Radia Perlman is an American computer programmer and network engineer. Her doctoral thesis at MIT addressed the issue of routing in the presence of malicious network failures.ĭr. Studying in MIT and being one of the 50 woman out of 1000, never really bothered her that much. I assumed I'd either get electrocuted, or I'd break something" It never occurred to me to take anything apart. She was the only woman in the class and after that class she said "I was not a hands-on type person. Her teacher in high school encouraged her to take a programming class and that is how she started to consider a career that involved computers.
It was her obsession of getting straight A's in all classes that acquainted her with computer science and maths. While growing up, Radia constantly talked about literature and music with her mother as she was really interested in those subjects. Radia is a prominent American computer programmer and network engineer. Her invention of the algorithm behind the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), was instrumental in making today's internet possible. This week's quote is by the legendary 'Mother of Internet' - Dr. Things will just work, and will be self-managing.” The stuff I design, if I'm successful, nobody will ever notice. “The world would be a better place if more engineers, like me, hated technology.
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