Aleksandar Kuzmanovic

Aleksandar Kuzmanovic is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Northwestern University, leading the Northwestern Networks Group. He holds a Ph.D. from Rice University (2005) and B.S./M.S. degrees from the University of Belgrade (1996/1999). His research focuses on computer networking, including denial-of-service resiliency, protocol design, and Internet-scale systems. Notable contributions include the TCP-LP protocol adopted in Linux, Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) as an Internet standard, and denial-of-service defenses for Akamai’s CDN. He has over 60 publications in top venues such as SIGCOMM, NSDI, and IMC.

Education:

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University (2005)
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (1999)
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (1996)

Research Interests:

• Network protocols and congestion control
• Security and resiliency in distributed systems
• CDN optimization and edge computing
• Privacy-preserving network architectures
• Internet measurement and standardization

Professional Activities:

• Visiting Professor at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• Steering Committee Member of Measurement Lab (Measurement Lab)
• Co-founder of bloXroute Labs, Inc.

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2008)
• Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Award (2006)
• Searle Junior Fellowship (2006)
• Rice Presidential Fellowship (1999)

Teaching:

• EECS 110: Introduction to Computer Programming
• EECS 397/497: IoT Networks Seminar