Mat Ford joined the Internet Society in September 2008. As Technology Program Manager he organizes and leads aspects of the Internet Society's work in advancing the development and deployment of open standards and promoting the Internet's collaborative development and operational management model.
Mat works closely with the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) to promote greater collaboration between the networking research community and the IRTF.
Mat's background includes development of network security designs, research and development in IP mobility and IPv6, as well as developing platforms to demonstrate research results. Mat led collaborative research projects and chaired the cluster of IPv6 research projects supported by the European Commission. Prior to joining the Internet Society, Mat was Principal Researcher at BT's Networks Research Centre.
Mat is based near Edinburgh, Scotland.
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IETF
19 March 2019
Concluding the IETF Rough Guide, Long Live the IETF Blog
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Building Trust
4 December 2018
Join Us to Discuss Attack Response at Internet Scale
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IETF
30 October 2018
Rough Guide to IETF 103: Internet of Things
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Events
29 October 2018
Rough Guide to IETF 103
Starting next weekend, the Internet Engineering Task Force will be in Bangkok for IETF 103, where around 1,000 engineers will discuss...
Open Internet Standards
11 June 2018
Registration Open for Applied Networking Research Workshop: TLS, Routing, Privacy, and More
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IPv6
6 June 2018
Six Years After: State of IPv6 Deployment 2018
On the sixth anniversary of World IPv6 Launch, we’re sharing an updated report on the State of IPv6 Deployment...