Joseph Noel Chiappa is a retired American researcher in computer networks, information systems architecture, and software.

Chiappa attended Saltus Grammar School in Bermuda, and Phillips Academy and MIT in the US.

[4] Chiappa designed the original version of Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).

[citation needed] In 1992, Chiappa was also credited for fixing the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" protocol bug as well as other document problems.

[9] Chiappa is listed on the "Birth of the Internet" plaque at the entrance to the Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford.