Keith Winstein

Keith Winstein is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on creating innovative networked systems, particularly in communication, compression, and computing. Notable projects include Mosh (an interactive remote shell for mobile clients), Puffer (a video-streaming platform), Lepton (a compression tool), Mahimahi (network emulators), and the gg framework for distributed computing. He has received prestigious awards such as the SIGCOMM Rising Star Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, and NSF CAREER Award.

Winstein's academic journey includes undergraduate and graduate studies at MIT. Before academia, he worked at The Wall Street Journal as a reporter and at Ksplice (now part of Oracle), where he held roles in product management and business development. His research spans network protocols, video streaming optimization, cloud computing, and machine learning applications in networking.

His work emphasizes practical systems that bridge theoretical concepts with real-world implementation. Recent projects explore computation-centric networking, in-network performance enhancements, and low-latency video streaming. He advocates for reproducible experiments through tools like Mahimahi and has contributed to open-source software widely used in academia and industry.

• Key Projects: Mosh, Puffer, Lepton, Mahimahi, gg
• Awards: SIGCOMM Rising Star Award, Sloan Fellowship, NSF CAREER
• Expertise: Networked Systems, Compression Algorithms, Distributed Computing