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- N-1-2-040.30 Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) by Jon Postel*,
- <postel@isi.edu>
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- The Internet Activities Board (IAB) has appointed Jon Postel of USC's
- Information Sciences Institute as the new head of the Internet
- Research Task Force and its coordinating committee, the IRSG.
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- Jon has been an active member of the Internet research community since
- its beginnings, and before that played a major role in defining the
- ARPANET protocols. As "protocol czar", he finalized the
- specifications of such protocols as TCP, IP, and SMTP. As RFC Editor,
- he has been responsible for the editorial and technical quality of the
- RFC series of notes.
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- Jon takes over from Dave Clark of MIT's Laboratory for Computer
- Science. Dave has chaired the IRTF from its beginning, and has made
- many contributions to the research groups.
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- The IRTF is composed of research groups including: The Autonomous
- Networks Research Group chaired by Deborah Estrin of USC, The
- End-to-End Services Research Group chaired by Bob Braden of ISI, the
- Resource Discovery and Directory Services Research Group chaired by
- Mike Schwartz of University of Colorado, the Privacy and Security
- Research Group chaired by Steve Kent of BBN, and a Research Group
- chaired by Cliff Lynch of the University of California, Office of the
- President. The IRSG is composed of the chairs of these research
- groups as well as Dave Mills of the University of Delaware, Bruce
- Schatz of the University of Arizona, and Dave Clark of MIT as members
- at large.
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- * Communications Division Director, Information Sciences Institute,
- University of Southern California
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