Rachee Singh
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I am an assistant professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. My research interests are in computer networking with a focus on optical interconnects and traffic engineering.
Mina Tahmabsi Arashloo
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I am an assistant professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science at University of Waterloo. Before joining Waterloo, I was a Presidential Post-Doctoral Fellow at the computer science department of Cornell University, working with Nate Foster, and Rachit Agarwal. I received my PhD in computer science from Princeton University, where I was advised by Jennifer Rexford. I got my B.Sc degree in Computer Engineering from department of Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology.
Jefferson Elbert Simões
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Jefferson Elbert Simões received the B.Sc. (magna cum laude) degree in computer and information engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2010, and the D.Sc. degree in systems engineering and computer science from UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016, with an interchange period with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2017, he has been a Professor with the Department of Applied Informatics, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His main research interests include probabilistic models, network science, structural identity in networks, distributed algorithms, multimedia systems, and distance learning.
Arash Asadi
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Dr. Arash Asadi is a research group leader, holding the Athene Young Investigator status at TU Darmstadt. His research is focused on wireless communications both in sub-6Ghz and millimeter-wave bands as well as their applications in emerging areas such as vehicular communication and industry 4.0. He is a recipient of several awards including outstanding PhD and master thesis awards from UC3M. Some of his papers on D2D communication has appeared in IEEE COMSOC best reading topics on D2D communication and in IEEE COMSOC Tech Focus.
Debopam Bhattacherjee
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My research focuses on computer networks, more specifically on broadband satellite networks, Internet architecture, and network latency. In 2022, we published our work on speed-of-light ISP design at USENIX NSDI. My research work received several awards in the past — IRTF’s Applied Networking Research Prize 2020, a Best Paper Award at IMC 2020, and a best dataset award at PAM 2020. Before joining Microsoft Research as a Senior Researcher, I earned my PhD in Computer Science from ETH Zürich in 2021. I am currently also involved in building a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network consortium spanning industry and academia. Get in touch to know and contribute!
Jim Kurose
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Jim Kurose is a Distinguished University Professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he has been on the faculty since receiving his PhD in computer science from Columbia University. He received a BA in physics from Wesleyan University. He has held a number of visiting scientist positions in the US and abroad, including the Sorbonne University, the University of Paris, INRIA and IBM Research. His research interests include computer network architecture and protocols, network measurement, sensor networks, and multimedia communication. He is proud to have mentored and taught an amazing group of students, and to have received a number of awards for his research, teaching and service, including the IEEE Infocom Award, the ACM SIGCOMM Lifetime Achievement Award, the ACM Sigcomm Test of Time Award, and the IEEE Computer Society Taylor Booth Education Medal. With Keith Ross, he is the co-author of the best-selling textbook, Computer Networking: a Top Down Approach (Pearson), now in its 8th edition. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE.
From January 2015 to September 2019, Jim was on leave, serving as Assistant Director at the US National Science Foundation, where he led the Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). With an annual budget of nearly $1B, CISE’s mission is to uphold the nation’s leadership in scientific discovery and engineering innovation through its support of fundamental research in computer and information science and engineering and transformative advances in cyberinfrastructure. Here is a blogpost on his NSF work. While at NSF, he also served as co-chair of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Subcommittee (NITRD) of the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Technology, facilitating the coordination of networking and information technology research and development efforts across Federal agencies. In 2018, Jim also served as the Assistant Director for Artificial Intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
Matt Caesar
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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UIUC. I am also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, an Affiliate Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Affiliate Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, and a member of the Information Trust Institute. I am also Chief Science Officer of Veriflow and I serve as the Director of Education for ACM SIGCOMM. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
My research focuses on the design, analysis, and implementation of networked and distributed systems, with an emphasis on network virtualization, routing, network algorithms, systems security, and cloud services. I like taking a multi-pronged approach to system design, building systems that work well in practice but are grounded in strong theoretical principles. My recent work involves network security, network verification, and Internet of Things.