Carl Kesselman

Carl Kesselman is a Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC), where he leads the Informatics Systems Research division at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI). His work focuses on grid computing, information security, service-oriented architectures, sociotechnical systems, and reproducibility in informatics.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering from USC
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering and B.A. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo

Kesselman, one of the pioneers of grid computing and creator of the GLOBUS open-source toolbox (now a de facto standard), has received numerous honors including the Lovelace Medal and Goode Memorial Award. His research bridges technical and societal challenges through sociotechnical systems frameworks.

He joined ISI in 1997 and is recognized as an ISI Fellow, the highest honor at the institute, alongside fellowships from ACM and BCS.