Lyman Chapin, SIGCOMM Chairman

Chief Scientist, Communications Division

Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Inc.

Phone :(617) 873-3133
Internet : lyman@bbn.com

Here is a short Biography:

Lyman Chapin graduated from Cornell University in 1973 with a B.A. in Mathematics, and spent the next two years writing COBOL applications for Systems & Programs (NZ) Ltd. in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. After a year travelling in Australia and Asia, he joined the newly-formed Networking group at Data General Corporation in 1977. At DG, he was responsible for the development of software for distributed resource management (operating-system embedded RPC), distributed database management, X.25-based local and wide- area networks, and OSI-based transport, internetwork, and routing functions for DG's open-system products. In 1987 he formed the Distributed Systems Architecture group, and was responsible for the development of DG's Distributed Application Architecture (DAA) and for the specification of the directory and management services of DAA. He moved to Bolt Beranek and Newman in 1990 as the Chief Network Architect in BBN's Communications Division and later as a Chief Scientist in the Systems and Technologies Division, where he works as a consultant to BBN's research and product development groups and to clients of its Network Consulting organization. He also oversees and contributes to BBN's open system standards activities. He currently serves as chairman of ANSI-accredited task group X3S3.3, responsible for Network and Transport layer standards; as chairman of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM); as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society; and as the Internet Standards and Procedures area director of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). He lives with his wife and two young daughters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (USA). __________________________________________________________________