Scholar
Frans Kaashoek
Google Scholar ID: YCoLskoAAAAJ
Massuchesetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Citations & Impact
Citations
6,582
H-index
42
i10-index
99
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- NSF National Young Investigator Award (1994); MIT EECS Spira Teaching Award (1997); MIT IEEE Best Undergraduate Advisor Award (2000); The inaugural ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award (2001); ACM Fellow (2004); Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2006); ACM Prize in Computing (2010); Member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012). Publications include 'Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction' and numerous papers.
Research Experience
- Since January 1993, he has been a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT. In 1998, he co-founded Sightpath Inc., which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2000. He also helped found Mazu Networks, serving on its board until it was acquired by Riverbed Technology in 2009.
Education
- Degree: Ph.D; University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Advisor: Andy Tanenbaum; Year: 1992; Focus: Group communication in distributed computer systems.
Background
- Research interests: Computer systems, operating systems, networking, programming languages, compilers, and computer architecture for distributed, mobile, and parallel systems.
Miscellany
- Taught courses include: 6.033 Computer System Engineering (Spring '94-'07, '11); 6.097 Operating System Engineering (Fall '02), among others.
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