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== Francois Fluckiger ==
[[Image:Francois Fluckiger at CERN.jpg|thumb|220px|François Flückiger]]
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'''François Flückiger''' is a French computer scientist who worked at [[CERN]]. He was selected for induction in 2013 in the [[Internet Hall of Fame]].


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== Internet contributions ==
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Flückiger was in charge of the [[CERN]] external network.<ref name="martin">Olivier Martin,[http://oliviermartin.authorsxpress.com/author/oliviermartin/ “The “hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074416/http://oliviermartin.authorsxpress.com/author/oliviermartin/ |date=2016-03-04 }}, E-Book, Trafford Publishing, June 2012</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}} He contributed to the creation of [[CCIRN]] (Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Network), [[RIPE]] (Réseaux IP Européens) and [[EBONE|Ebone]] (European Backbone).<ref>Howard Davies and Beatrice Bressan,[http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-352732710X,subjectCd-CM12.html “A History of International Research Networking”], Wiley-Blackwell", February 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internethalloffame.org/blog/2013/09/25/field-general-protocol-wars|title=Field General of the Protocol Wars {{!}} Internet Hall of Fame|website=www.internethalloffame.org|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> Flückiger was inducted into the [[Internet Hall of Fame]] in August 2013 for his leadership in establishing the Internet in Europe.<ref>{{cite journal|date=September 2013|title=People: François Flückiger joins Internet Hall of Fame|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734989|journal=CERN Courier|volume=53|issue=7|page=58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internethalloffame.org/blog/2013/09/25/francois-fl%C3%BCckigers-secret-weapon|title=Francois Flückiger's Secret Weapon {{!}} Internet Hall of Fame|website=www.internethalloffame.org|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://internethalloffame.org/inductees/fran%C3%A7ois-fl%C3%BCckiger|title=François Flückiger {{!}} Internet Hall of Fame|website=internethalloffame.org|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
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|birth_name = François Fluckiger
|image = Francois Fluckiger at CERN.jpg
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|caption = François Fluckiger at CERN.
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|11|24}}
|nationality = [[France]], [[Switzerland]]
|alma_mater = [[École Supérieure d'Électricité]]
|fields = [[Computer Science]]
|known_for = [[CERN]] Network, [[ISOC]], [[RIPE]]
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François Fluckiger article for Wikipedia


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After the departure of [[Tim Berners-Lee]] from CERN, François Flückiger took over him to lead the web development technical team at [[CERN]].<ref>Dave Raggett, [http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/the-early-days-of-the-Web.html “My involvement with the early days of the Web”], W3C 10th Anniversary Conference, Boston, December 2004</ref><ref>James Gillies, Robert Cailliau, [http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/p2p/endecaSearch.do?keyword=How%20the%20Web%20Was%20Born%3A%20James%20Gillies “How the Web Was Born – The Story of the World Wide Web”], Oxford University Press, September 2000</ref> He chaired the [[Inet1988]], [[Inet2001]] and [[Inet2002]] conference programme.<ref>Internet Society, [http://www.internetsociety.org/events/inet-conferences/past-inet-events Past INET conferences] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704130309/http://www.internetsociety.org/events/inet-conferences/past-inet-events |date=2013-07-04 }}, Official list</ref>
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'''Francois Fluckiger''' (born November 24, 1949) is a French and Swiss computer scientist who has worked at [[CERN]], Geneva, for more than 35 years. He is an Internet veteran and was selected for induction in 2013 in the [[Internet Hall of Fame]] together with 31 other inductees.


== Career ==
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==Summary of Internet contributions==
Francois Fluckiger is well-known as the main builder of the [[CERN]] external network,<ref name="martin">[http://oliviermartin.authorsxpress.com/author/oliviermartin/Olivier Martin, “''The “hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking''”], E-Book, Trafford Publishing, June 2012</ref> which became in the early 90’s the largest [[Internet Hub]] in Europe.


Between 2001 and 2011, he was an [[CERN Openlab|OpenLab]] manager<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fluckiger|first1=François|title=The openlab adventure continues to thrive|journal=CERN Courier|date=May 2012|volume=52|issue=4|pages=37–39|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734797}}</ref> and until 2013 he held the position of the Director of the [[CERN]] School of Computing.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fluckiger|first1=François|title=CERN School of Computing: 10 years of renewal|journal=CERN Courier|date=December 2013|volume=53|issue=10|pages=15–17|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1734897}}</ref> He is Knowledge and Technology Transfer Officer for Information Technologies at [[CERN]]. He is a lecturer at the [[University of Geneva]], a member of the [[Internet Society]] Advisory Council and of the [[W3C]] Advisory Committee.
He was, together with colleagues from the Academic and Research Networking community,<ref name="brian">[http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-1-4471-5024-4 Brian E. Carpenter, “''Network Geeks: How They Built the Internet''”], Springer, April 2013</ref> at the inception of a number of Internet structures worldwide: [[CCIRN]] (the Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Network) in May 1988,<ref>[https://cern.ch/Fluckiger/Articles/F.Fluckiger-The_European_Researchers_Network.pdf "''The European Research Network''"], Translated from "Les Réseau des Chercheurs Européens ", La Rechecrhe, February 2000</ref> [[RIPE]] (Réseaux IP Européens which allocates Internet resources and services in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia,<ref>[http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cnl/39610 "''CERN Celebrates Another Key Contribution to the Internet''"], CERN Computer Newsletter, June 29, 2009,</ref> [[Ebone]] (European Backbone), the first pan-European IP network interconnecting academic and private networks.<ref>[http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-352732710X,subjectCd-CM12.html Howard Davies and Beatrice Bressan, “''A History of International Research Networking”], Wiley-Blackwell''", February 2010</ref>


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== Education ==
He chaired the [[Inet1988]], [[Inet2001]] and [[Inet2002]] programme, and the Technology Track for [[Inet1993]], [[Inet1999]], and [[Inet2000]].
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Flückiger is a graduate of the [[École Supérieure d'Électricité]] ([[Supélec]]) and holds an MBA from the [[Institut d'Administration des Entreprises]] in Paris.


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== Selected publications ==
==Current positions==
Director of the [[CERN]] School of Computing, he is Knowledge and Technology Transfer Officer for Information Technologies at [[CERN]]. He is a lecturer at the [[University of Geneva]], a member of the [[Internet Society]] Advisory Council and of the [[W3C]] Advisory Committee.


* F.Fluckiger [http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Understanding-Networked-Multimedia/9780131909922.page ''Understanding Networked Multimedia''], Prentice Hall, 1995, {{ISBN|0-13-190992-4}}
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==Education==
* F.Fluckiger [https://cern.ch/Fluckiger/Articles/F.Fluckiger-The_European_Researchers_Network.pdf "The European Research Network"], Translated from "Les Réseau des Chercheurs Européens ", La Rechecrhe, February 2000
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He holds an MSc in Physics from the [[Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University|Pierre-and-Marie Curie University]], Paris, is a graduate of the [[École Supérieure d'Électricité]] ([[Supélec]]), and holds an MBA from the [[Institut d'Administration des Entreprises|Institut d'Administration des Entreprise]] in Paris
* F.Fluckiger [http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cnl/39610 "CERN Celebrates Another Key Contribution to the Internet"], CERN Computer Newsletter, June 29, 2009


==Those who worked with him==
== See also ==
At CERN, since 1983 [[Brian Carpenter]]<ref name="brian">[http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-1-4471-5024-4 Brian E. Carpenter, “Network Geeks: How They Built the Internet”], Springer, April 2013</ref> (François’s supervisor) and [[Olivier Martin]]<ref name="martin">[http://oliviermartin.authorsxpress.com/author/oliviermartin/Olivier Martin, “The “hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking”], E-Book, Trafford Publishing, June 2012</ref> (François’s supervisee) contributed heavily to the building of the Internet Infrastructure,<ref>[http://home.web.cern.ch/cern-people/opinion/2013/06/how-internet-came-cern François Fluckiger, “''How the Internet came to CERN''”], official CERN article, June 27, 2013</ref> together with [[Giorgio Heiman]]. Olivier Martin put in place the technical infrastructure, seconded by [[Jean-Michel Jouanigot]].


* [[Protocol Wars]]
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After the departure of [[Tim Berners-Lee]] to found the [[W3C]] at the [[MIT]], François Fluckiger took over him to lead the web development technical team at [[CERN]]. He worked with [[Robert Cailliau]], Henrik Frystyk Nielsen and [[Dave Raggett]]<ref>[http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/the-early-days-of-the-Web.html Dave Raggett, “M''y involvement with the early days of the Web''”], W3C 10th Anniversary Conference, Boston, December 2004</ref> in particular to organize the last release by CERN of the WWW open source software.<ref>[http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/p2p/endecaSearch.do?keyword=How%20the%20Web%20Was%20Born%3A%20James%20Gillies James Gillies, Robert Cailliau, “''How the Web Was Born – The Story of the World Wide Web''”], Oxford University Press, September 2000</ref>


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== References ==
The six people who met at [[CERN]] to launch the [[RIPE]] idea in December 1988 were [[Rob Blokzijl]] from [[NIKHEF]] (NL), [[Mats Brunel]] from [[SUNET]] (SE), [[Daniel Karrenberg]] from [[EUnet]] (NL), [[Enzo Valente]] from [[INFN]] (IT), Olivier Martin and François from CERN.<ref>[http://www.larecherche.fr/savoirs/dossier/reseau-chercheurs-europeens-01-02-2000-77901 "''Les Réseau des Chercheurs Européens'' "], La Rechecrhe, February 2000</ref> Rob and Daniel are those who then actually created and run [[RIPE]].

[[Ebone]] was created by a team involving among others [[Frode Greisen]], [[Kees Neegers]], and [[Peter Lothberg]]. Frode Greisen finalized the MoU and ran the Steering Committee.

The programme committee of [[Inet98]] was co-chaired with [[Jean-Claude Guédon]], the [[Inet2001]] one with [[Steve Cisler]], the [[Inet2002]] one with [[Michael Nelson]], [[Alejandro Pisanty]] and [[Hans Klein]]. The technical Track of [[Inet93]] was co-chaired with [[Elise Gerich]], the [[Inet99]] one with [[John Hine]], the [[Inet2000]] one with [[Fred Baker]].

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==Books and publications==
He is the author of the textbook "Understanding Networked Multimedia”, Prentice Hall as well as more than 80 articles.

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==References==
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==External links==
== External links ==
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* [http://internethalloffame.org/press/latest-news/internet-hall-fame-announces-2013-inductees Internet Hall of Fame - 2013 Inductees]
* [http://csc.cern.ch CERN School of Computing], official web site
* [http://csc.cern.ch CERN School of Computing], official web site
* [http://www.ripe.net/ RIPE Network Coordination Centre], official web site
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* [http://internethalloffame.org/press/latest-news/internet-hall-fame-announces-2013-inductees Internet Hall of Fame - 2013 Inductees]


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Latest revision as of 13:00, 25 November 2023

François Flückiger

François Flückiger is a French computer scientist who worked at CERN. He was selected for induction in 2013 in the Internet Hall of Fame.

Internet contributions

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Flückiger was in charge of the CERN external network.[1][self-published source] He contributed to the creation of CCIRN (Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Network), RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) and Ebone (European Backbone).[2][3] Flückiger was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in August 2013 for his leadership in establishing the Internet in Europe.[4][5][6]

After the departure of Tim Berners-Lee from CERN, François Flückiger took over him to lead the web development technical team at CERN.[7][8] He chaired the Inet1988, Inet2001 and Inet2002 conference programme.[9]

Career

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Between 2001 and 2011, he was an OpenLab manager[10] and until 2013 he held the position of the Director of the CERN School of Computing.[11] He is Knowledge and Technology Transfer Officer for Information Technologies at CERN. He is a lecturer at the University of Geneva, a member of the Internet Society Advisory Council and of the W3C Advisory Committee.

Education

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Flückiger is a graduate of the École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec) and holds an MBA from the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises in Paris.

Selected publications

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  • F.Fluckiger Understanding Networked Multimedia, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-13-190992-4
  • F.Fluckiger "The European Research Network", Translated from "Les Réseau des Chercheurs Européens ", La Rechecrhe, February 2000
  • F.Fluckiger "CERN Celebrates Another Key Contribution to the Internet", CERN Computer Newsletter, June 29, 2009

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Olivier Martin,“The “hidden” Prehistory of European Research Networking” Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, E-Book, Trafford Publishing, June 2012
  2. ^ Howard Davies and Beatrice Bressan,“A History of International Research Networking”, Wiley-Blackwell", February 2010
  3. ^ "Field General of the Protocol Wars | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. ^ "People: François Flückiger joins Internet Hall of Fame". CERN Courier. 53 (7): 58. September 2013.
  5. ^ "Francois Flückiger's Secret Weapon | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. ^ "François Flückiger | Internet Hall of Fame". internethalloffame.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  7. ^ Dave Raggett, “My involvement with the early days of the Web”, W3C 10th Anniversary Conference, Boston, December 2004
  8. ^ James Gillies, Robert Cailliau, “How the Web Was Born – The Story of the World Wide Web”, Oxford University Press, September 2000
  9. ^ Internet Society, Past INET conferences Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, Official list
  10. ^ Fluckiger, François (May 2012). "The openlab adventure continues to thrive". CERN Courier. 52 (4): 37–39.
  11. ^ Fluckiger, François (December 2013). "CERN School of Computing: 10 years of renewal". CERN Courier. 53 (10): 15–17.
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