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| Takahashi was the founder of the ] (RNP), a Brazilian academic network that in the early days of the internet, coordinated with other national academic networks to form what would become the backbone of the global internet and the foundation for Brazilian internet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tadao Takahashi {{!}} Internet Hall of Fame |url=https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/tadao-takahashi |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.internethalloffame.org}}</ref> At the RNP, he advanced an inclusive and bottom-up approach to network management that was one of the earliest models for global internet governance before the model developed by ].<ref name=":0" /> | Takahashi was the founder and the first director of the ] (RNP), a Brazilian academic network that in the early days of the internet, coordinated with other national academic networks to form what would become the backbone of the global internet and the foundation for Brazilian internet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tadao Takahashi {{!}} Internet Hall of Fame |url=https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/tadao-takahashi |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.internethalloffame.org}}</ref> At the RNP, he advanced an inclusive and bottom-up approach to network management that was one of the earliest models for global internet governance before the model developed by ].<ref name=":0" /> He was associated with the organization from 1989 to 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RNP lamenta perda de seu fundador, Tadao Takahashi |url=https://www.rnp.br/noticias/rnp-lamenta-perda-de-seu-fundador-tadao-takahashi |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Site público |language=pt-br}}</ref> | ||
| Takahashi was also the founder and chair of the ] (SOCINFO), a Brazilian initiative to expand the penetration of the internet in key sectors including healthcare, education, and government services. He also advanced key ] policy initiatives of multilateral bodies including the ], ], and the ], toward promoting the uptake of internet within Brazil as a contributor to its social and economic development.<ref name=":0" /> | Takahashi was also the founder and chair of the ] (SOCINFO), a Brazilian initiative to expand the penetration of the internet in key sectors including healthcare, education, and government services. He also advanced key ] policy initiatives of multilateral bodies including the ], ], and the ], toward promoting the uptake of internet within Brazil as a contributor to its social and economic development.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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| Died | (2022-04-06)April 6, 2022 (aged 71) Campinas, Brazil |
| Occupation | Computer science researcher |
Tadao Takahashi (died April 6, 2022) was a Brazilian computer scientist and researcher who was credited with contributions toward planning and deployment of the internet in Brazil. He was an inductee to the Internet Hall of Fame in 2017.
Biography
Takahashi was the founder and the first director of the National Research Network (RNP), a Brazilian academic network that in the early days of the internet, coordinated with other national academic networks to form what would become the backbone of the global internet and the foundation for Brazilian internet. At the RNP, he advanced an inclusive and bottom-up approach to network management that was one of the earliest models for global internet governance before the model developed by ICANN. He was associated with the organization from 1989 to 1996.
Takahashi was also the founder and chair of the National Program for the Information Society (SOCINFO), a Brazilian initiative to expand the penetration of the internet in key sectors including healthcare, education, and government services. He also advanced key Information and communications technology policy initiatives of multilateral bodies including the United Nations, World Economic Forum, and the European Commission, toward promoting the uptake of internet within Brazil as a contributor to its social and economic development.
Takahashi was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame as a global connector in 2017.
Takahashi died on April 6, 2022 from a heart attack in Campinas in south east Brazil.
References
- ^ "Tadao Takahashi | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- "RNP lamenta perda de seu fundador, Tadao Takahashi". Site público (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- "Morre Tadao Takahashi, um dos pioneiros da internet no Brasil". Dinheiro Rural. Retrieved 2022-04-09.