Intel Names Radia Perlman as an Intel Fellow
IT News Online Staff
2010-03-02
Intel Corp. has named Radia Perlman as an Intel Fellow. In this role, Perlman will be responsible for ensuring Intel Labs' leadership in network and security.
"We are pleased to have Radia join the Intel team," said Justin Rattner, director of Intel Labs and the company's chief technology officer. "Given the ever-increasing importance of security and the connectedness of the computing continuum, Radia's expertise and leadership will benefit Intel and Intel Labs as we work to deliver breakthrough technologies and bring the benefits of the digital revolution to people across the globe."
Intel Fellows represent one of the highest levels of technical achievement within the company. They are selected for their technical leadership and outstanding contributions to the company and the industry.
Perlman was most recently with Sun Microsystems, where she was a Sun Fellow. Perlman is the inventor of many fundamental technology innovations in computer networking, including the spanning tree algorithm, which is at the heart of today's Ethernet; TRILL, an emerging standard for data center interconnection that can replace today's spanning tree Ethernet; and scalable and robust link state routing technology that is key to the operation of today's Internet.
Perlman has authored two networking textbooks and earned a Ph.D. from MIT in computer science. She holds around 100 patents in encryption, decryption and routing. Perlman has been recognized with numerous industry awards including an honorary doctorate from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, the Usenix Association lifetime achievement award, Silicon Valley Inventor of the year in 2004 and the Women of Vision Award for Innovation in 2005.
In another announcement, Intel said that Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager, Intel Architecture Group, is taking a medical leave of absence after suffering a stroke at his home.
The company said Maloney's prognosis for a full recovery is excellent and he is expected to resume all of his business responsibilities after a period of recuperation, which is thought to be several months. His duties in the interim will be assumed by Dadi Perlmutter, also executive vice president and general manager (with Maloney) of the Intel Architecture Group.
"I visited with Sean and his sense of humor and determination to return to work fill the room," said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini. "We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to his return."
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