Perlman awarded IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award for internet routing contributions.
On February 20, 2020, Radia Perlman received the IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award for her significant contributions to internet routing and bridging protocols. This accolade recognized her development of scalable and robust network technologies, such as the Spanning Tree Protocol, which are critical to modern communications infrastructure. The award highlights her role as a transformative figure in network engineering whose work continues to impact the Internet's reliability and efficiency worldwide.