.| Internet Hall of Fame
An Internet pioneer in El Salvador, Rafael (Lito) Ibarra connected the country to the Internet and worked to improve early systems for access nationwide. He also established the country’s first Internet cafes and managed the .sv domain.| Internet Hall of Fame
Indisputably an Internet pioneer, Virginia Travers was instrumental in building early gateways that connected one computer network to another.| Internet Hall of Fame