Orran Krieger

Orran Krieger is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University. He serves as the Founding Director of the Cloud Computing Initiative (CCI) and Resident Fellow of the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. His work focuses on cloud computing infrastructure, operating systems, and virtualization technologies. Prior roles include leading the Advanced Operating System Research Department at IBM T.J. Watson and contributing to VMware's vCloud initiatives.

Education: PhD and MASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Research interests include cloud resource management, unikernel-based systems, security in distributed environments, and performance optimization. His leadership in the Massachusetts Open Cloud project and Open Cloud Testbed (OCT) demonstrates expertise in scalable cloud platforms.

Key contributions span innovations in OS design (e.g., EbbRT framework), cloud marketplace architectures, and hardware-as-a-service models. His research bridges theoretical advancements with practical implementations in modern data centers.