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Aditya Akella is a Regents Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where he works to improve the performance, reliability, and correctness of Cloud and Internet infrastructure. He completed his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University and received a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Prior to his current role, he spent fifteen years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research straddles the boundary between computer networking and adjacent areas such as operating systems, databases, and formal methods, significantly impacting production systems at some of the largest technology companies in the world. His published works and research interests encompass programmable networks, hardware acceleration, automated reasoning in networks, and the intersection of big data with machine learning. He has received numerous accolades for his contributions to research, teaching, and service, including several prestigious awards during his academic career.
University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Regents Chair in Computer Science focusing on Cloud Internet infrastructure.
University of Wisconsin-Madison • Madison, WI
Contributed to research in computer networking and related fields.
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