He developed and implemented the protocol that synchronizes the digital clocks nestled within billions of networked devices. By Clay Risen David L. Mills, an internet pioneer who developed and, for ...

David L. Mills, a computer scientist who invented the system that allows connected computers to sync their clocks, a bedrock technology relied on by the entire modern internet, died Jan. 17 at his ...

Ars Technica reported last week that he had peacefully passed away on January 17th. Mills was responsible for the profoundly important creation of Network Time Protocol (NTP), the protocol that ...

Retired UD engineering professor remembered for being an early internet pioneer thanks to his innovative approach to synchronized time keeping An on-campus secular memorial for Dr. Mills will take ...

Scientists have successfully transmitted quantum internet signals over commercial fiber-optic cables, bringing us closer to a ...

David Mills, who created the tool that keeps the internet’s clocks synchronized, has died at 85. The Oakland-born man invented and spent decades upgrading Network Time Protocol, a system that, to this ...