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Robert Cailliau

(1947) Computer Scientist Belgium

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Robert Cailliau is a computer scientist from Belgium.

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Born
January 26, 1947
Nationality
Belgium
Profession
Computer Scientist

About Robert Cailliau

Robert Cailliau is a Belgian informatics engineer who proposed the first (pre-www) hypertext system for CERN in 1987 and collaborated with Tim Berners-Lee on the World Wide Web from before it got its name. He designed the historical logo of the WWW, organized the first International World Wide Web Conference at CERN in 1994 and helped transfer Web development from CERN to the global Web consortium in 1995. He is listed as co-author of How the Web Was Born by James Gillies, the first book-length account of the origins of the World Wide Web.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

ACM Software System Award Christophe Plantin Prize Internet Hall of Fame Commander of the Order of Leopold Honorary doctor of the University of Liège Honorary doctors of Ghent University Gouden Penning

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