John R. Levine
Encyclopedia
John R. Levine is an Internet author and consultant specializing in email infrastructure, spam filtering, and software patent
s. He chairs the Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF
), is president of CAUCE
(the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email), was a member of the ICANN
(Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) At-Large Advisory Committee, and runs Taughannock Networks. He has co-authored many books, including The Internet For Dummies (with Carol Baroudi and Margaret Levine Young) and UNIX For Dummies (with Margaret Levine Young), Fighting Spam for Dummies (with Margaret Levine Young, Ray Everett-Church), and flex & bison. He was also the mayor of the village of Trumansburg, New York
, United States
from March 2004 until March 2007.
Levine graduated from Yale University
in 1975 and earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale in 1984 with a thesis about the design and implementation of small databases. He was a co-founder and board member of Segue Software and Senior Programmer at Javelin Software
. John was a member of the R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S., one of the first computer clubs in the United States. He is also only sole moderator of comp.compilers usenet group for 25 years.
Software patent
Software patent does not have a universally accepted definition. One definition suggested by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure is that a software patent is a "patent on any performance of a computer realised by means of a computer program".In 2005, the European Patent Office...
s. He chairs the Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the Internet Research Task Force
IRTF
IRTF may refer to:* Internet Research Task Force, a research organization working on topics related to the evolution of the Internet* NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, an infrared telescope in Hawaii...
(IRTF
IRTF
IRTF may refer to:* Internet Research Task Force, a research organization working on topics related to the evolution of the Internet* NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, an infrared telescope in Hawaii...
), is president of CAUCE
CAUCE
CAUCE, or the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, is a non-profit advocacy group that works to reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial email, or spam, via legislation. CAUCE was founded in 1997 by participants in the USENET newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email and the SPAM-L mailing...
(the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email), was a member of the ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
(Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) At-Large Advisory Committee, and runs Taughannock Networks. He has co-authored many books, including The Internet For Dummies (with Carol Baroudi and Margaret Levine Young) and UNIX For Dummies (with Margaret Levine Young), Fighting Spam for Dummies (with Margaret Levine Young, Ray Everett-Church), and flex & bison. He was also the mayor of the village of Trumansburg, New York
Trumansburg, New York
Trumansburg is a village in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 1,581 at the 2000 census. The name is a variant spelling of the surname of the founder, Abner Treman...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from March 2004 until March 2007.
Levine graduated from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1975 and earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale in 1984 with a thesis about the design and implementation of small databases. He was a co-founder and board member of Segue Software and Senior Programmer at Javelin Software
Javelin Software
Javelin Software Corporation was a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts which developed an innovative modeling and data analysis product, also called Javelin, and later Javelin Plus...
. John was a member of the R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S., one of the first computer clubs in the United States. He is also only sole moderator of comp.compilers usenet group for 25 years.