Dr. Keith Winstein

Associate Professor

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Biography

Keith Winstein is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering. His research group focuses on creating new kinds of networked systems that rethink abstractions for communication, compression, and computing. Notable projects from his group include the Mosh tool, Puffer video-streaming site, Lepton compression tool, Mahimahi network emulators, and the gg lambda-computing framework. Winstein has received multiple prestigious awards, including the SIGCOMM Rising Star Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, NSF CAREER Award, and the Usenix NSDI Community Award. He also won the Usenix ATC Paper Award and the Applied Networking Research Prize, as well as the SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award for his doctoral thesis in computer science from MIT. Before his academic role, he worked as a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal and held a position as vice president of product management and business development at Ksplice, a startup company that is now part of Oracle.

Research Interests

Courses

CS 244C COLLEGE 102 CS 10N CS 144 CS 499 CS 499P CS 390A CS 390B CS 390C CS 399 CS 199 CS 199P CS 390D CS 191 CS 195 CS 191W CS 181

Requirements for Stanford University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:165
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Overall
Required:4.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from an accredited institution Strong background in mathematics and programming
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.