David L. Mills

David L. Mills
Mills in 2005
Born
David Lennox Mills

(1938-06-03)June 3, 1938
Oakland, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 17, 2024(2024-01-17) (aged 85)
Newark, Delaware, U.S.
Education
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Scientific career
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InstitutionsUniversity of Delaware
Websitewww.eecis.udel.edu/~mills

David Lennox Mills (June 3, 1938 – January 17, 2024) was an American computer engineer and professor emeritus at the University of Delaware.[1] He was an Internet pioneer who led the Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures (GADS) Task Force. He was known as the internet's "Father Time"[2] for designing the Network Time Protocol, which is intended to synchronize all participating computers across different computer systems and networks to within a few milliseconds of Coordinated Universal Time.

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