Eddie Kohler | |
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| Born | July 16, 1973 (age 52) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris |
Eddie Kohler is a computer scientist specializing in networks and operating systems. He is currently a professor of computer science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. [1] Prior to Harvard, he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. [2]
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Kohler co-founded Mazu Networks in 2000 and served as its Chief Scientist until it was acquired in 2009. [3] [4] In 2006, he was named as one of the Top 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review magazine. [5] [6] In 2014, he received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award, [7] an award given annually to a researcher who has made "contributions that are highly creative, innovative, and possibly high-risk, in keeping with the visionary spirit of Mark Weiser." He is also the author of the HotCRP conference management software. [8]
In 2005, Kohler (with David Mazières) wrote a paper titled "Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List" and sarcastically submitted it to a conference from which the two did not wish to receive further communications. Years later, the paper (submitted by another scientist to an ostensibly peer-reviewed technical journal) was accepted for publication, despite a nonsensical body text. [9]
