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Lawrence H Landweber received hi BS degree in Mathematics from Brooklyn College and his PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University. He has been on the faculty of the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin - Madison since 1967.
Since 1977, he has worked in the area of computer networks. An underlying goal has been the establishment of computer networks to support research and education. In 1979 he proposed establishment of CSNET, the Computer Science Network. Later he worked with the establishment of NSFNET.
Professor Landweber has been actively involved in the development of the international academic/research Internet. From 1984 to 1989 he organized an annual International Academic Networkshop, attended by network planners, implementors, managers and funders throughout the world. The first INET conference in 1991 was an outgrowth of these workshops. When the Internet Society was formed in 1992, the INET conference became its annual conference. Since 1992, Landweber has served as Vice President for Conference of the Internet Society.
His recent research has been in the area of high performance networks. He is leading a project at Wisconsin which is a component of the NSF/ARPA/CNRI Gigabit Testbed Project.
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