IEEE honors Kurose for career contributions and best paper

Jim Kurose, Distinguished Professor in the School of Computer Science, on April 16 received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) INFOCOM 2013 Achievement Award “for seminal contributions in the design, analysis, modeling and measurement of computer networks and their protocols, and for impactful service and educational contributions.”

This award is given to someone who has a body of work (or a single paper) that has had a significant impact on the networking community and INFOCOM.

In addition, Computer Science doctoral alumni Elisha Rosensweig, Daniel Menasche and Kurose received the IEEE INFOCOM Best Paper award for their paper, “On the steady state of cache networks.” More than 1,600 papers were submitted for consideration.

The awards were presented at the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications held in Turin, Italy from April 14-19.

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