I had the pleasure of meeting Vint Cerf last august when he visited University of Nebraska to talk about the history of the Internet and his involvement (him and Bob Kahn wrote the whitepaper on TCP), internet policy / issues, problems with network security, and challenges with modern network engineering. He discussed in length how he would re-design TCP in the context of inter-planetary networking -- it was an incredibly fascinating talk.

I have met very few people who are as informed, passionate, and enjoyable to listen to as Dr. Cerf. His depth of knowledge of software policy issues is astounding, from international networking standards / last August's ITU meetings to the future issues of bit rot and data standardization. Overall, nice move by the Obama administration.