Seth Gilbert

Seth Gilbert is the Dean's Chair Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on designing robust, scalable algorithms for large-scale distributed systems, particularly in the domains of Byzantine agreement, dynamic networks, and contention resolution. He holds a PhD from MIT (advised by Nancy Lynch) and completed a postdoc at EPFL under Rachid Guerraoui.

His work emphasizes three core techniques: accountability (identifying network failures), work-sharing (task distribution in asynchronous environments), and contention resolution (efficient resource allocation). Notable contributions include the DConstructor (PODC 2020) and Polygraph (ICDCS 2021) protocols for accountable Byzantine agreement. He has received multiple awards, including the Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize (2021) and Best Paper Awards at DISC, ICDCS, and IPDPS.

Prof. Gilbert has served as program chair for DISC 2021, OPODIS 2019, and SPAA 2016, and currently chairs the DISC Steering Committee. His career includes industry experience at Microsoft (Visual Studio team) and early work on solar car engineering at Yale University.