Father of the Web to address China National Computer Congress

Vint Cerf, an American computer scientist regarded as one of "the fathers of the Internet" for his work on TCP/IP, will address the 2013 China National Computer Congress (CNCC) in central China. The 2013 CNCC, which will be held from Oct. 24 to 26 in Changsha, provincial capital of Hunan, will focus on research issues related to the management of big data and challenges faced by enterprises, according to organizers. Cerf, one of the key speakers invited to the congress, has focused on data management in his own research. He has served as vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google since October 2005, according to the company's website. He is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies and applications on the Internet and other platforms for the company, it said. During his tenure with the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 1976-1982, Cerf played a key role in leading the development of the Internet and Internet-related data packets and security technologies, according to Google. Along with American computer scientist Robert Kahn, Cerf co-designed TCP/IP protocols and the basic architecture of the Internet. The congress, sponsored by the China Computer Federation (CCF), has also invited speakers such as Yang Xuejun, the designer of the Tianhe-1, one of the world's fastest supercomputers, and other experts, technologists and entrepreneurs from both home and abroad. The congress will also discuss mobile Internet, massive open online courses (MOOCs), Internetware, open source software (OSS), software-defined networking (SDN) and computer vision, the CCF said in a statement. Various exhibitions and salons will be held throughout the duration of the congress. The CCF will offer financial support to hundreds of outstanding college students and teachers from underdeveloped areas attending the congress, the statement said.