Computer Science

Research Areas


  • Information Retrieval & Web Search
  • Optimization
  • Resource Allocation
  • Stochastic Modeling and Simulation

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Computer Science and in the Discipline of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 2019-
    • Lecturer in Discipline of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2014-2019
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Information Theory Society (ITSOC)
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award
    • Columbia Engineering Alumni Association's (CEAA), 2019
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Harvard University
    • MSc, Computer Science, Harvard University
    • BS, Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras (Greece)

Research Areas


  • Security and Privacy
  • Software Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Cybersecurity

Additional Information


Research Areas


  • Graphics and User Interfaces
  • Data Management
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Graphics & Animation
  • Generative AI & Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Scalable Data Systems
  • Visualization
  • Data Markets

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2020-
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2015-2020
  • Honors & Awards
    • Adobe Data Science Research Award, 2023
    • Google Research Award, 2018, 2021
    • Amazon Faculty Award, 2018, 2021
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2019
    • 10 Year Test-of-Time Award, Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) 2018
    • Best Demo Award, SIG Management of Data 2016
    • Best of Conference Citation, IEEE Conference on Data Engineering 2013
    • Best of Conference Citation, Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) 2013
  • Education
    • PhD, EECS, MIT
    • MS, EECS, MIT
    • BS, EECS, UC Berkeley

Research Areas


  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Applied and Theoretical Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Teaching Faculty, Columbia University, 2017–
    • Research Specialist, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, 2013–2017
    • Research Scientist, Amazon, 2012–2013
    • Research Intern, Yahoo Labs, 2011
    • Research Intern, Qualcomm, 2008
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • International Machine Learning Society (IMLS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • NeurIPS Reviewer Award, 2019
    • ICML Reviewer Award, 2015, 2020
    • Janelia Teaching Fellowship, 2015
    • Best Paper, Wireless Health, 2012
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, UC San Diego
    • MS, Computer Science, UC San Diego
    • BS, Computer Science, UC San Diego

Research Areas


  • Computational cameras and the physics of computer vision.
  • Emphasis on the creation of cameras that provide new forms of visual information, the design of physics-based models for the interaction of light with materials, and the development of algorithms for the recognition of objects from images.
  • Applications include digital photography, machine vision, scientific imaging, computer graphics, robotics, and human-computer interactions.

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • T. C. Chang Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, July 2002 – Present
    • Department Chair, Computer Science, Columbia University, July 2009 – June 2012
    • Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, December 1996 – June 2002
    • Acting Chair, Computer Science, Columbia University, July 2000 – December 2000
    • Associate Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, January 1995 – December 1996
    • Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, January 1991 – December 1994
    • Research Assistant, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July 1986 – December 1990
    • Visiting Research Scientist, Hitachi, Ltd. Yokohama, Japan, Summer 1989
    • Research Engineer, Taylor Instruments Ltd. New Delhi, India, July 1984 – November 1984
  • Professional Affiliations
    • National Academy of Inventors
    • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • National Academy of Engineering
  • Honors & Awards
    • IEEE PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award, ICCV, Seoul, 2019.
    • Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. Columbia Engineering Alumni Association, New York, 2015.
    • Election to the National Academy of Inventors, Tampa, FL, 2014.
    • Honor for Seminal Contributions to Digital Imaging , Sony Corporation, Tokyo, 2014.
    • Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA, 2011.
    • Carnegie Mellon Alumni Achievement Award, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009.
    • Election to National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, 2008.
    • Great Teacher Award, Columbia University, New York, 2006.
    • T. C. Chang Endowed Chair, Columbia University, New York, 2003.
    • Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, W. M. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, 1995.
    • NTT Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Japan, 1994.
    • Fellow of the Packard Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, 1992.
    • National Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 1991.

Research Areas


  • Software Systems
  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Programming Languages

Additional information


  • Professional Experience

    • Professor, Columbia University, New York, July 2022 – present
    • Technical Fellow, Morgan Stanley, New York, January 2019 – April 2022
    • Managing Director, Division of Technology and Data, Morgan Stanley, New York, January 2014 – April 2022
    • Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, January 2014 – July 2022
    • Visiting Professor in the Computer Lab and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, Spring 2012
    • Visiting Professor in the Computer Science Department, Princeton University, Fall 2011
    • The College of Engineering Chair Professor in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, October 2002 – January 2014
    • Department Head, AT&T Laboratories – Research, Florham Park, New Jersey, July 1995 – October 2002
    • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, June 1987 – July 1995
    • Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, March 1979 – June 1987
  • Professional Affiliations

    • Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
    • Fellow, ACM
    • Fellow, IEEE
    • Fellow, Computer History Museum
  • Honors & Awards

    • 2019 Honorary doctor of University Carlos III in Madrid, Spain
    • 2018 The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium from The Franklin Institute and the City Council of Philadelphia
    • 2018 The Computer Pioneer Award from The IEEE Computer Society
    • 2018 The Charles Stark Draper Prize from The US National Academy of Engineering
    • 2017 The Faraday Medal from the IET (Institute of Engineering Technology)
    • 2015 Fellow of the Computer History Museum
    • 2015 The Dahl-Nygaard senior prize from The European Organization for Object-Oriented Technologies
    • 2010 The University of Aarhus's Rigmor og Carl Holst-Knudsens Videnskapspris
    • 2008 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming award
    • 2005 The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from Sigma Xi (the scientific research society)
    • 2005 Fellow of the IEEE
    • 1993 Fellow of the ACM
  • Education

    • PhD, Computer Science, Cambridge University
    • Cand. Scient., Mathematics with Computer Science, Aarhus University

Research Areas


  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Data Privacy
  • Economics & Computation
  • Game Theory
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Sustainable Computing (Green Computing)
  • Algorithm Fairness & Ethics

Additional information


  • Professional Experience

    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2010–
    • Member of the technical staff, Thomson Technicolor Research Lab, 2005-2010
  • Professional Affiliations

    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    • Société Mathématique de France (SMF)
  • Honors & Awards

    • NSF CAREER, 2013
    • ACM SIGMETRICS Rising Star Award, 2013

Research Areas


  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Web3 & Blockchain
  • Cybersecurity
  • Quantum Computing

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Tang Family Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2024-
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2024-
    • Tang Family Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 2021-2023
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2018-2020
       
  • Honors & Awards
    • NCF CAREER Award, 2023
    • VMware Systems Research Award, 2023
    • Amazon Research Awards, Amazon, 2022
    • OSDI Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award, USENIX, 2021
    • SOSP Best Paper Award, ACM, 2019
       
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Yale University
    • BS, Computer Science, Tsinghua University

Research Areas


  • Cybersecurity
  • Quantum Computing
  • Theory of Computation
  • Quantum Cryptography

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor (without Tenure), Computer Science, Columbia, 2024 - present
    • Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, 2021 - 2023
    • Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Toronto, 2018 - 2020
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT)
  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2022
    • Sloan Fellow, 2022
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, MIT
    • BA, Mathematics, University of Southern California

Research Areas


  • Economics & Computation
  • Optimization
  • Resource Allocation
  • Algorithmic Fairness
  • Matching Platforms

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2022-
    • Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 2016-2022
    • Postdoctoral Researcher, EPFL, 2012-2016
    • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Padua, 2012-2016
    • Intern, Zuse Institute Berlin, 2016
  • Professional Affiliations
    • INFORMS
    • DIMACS
    • MOS
  • Honors & Awards
    • Meta Research Award, 2022
    • CAREER Award, NSF, 2021
    • Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering, Columbia University, 2018
    • Lorenzo Brunetta award for a PhD thesis in Operations Research, 2012 
  • Education
    • PhD, Operations Research, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
    • MSc, Mathematical Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)
    • BSc, Management Science and Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)

Research Areas


  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Causal Inference
  • Economics & Computation
  • Generative AI & Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Wireless, Embedded & Sensor Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Communications
  • Control Systems
  • Information Theory
  • Modeling and Performance Evaluation

Additional Information


  • Professional Affiliations
    • Chair, ACM Sigmetrics
    • ACM Sigcomm
    • IEEE
  • Honors & Awards
    • Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Bombay, 2019
    • Fellow, ACM, 2018
    • Fellow, IEEE, 2016
    • Distinguished Young Alumni Award, School of Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2014
    • NSF Career Award, DoE Career Award, IBM and Google Faculty Awards
  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016-
    • CTO, Infinio Systems, 2012-2014
    • CEO Infinio Systems, 2011-2012
    • Visiting Professor, Telefonica, Barcelona 2009
    • Visiting Professor, Technicolor Labs, Paris 2009
    • Visiting Professor, Inria, Sophia Antipolis 2009
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2005–2016
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2001–2005
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • B Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay
  • Selected Publications
    • Yibo Zhu, Monia Ghobadi, Vishal Misra and Jitendra Padhye, ECN or Delay: Lessons Learnt from Analysis of DCQCN and TIMELYProceedings of 2016 ACM Conference on Emerging network experiment and technology (CoNEXT 2016), December, 2016.
    • Vishal Misra, Routing Money, Not Packets. Revisiting Network NeutralityCommunications of the ACM, Volume 58, Number 6, June, 2015.
    • Richard T. B. Ma and Vishal Misra, The Public Option: a Non-regulatory Alternative to Network NeutralityIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Volume 21, pp. 1866 - 1879, December, 2013.
    • Vishal Misra, Stratis Ioannidis, Augustin Chaintreau and Laurent Massoulie, Incentivizing Peer-Assisted Services: A Fluid Shapley Value ApproachProceedings of ACM/Sigmetrics, New York, June, 2010
    • Richard T.B. Ma, Dahming Chiu, John C.S. Lui, Vishal Misra and Dan Rubenstein, On Cooperative Settlement Between Content, Transit and Eyeball Internet Service ProvidersIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Volume 19, Number 3, June, 2011.
    • Richard T.B. Ma, Dahming Chiu, John C.S. Lui, Vishal Misra and Dan Rubenstein, The Shapley Value: Its Use and Implications on Internet EconomicsAllerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, September, 2008.
    • C. V. Hollot, Vishal Misra, Don Towsley and Wei-Bo Gong, On Designing Improved Controllers for AQM Routers Supporting TCP FlowsProceedings of IEEE Infocom, April, 2001
    • C.V. Hollot, Vishal Misra, Don Towsley and Wei-Bo Gong, A Control Theoretic Analysis of REDProceedings of IEEE Infocom, April, 2001.
    • Vishal Misra, Wei-Bo Gong and Don Towsley, Fluid-based Analysis of a Network of AQM Routers Supporting TCP Flows with an Application to REDProceedings of ACM Sigcomm, Stockholm, Sweden, August, 2000.