Scott Shenker

American computer scientist (born 1956)

Scott J. Shenker (born January 24, 1956) is an American computer scientist and professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the leader of the Extensible Internet Group at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Scott Shenker (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 24, 1956.¹

About

Over his career, Shenker has made research contributions in the areas of energy-efficient processor scheduling, resource sharing, and software-defined networking. In 2002, he received the SIGCOMM Award in recognition of his "contributions to Internet design and architecture, to fostering research collaboration, and as a role model for commitment and intellectual rigor in networking research".

Shenker is an ISI Highly Cited researcher. According to Google Scholar he is one of the five highest-ranked American computer scientists, with total citations exceeding 100,000.

From Wikipedia’s article on Scott Shenker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

NiciraFounder¹⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedBoston University³
Date not recordedWest Potomac High School³
Date not recordedUniversity of Chicago³
Date not recordedBrown University³

Career

Occupation: university teacher, businessperson, engineer, computer scientist.⁶

Date not recordedWorked at University of California, Berkeley⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Palo Alto Research Center⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Cornell University⁴
Date not recordedFounded Nicira⁵

Known for: RFC 2215: General Characterization Parameters for Integrated Service Network Elements, RFC 1633: Integrated Services in the Internet Architecture: an Overview, RFC 2309: Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet, RFC 2212: Specification of Guaranteed Quality of Service, Epidemic algorithms for replicated database maintenance, A simple algorithm for finding frequent elements in streams and bags, Attested append-only memory, RFC 2216: Network Element Service Specification Template, A scheduling model for reduced CPU energy.⁷

Personal life

BornJan 24, 1956, Alexandria⁸
CitizenshipUnited States⁹

Awards

2023Computer Pioneer Award^{10 14}
2017Paris Kanellakis Award^{10 13}
2016Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences¹⁰
2006IEEE Internet Award^{10 12}
2003ACM Fellow^{10 11}
2002SIGCOMM Award¹⁰
Date not recordedIEEE Fellow¹⁰

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