Paul Mockapetris

Paul V. Mockapetris
Paul Mockapetris in Barcelona in 2013
Born (1948-11-18) November 18, 1948
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California at Irvine
Known forInventing the Domain Name System
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science

Paul V. Mockapetris (born November 18, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, US) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, who invented the Internet Domain Name System (DNS).

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