Scott Shenker

Scott Shenker
Born (1956-01-24) January 24, 1956
Alma materBrown University
University of Chicago
AwardsMember of National Academy of Engineering (2012)
IEEE Internet Award (2006)
ACM Fellow (2003)
IEEE Fellow
Paris Kanellakis Award (2017)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Xerox Corporation
University of Southern California
Thesis Scaling behavior in a map of a circle onto itself: Empirical results  (1983)
Doctoral advisorLeo Kadanoff
Doctoral students
Websitewww.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/shenker.html

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.

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.