Jean Walrand

Jean Walrand is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on communication networks, performance evaluation, game theory, and stochastic networks. He has authored several influential books, including Communication Networks: A Concise Introduction and Probability in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and holds numerous patents in network resource management.

• Ph.D. in EECS from UC Berkeley
• IEEE Fellow and recipient of the Stephen O. Rice Prize
• INFORMS Lanchester Prize for operations research contributions

His research interests span communication networks, queueing theory, congestion control, wireless network scheduling, and economic models for network resource allocation. Walrand's work has significantly impacted network design and optimization, particularly in distributed algorithms and game-theoretic approaches.

His recent publications emphasize network architecture, delay variability reduction, and distributed optimization algorithms. Walrand has mentored over 20 Ph.D. students, including notable contributors to wireless networks and network economics.

• IEEE Koji Kobayashi Award (2012)
• ACM Sigmetrics Achievement Award (2013)
• INFORMS Lanchester Prize for Communication Networks book

As advisor to students like Libin Jiang and Hoi-Sheung Wilson So, Walrand has shaped research in wireless MAC protocols, bandwidth trading, and network security. His technical reports and patents address practical challenges in switch fabric design, bandwidth allocation, and power management.