Sally Floyd

Summary

Sally Floyd is a human^[1]. Her place of birth was Charlottesville^[2]. She was born on +1950-05-20T00:00:00Z^[3]. She died in Berkeley^[4]. She died on +2019-08-25T00:00:00Z^[5]. She worked as a computer scientist^[6]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• Born in Charlottesville^[2], Sally Floyd…
• Sally Floyd passed away in Berkeley^[4].
• Sally Floyd was born on +1950-05-20T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Sally Floyd died on +2019-08-25T00:00:00Z^[5].
• Sally Floyd's father was Edwin E. Floyd^[8].
• Sally Floyd held citizenship in United States^[9].
• Sally Floyd's professions included computer scientist^[6].
• Sally Floyd's field of work was computer networking^[10].
• Sally Floyd was employed by University of California, Berkeley^[11].
• Among Sally Floyd's employers was Bay Area Rapid Transit^[12].
• Sally Floyd was employed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory^[13].
• Sally Floyd was employed by International Computer Science Institute^[14].
• Sally Floyd's education included a stint at University of California, Berkeley^[15].
• Sally Floyd was educated at Merritt College^[16].
• Sally Floyd's doctoral advisor was Richard M. Karp^[17].
• A notable work attributed to Sally Floyd is RFC 2309: Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet^[18].
• A notable work attributed to Sally Floyd is Random early detection gateways for congestion avoidance^[19].
• A notable work attributed to Sally Floyd is Scalable timers for soft state protocols^[20].
• A notable work attributed to Sally Floyd is A reliable multicast framework for light-weight sessions and application level framing^[21].
• Sally Floyd received the IEEE Internet Award^[22].
• Sally Floyd received the SIGCOMM Award^[23].
• Sally Floyd received the ACM Fellow^[24].
• Sally Floyd was a member of Internet Architecture Board^[25].
• Sally Floyd was a member of Association for Computing Machinery^[26].
• Sally Floyd is recorded as female^[27].

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Origins and Family

Sally Floyd's place of birth was Charlottesville^[2]. She was born on +1950-05-20T00:00:00Z^[3]. Her father was Edwin E. Floyd^[8].

Education

Educated at University of California, Berkeley^[15], a public research university^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1868^[30], headquartered in Berkeley^[31] and Merritt College^[16], a community college^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1954^[34]. Sally Floyd's doctoral advisor was Richard M. Karp^[17].

Career and Affiliations

Sally Floyd worked as a computer scientist^[6]. Her field of work was computer networking^[10]. Employers include University of California, Berkeley^[11], a public research university^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1868^[37], headquartered in Berkeley^[38]; Bay Area Rapid Transit^[12], a rapid transit^[39], in United States^[40], headquartered in Oakland^[41]; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory^[13], a laboratory^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1931^[44], headquartered in Berkeley^[45]; and International Computer Science Institute^[14], a research institute^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1988^[48]. She supervised Andrei Gurtov as a doctoral student^[49].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include RFC 2309: Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet^[18], a Request for Comments^[50], written by Sally Floyd^[51]; Random early detection gateways for congestion avoidance^[19]; Scalable timers for soft state protocols^[20]; and A reliable multicast framework for light-weight sessions and application level framing^[21].

Recognition

Awards received include IEEE Internet Award^[22], a technical field award^[52], founded in 1999^[53]; SIGCOMM Award^[23], an award^[54], in United States^[55], founded in 1989^[56]; and ACM Fellow^[24], a fellowship award^[57].

Death and Burial

Sally Floyd died on +2019-08-25T00:00:00Z^[5]. She passed away in Berkeley^[4]. The cause of death was gallbladder cancer^[58].

Why It Matters

Sally Floyd ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).^[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[59] She is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[60]

She is credited with the discovery of random early detection^[61], a network scheduling algorithm^[62].

Her notable doctoral advisees include Andrei Gurtov^[63], a computer scientist^[64], b. 1979^[65], of Finland^[66].

FAQs

Where was Sally Floyd born?

Born in Charlottesville^[2], Sally Floyd…

Where did Sally Floyd die?

Sally Floyd died in Berkeley^[4].

Who were Sally Floyd's parents?

Sally Floyd's father was Edwin E. Floyd^[8].

What did Sally Floyd do for work?

Sally Floyd worked as computer scientist^[6].

Where did Sally Floyd go to school?

Sally Floyd was educated at University of California, Berkeley^[15] and Merritt College^[16].

What awards did Sally Floyd receive?

Honors received include IEEE Internet Award^[22], SIGCOMM Award^[23], and ACM Fellow^[24].

What did Sally Floyd discover?

Sally Floyd is credited as discoverer of random early detection^[61].