Stephen Deering is a former Technical Leader at Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

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, where he worked on the development and standardization of architectural enhancements to the Internet Protocol

Internet Protocol

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. Prior to joining Cisco in 1996, he spent six years at Xerox

Xerox

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's Palo Alto Research Center, engaged in research on advanced Internet technologies, including multicast routing, mobile internetworking, scalable addressing, and support for multimedia applications over the Internet. He is a former member of the Internet Architecture Board

Internet Architecture Board

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, a present or past chair of numerous Working Group

Working group

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s of the Internet Engineering Task Force

Internet Engineering Task Force

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 (IETF), the inventor of IP Multicast

IP Multicast

IP multicast is a method of sending Internet Protocol datagrams to a group of interested receivers in a single transmission. It is often employed for streaming media applications on the Internet and private networks. The method is the IP-specific version of the general concept of multicast...

, and the lead designer of the new version of the Internet Protocol, IPv6

IPv6

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Education

Deering received his B.Sc.

Bachelor's degree

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 (1973) and M.Sc.

Master's degree

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 (1982) from the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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, and his Ph.D.

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 (1991) from Stanford University

Stanford University

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, he attended high school at Shawnigan Lake School

Shawnigan Lake School

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 on Vancouver Island

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Recognition

Deering is the recipient of the 2010 IEEE Internet Award

IEEE Internet Award

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for his work in IP multicasting and IPv6. He was declared the 1994 "Geek of the Year" by Internet Talk Radio.