Forks in the Digital Road: Key Decisions in the History of the Internet

About Scott J. ShackelfordScott O. Bradner

Scott J. Shackelford is the Provost Professor of Business Law and Ethics at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He serves as the Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop and the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. He is also an Affiliated Scholar at both the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. Shackelford has written more than 100 articles book chapters essays and op-eds for diverse publications. His research has also been covered by an array of outlets including Politico NPR CNN Forbes Time The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times and he is a frequent contributor to outlets including The Wall Street Journal Christian Science Monitor and World Economic Forum. Both Professor Shackelford's academic work and teaching have been recognized with numerous awards including a Harvard University Research Fellowship a Stanford University Hoover Institution National Fellowship a Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Distinguished Fellowship the 2014 Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award the 2015 Elinor Ostrom Award and the 2022 Poets & Quants Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors Award. Scott O. Bradner retired from Harvard University in 2016 after 50 years working in the areas of computer programming system management networking IT security and identity management. He was involved in the design of the original Harvard data networks the Longwood Medical Area network (LMAnet) and New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet). He was founding chair of the technical committees of LMAnet NEARnet and the Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network (CoREN). Bradner served in numerous roles in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) including as the co-director of the Operational Requirements Area (1993-1997) IPng Area (1993-1996) Transport Area (1997-2003) and Sub-IP Area (2001-2003). He was a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) and was an elected trustee of the Internet Society where he was the VP for Standards from 1995 to 2003 and Secretary to the Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2016. Bradner was also a member of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) as well as a trustee of the IETF Trust from 2012 to 2016.