| Biography: |
Vern Paxson is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. He also leads the Networking and Security Group at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, and has an appointment as a Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research focuses heavily on measurement-based analysis of network activity and Internet attacks. He works extensively on high performance network monitoring, detection algorithms, cybercrime, and countering censorship.In 2006 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). In 2011 he received ACM’s SIGCOMM Award, which recognizes lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks, “for his seminal contributions to the fields of Internet measurement and Internet security, and for distinguished leadership and service to the Internet community.” His measurement work has also been recognized by ACM’s Grace Murray Hopper Award and by the 2015 IEEE Internet Award. In 2013 he co-founded Broala, a startup that provides commercial-grade support and products for the “Bro” network monitoring system that he created and has advanced through his research for many years. |
