Srinivasan Keshav
| Srinivasan Keshav | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Waterloo, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Fields | computer science |
| Institutions |
University of Waterloo Cornell University Bell Labs |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley (PhD 1991) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (B.Tech 1986) |
| Thesis | Congestion Control in Computer Networks (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Domenico Ferrari |
| Notable awards |
ACM Fellow (2012) [1] Sloan Fellowship (1997-1999) |
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Srinivasan Keshav is Professor and Cisco Chair in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
Biography
After undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1986, he received his PhD in 1991 from the University of California, Berkeley, with a thesis entitled Congestion Control in Computer Networks; his advisor was Domenico Ferrari.[2] He then joined the research staff at Bell Labs; while at Bell Labs, he also had visiting faculty positions at the IIT Delhi and Columbia University.[2] In 1996 he became an associate professor at Cornell University;[2] he then left academia in 1999 to co-found Ensim Corporation, where he is now a member of the board of directors.[3] In 2003, he joined the faculty at Waterloo, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Tetherless Computing.[4]
He is the inventor, along with his students at the University of Waterloo, of KioskNet, a system for providing internet access in impoverished countries.[5]
Academic works and affiliations
Keshav is the author of a textbook on computer networks, An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking.[6] He also wrote "Mathematical Foundations of Computer Networking" in 2011.[7]
Keshav is currently the Editor of Computer Communication Review,[8] and the Chair of ACM SIGCOMM.
Honors and awards
- ACM Fellow (2012).
- "For contributions to computer communication networks and systems." [1]
References
- 1 2 "ACM Fellows 2012 SRINIVASAN KESHAV". acm.org. acm.
- 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae at Cornell University, retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ↑ Board of Directors, Ensim, retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ↑ Tetherless computing lab, U. of Waterloo.
- ↑ Barbara Aggerholm (March 3, 2008), "Better connections", Waterloo Region Record, retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ↑ Keshav, Srinivasan (1997), An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet, and the Telephone Network, Professional Computing Series, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 978-0-201-63442-6.
- ↑ Review by Jim LeValley (1999), The Internet Protocol Journal 2 (4): 33, retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ↑ Computer Communication Review, ACM SIGCOMM. Accessed August 24, 2010
External links
- S. Keshav's home page
- How to Read a Paper, three-pass method for reading research papers.