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Itojun Service Award

Alexandre Cassen and Rémi Després Recognized for Excellence in Advancing IPv6 Next-Generation Internet Protocol

Third Itojun Service Award presented at Internet Engineering Task Force meeting.

Taipei, 16 November 2011 - The Itojun Service Award was presented today to Alexandre Cassen and Rémi Després at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting held in Taipei, Taiwan. The awardees were recognized for their implementation and design of ?6rd,? an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) protocol that aims to speed the transition to global deployment of IPv6, which is critical to ensuring the continued growth and evolution of the Internet. The 6rd protocol has been implemented by several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) around the world, including Free - the second largest ISP in France - as part of their efforts to deploy IPv6. Read more...

Bjoern A. Zeeb receives second Itojun Service Award at IETF 79 Meeting

Beijing, China-10 November 2010 -The second Itojun Service Award was presented today at this week's Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Beijing, China. Bjoern A. Zeeb received the award for his dedicated work to make significant improvements in open source implementations of IPv6. IPv6 is the next generation of Internet protocol that will help ensure the continued rapid growth of the Internet as a platform for innovation.

For many years, Bjoern has been a committed champion of, and contributor to, implementing IPv6 in open source operating systems used in servers, desktops, and embedded computer platforms, including those used by some of the busiest websites in the world, said Jun Murai of the Itojun Service Award committee and Founder of the WIDE Project. On behalf of the Itojun Service Award committee, I am extremely pleased to present this award to Bjoern for his outstanding work in support of IPv6 development and deployment. Read more...

About the Award

Each year the Internet Society presents the Itojun Service Award to an individual or a group who has made outstanding contributions in service to the IPv6 community. The award was presented at the 82nd IETF held in November 2011 in Taipei.

The award is named after Dr. Jun-ichiro "Itojun" Hagino, who passed away in 2007, aged just 37. Itojun worked as a Senior Researcher at Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), was a member of the board of the Widely Integrated Distributed Environment (WIDE) project, and from 1998 to 2006 served on the groundbreaking KAME project in Japan as the "IPv6 samurai". He was also a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) from 2003 to 2005.

The Itojun Service Award, established by the friends of Itojun and administered by the Internet Society, recognises and commemorates the extraordinary dedication exercised by Itojun over the course of IPv6 development. The award includes a presentation crystal, a US$3,000 honorarium, and a travel grant.

While the committee primarily considers practical contributions such as software development or network operation, higher level efforts that help those direct contributions will also be appreciated in this regard. The contribution should be substantial, but could be at an immature stage or be ongoing; this award aims to encourage the contributor to continue their efforts, rather than just recognizing well established work. Finally, contributions of a group of individuals will be accepted, as deployment work is often done by a large project, not just a single outstanding individual.

For more information, please contact itojun-award@isoc.org.