Residence Waterloo, Canada Role Professor Nationality Canada Fields Computer Science | Name Srinivasan Keshav | |
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Institutions University of WaterlooCornell UniversityBell Labs Alma mater University of California, Berkeley (PhD 1991)Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (B.Tech 1986) Thesis Congestion Control in Computer Networks (1991) Books An engineering approach to computer networking | ||
Doctoral advisor Domenico Ferrari Academic advisor Domenico Ferrari | ||
University of Waterloo's Research Chair in Smart Grid, Srinivasan Keshav on Innovative Research
Srinivasan Keshav is Professor and Cisco Chair in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
Contents
- University of Waterloos Research Chair in Smart Grid Srinivasan Keshav on Innovative Research
- Srinivasan keshav wise lecture series
- Biography
- Academic works and affiliations
- Honors and awards
- References
Srinivasan keshav wise lecture series
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. 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. In 1996 he became an associate professor at Cornell University; he then left academia in 1999 to co-found Ensim Corporation, where he is now a member of the board of directors. In 2003, he joined the faculty at Waterloo, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Tetherless Computing.
He is the inventor, along with his students at the University of Waterloo, of KioskNet, a system for providing internet access in impoverished countries.
Academic works and affiliations
Keshav is the author of a textbook on computer networks, An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking. He also wrote "Mathematical Foundations of Computer Networking" in 2011.
Keshav is currently the Editor of Computer Communication Review, and the Chair of ACM SIGCOMM.