KC Claffy explained

Kimberly Claffy
Alma Mater:Stanford University
University of California, San Diego
Thesis Title:Internet traffic characterization
Thesis Url:https://www.caida.org/publications/papers/1994/itc/
Thesis Year:1994
Workplaces:University of California, San Diego

Kimberly C. "KC" Claffy is director of the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis at the University of California, San Diego. In 2017 she was awarded the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award and inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2019.

Early life and education

Claffy studied symbolic systems at Stanford University. She earned her doctoral degree under the supervision of George Polyzos at the University of California, San Diego in 1994.[1] [2] Claffy was a summer intern at AT&T, Harry Diamond Laboratories and the Federal Reserve. Her years in graduate school occurred during the period in which the federal government of the United States relaxed control over the Internet. The Internet became a more commercial entity interconnecting a rapidly-increasing number of networks, hosts and users, and as the World Wide Web expanded, the nature of the traffic on the Internet changed.[3] This inspired Claffy to develop initiatives that share Internet data and support Internet data analysis.

Research and career

Claffy was promoted to associate research scientist in 1994 and research scientist in 2007. In 1996 Claffy founded the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) in the supercomputing centre at the University of California, San Diego.[4] [5] At the CAIDA Claffy works on internet cartography that characterises the changing nature of Internet topology and Internet traffic dynamics.[6] This involves mapping and measuring internet data in an effort to make the internet safer for the general public.[7] Claffy is part of the Named Data Networking project.[8] [9]

In 2015, Claffy shared the IEEE Internet Award with Vern Paxson for "seminal contributions to the field of Internet measurement, including security and network data analysis, and for distinguished leadership in and service to the Internet community by providing open-access data and tools".[10] Her work established definitions for the concept of Internet "traffic flows", in which most packets flowing across the Internet are understood to be part of a connection with coherent characteristics, rather than isolated, unconnected messages.[11]

In 2019, Claffy was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for her groundbreaking work in the field of internet measurement and analysis.[12] She was awarded an National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator planning grant to evaluate the feasibility of creating an open knowledge network on the properties of the Internet identifier system.[13] [14]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kimberly Claffy / kc claffy. Analysis. CAIDA: Center for Applied Internet Data. CAIDA. December 2, 2019.
  2. Web site: Internet Society Honors CAIDA Director with Prestigious Service Award Computer Science and Engineering. cse.ucsd.edu. December 2, 2019.
  3. Web site: A Brief History of NSF and the Internet. www.nsf.gov. English. December 2, 2019.
  4. Web site: Women who rule the web: kc claffy British Council. www.britishcouncil.org. en. December 2, 2019.
  5. Web site: Staff Profile - Kimberly Claffy (kc claffy). Analysis. CAIDA: Center for Applied Internet Data. CAIDA. December 2, 2019.
  6. Web site: Researcher Spotlight: KC Claffy. www.sdsc.edu. December 2, 2019.
  7. Web site: The story of kc claffy and measuring the Internet - 2017 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award winner. November 15, 2017. Internet Society. en-US. December 2, 2019.
  8. Web site: Background: kc claffy. Named Data Networking (NDN). en-US. December 2, 2019.
  9. Web site: Named Data Networking Tech Report 001. Named Data Networking (NDN). en-US. December 2, 2019.
  10. Web site: IEEE Internet Award Recipients . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725141825/https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/internet_rl.pdf . dead . July 25, 2019 . IEEE . December 3, 2019.
  11. Web site: IEEE Internet Award Recipients . https://web.archive.org/web/20181122134635/https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/internet-recipients.html#2015---kimberly-claffy-and-vern-paxson . dead . November 22, 2018 . IEEE . December 3, 2019.
  12. Web site: CAIDA's KC Claffy Inducted Into Internet Hall of Fame. ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. December 2, 2019.
  13. Web site: SDSC, UC San Diego Awarded Two NSF Convergence Accelerator Grants. ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. December 2, 2019.
  14. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#1937165 - Convergence Accelerator Phase I (RAISE): Knowledge of Internet Structure: Measurement, Epistemology, and Technology (KISMET). www.nsf.gov. December 2, 2019.
  15. Web site: TOP 25 WOMEN ON THE WEB. SFWOW. January 31, 2000. SFGate. December 2, 2019.
  16. Web site: SDSC's kc claffy Receives Annual IEEE Internet Award. www.sdsc.edu. December 2, 2019.
  17. Web site: KC Claffy among "10 Women to Know in Networking/Communications". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. December 2, 2019.
  18. Web site: SDSC Innovators. SDSC. December 2, 2019.
  19. Web site: Kimberly Claffy Internet Hall of Fame. www.internethalloffame.org. December 2, 2019.

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