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Keith Winstein is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and is affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. His research group focuses on developing innovative networked systems that rethink communication, compression, and computing abstractions. Notable projects include Mosh, a tool for mobile SSH, and Puffer, a video-streaming site. Winstein has been recognized with several awards, including the ACM SIGCOMM Rising Star Award, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and the NSF CAREER Award. Before his academic career, he worked as a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal and played key roles in various startups. He has advised numerous doctoral and master's students, with a focus on topics in computer networking and system performance, including congestion control and secure transport protocols.
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