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François Flückiger is a French computer scientist who worked at CERN. He was selected for induction in 2013 in the Internet Hall of Fame.
Flückiger was in charge of the CERN external network.[1][self-published source] He contributed to the creation of CCIRN (Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Network), RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) and Ebone (European Backbone).[2][3] Flückiger was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in August 2013 for his leadership in establishing the Internet in Europe.[4][5][6]
After the departure of Tim Berners-Lee from CERN, François Flückiger took over him to lead the web development technical team at CERN.[7][8] He chaired the Inet1988, Inet2001 and Inet2002 conference programme.[9]
Between 2001 and 2011, he was an OpenLab manager[10] and until 2013 he held the position of the Director of the CERN School of Computing.[11] He is Knowledge and Technology Transfer Officer for Information Technologies at CERN. He is a lecturer at the University of Geneva, a member of the Internet Society Advisory Council and of the W3C Advisory Committee.
Flückiger is a graduate of the École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec) and holds an MBA from the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises in Paris.
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