Scott Shenker
Scott Shenker | |
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| Born | January 24, 1956 |
| Alma mater | Brown University University of Chicago |
| Awards | Member of National Academy of Engineering (2012) IEEE Internet Award (2006) ACM Fellow (2003) IEEE Fellow Paris Kanellakis Award (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Xerox Corporation University of Southern California |
| Thesis | Scaling behavior in a map of a circle onto itself: Empirical results (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leo Kadanoff |
| Doctoral students | |
| Website | www |
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.