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Line 45: − ==Other Activities== − In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the internet, Cerf has served as a technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict." <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148576/ IMDB]</ref>and made a special guest appearance on the program in May 1998. Cerf has appeared on television programs NextWave with Leonard Nimoy and on World Business Review with Alexander Haig and Caspar Weinberger. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. − − Cerf sits on the Board of Directors for the Endowment for Excellence in Education, Folger Shakespeare Library, the [[MCI]] Foundation, the MarcoPolo Foundation, Avanex Corporation and the ClearSight Systems Corporation. Cerf is a Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Engineering Consortium, the Computer History Museum and the National Academy of Engineering.
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Cerf served as founding president of [[ISOC]] from 1992 to 1995, and in 1999 served a term as chairman of the board. In addition, Cerf is honorary chairman of the [[IPv6 Forum]], dedicated to raising awareness and speeding introduction of the new Internet protocol. Cerf served as a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 1997 to 2001 and serves on several national, state and industry committees focused on cyber-security.
Cerf served as founding president of [[ISOC]] from 1992 to 1995, and in 1999 served a term as chairman of the board. In addition, Cerf is honorary chairman of the [[IPv6 Forum]], dedicated to raising awareness and speeding introduction of the new Internet protocol. Cerf served as a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) from 1997 to 2001 and serves on several national, state and industry committees focused on cyber-security.
==Stand on SOPA/PIPA==
==Stand on SOPA/PIPA==
In December, 2011, Vint Cerf signed onto an open letter to the U.S. Congress sent by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] that urged the legislature not to pass [[SOPA]] bills, which he and the 82 other signees believed would seriously hinder the future of the Internet, U.S. legitimacy with regards to Internet stewardship, and many industries tied together through the Internet, among other deleterious effects.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa Internet Inventors Warn Against SOPA and PIPA, EFF.org]</ref>
In December, 2011, Vint Cerf signed onto an open letter to the U.S. Congress sent by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] that urged the legislature not to pass [[SOPA]] bills, which he and the 82 other signees believed would seriously hinder the future of the Internet, U.S. legitimacy with regards to Internet stewardship, and many industries tied together through the Internet, among other deleterious effects.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa Internet Inventors Warn Against SOPA and PIPA, EFF.org]</ref>