Deputy Prime Minister praises inaugural QE Prize winners
皇冠体育app Deputy Prime Minister attended a royal reception where the Queen recognised the 5 engineers widely credited with inventing the internet.
Internet engineers Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf, Louis Pouzin, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen were awarded the inaugural , a 拢1 million global award launched in 2011 by the Deputy Prime Minister, Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition.
It rewards those whose groundbreaking engineering work has worldwide benefit to humanity.
Speaking about the engineers鈥� innovations, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:
皇冠体育app first winners of the QE Prize remind us of the power of ideas. 皇冠体育appir groundbreaking work transformed modern life. Today we recognise and celebrate their achievements - creating and building the internet and enabling us to explore the world wide web.
We also send a powerful message to budding and experienced engineers across Britain that if you鈥檝e got the skills and good ideas, keep going. In the future, this prize could be yours. 皇冠体育app sky鈥檚 the limit.