Academy of Engineering in 2004 for his "contributions to network protocols, including multicasting and the control of congestion." In 2012, Jacobson was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society. See also Content centric networking References External links Van Jacobson Denies Averting Internet Meltdown in 1980s (Cade Metz, Wired, 2012-05-25) American computer scientists Computer systems researchers Internet pioneers Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering 1950 births Scientists at PARC (company)