Scholar
Keith Ross
Google Scholar ID: RhUcYmQAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,607
H-index
31
i10-index
84
Publications
20
Co-authors
49
list available
Contact
No contact links provided.
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - ACM Fellow
- - IEEE Fellow
- - Recipient of several prestigious best paper awards
- - Work featured in mainstream press including New York Times, NPR, Bloomberg Television, etc.
- - Co-author (with James F. Kurose) of the popular textbook, 'Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet', published by Pearson (first edition in 2000, ninth edition 2025). It is the most popular textbook on computer networking, both nationally and internationally, and has been translated into fourteen languages.
- - Author of the research monograph, 'Multiservice Loss Models for Broadband Communication Networks', published by Springer in 1995
Research Experience
- - Professor of Computer Science at NYU Abu Dhabi
- - Dean of Computer Science, Data Science, and Engineering at NYU Shanghai (10 years)
- - Leonard J. Shustek Professor at NYU Tandon (10 years)
- - Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (13 years)
- - Professor at Eurecom Institute (5 years)
- - Co-founded and led Wimba, which develops voice and video applications for online learning, serving as CEO and CTO from 1999 to 2001
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer and Control Engineering from The University of Michigan
Background
- Professor of Computer Science, with research interests in AI (specifically reinforcement learning, deep learning, and reasoning in large language models), as well as Internet privacy, peer-to-peer networking, Internet measurement, stochastic modeling of computer networks, queuing theory, and Markov decision processes.
Miscellany
- Fluent in French and proficient in Mandarin
