Computer Science
Research Areas Information Retrieval & Web Search Optimization Resource Allocation Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
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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
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 TIMELY , Proceedings of 2016 ACM Conference on Emerging network experiment and technology (CoNEXT 2016) , December, 2016. Vishal Misra, Routing Money, Not Packets. Revisiting Network Neutrality , Communications 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 Neutrality , IEEE/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 Approach , Proceedings 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 Providers , IEEE/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 Economics , Allerton 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 Flows , Proceedings of IEEE Infocom , April, 2001 C.V. Hollot, Vishal Misra, Don Towsley and Wei-Bo Gong, A Control Theoretic Analysis of RED , Proceedings 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 RED , Proceedings of ACM Sigcomm , Stockholm, Sweden, August, 2000.