David P. Reed
Reed’s work articulated architectural principles that shaped the open internet, including where reliability and security functions belong in a networked system.
David P. Reed is an American computer scientist whose work spans computer networking, distributed systems, and internet architecture. He co-authored the end-to-end argument, a highly influential account of how functions should be placed in layered communication systems.
Architectural legacy
The end-to-end argument informed the design of internet protocols and remains a reference point in debates about security, reliability, privacy, and control in networked systems. Reed’s career also included work on early network protocols and interactive computing.
Timeline
- 1952Born in the United States.
- 1970sStudies computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1978Co-authors the end-to-end argument with Jerome Saltzer and David Clark.
- 1980sWorks on distributed systems and network architecture.
- 1990sContinues work and public writing on internet architecture.
- PresentRemains a referenced voice in discussions of network design.
David P. Reed
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1970s-Present
- Born
- 1952
- Known for
- End-to-end argument; Internet architecture; Distributed systems
- Tags
- computer-networking, internet-architecture, end-to-end-principle, distributed-systems, academic-research
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