On August 3, 2005, the Internet Society (ISOC) announced that Dr. Jun Murai is this year's winner of the prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Paris. Vice president and professor of the Faculty of Environmental Information at Keio University, Dr. Murai is the first winner of this award from Asia.
The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award was established by the Internet Society to honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in Internet services. Dr. Murai was awarded in recognition of his persistence in development and dissemination of IPv6 and other technologies and his contribution to spread the Internet across the Asian Pacific region.
At the award ceremony
Comments from Dr. Jun Murai
Dr. Jun Murai
Thoughts upon receiving the Award (Paris, August 3, 2005)
Internet consists of autonomously operated independent networks. The Internet environment cannot be formed without those people who always think how to contribute to the society of the Internet from a global point of view.
This was the philosophy of researchers who engaged in establishing the early form of the Internet and Mr. Postel was the leading guide for us. It was a great privilege to personally touch his mind of service through the discussions we had on how to spread the Internet from the United States to the world.
Therefore, for me it is a special pleasure to be awarded for the Postel Service Award and I accept it as a fundamental recognition to my works. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the recommenders, the award committee, and the Internet Society who appreciated this philosophy.
I wish to share the honor of this award with all the people who made efforts together with me, particularly with my friends in Asia including Japan. Japan now has one of the best environments where we can challenge for the future of the Internet. I would like to make continuous efforts and contributions.
Related websites:
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
http://www.ietf.org/home.html
ISOC website “Postel Service Award”
http://www.isoc.org/awards/
The WIDE Project
http://www.wide.ad.jp/