Eddie Kohler

Eddie Kohler is a computer scientist specializing in networks and operating systems. He is currently a professor of computer science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.^[1] Prior to Harvard, he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[2]

Eddie Kohler
Born	July 16, 1973 (1973-07-16) (age 52) Massachusetts
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral advisor	Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris

Kohler co-founded Mazu Networks in 2000 and served as its Chief Scientist until it was acquired in 2009.^[3][4] In 2006, he was named as one of the Top 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review magazine.^[5][6] In 2014, he received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award,^[7] an award given annually to a researcher who has made "contributions that are highly creative, innovative, and possibly high-risk, in keeping with the visionary spirit of Mark Weiser." He is also the author of the HotCRP conference management software.^[8]

In 2005, Kohler (with David Mazières) wrote a paper titled "Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List" and sarcastically submitted it to a conference from which the two did not wish to receive further communications. Years later, the paper (submitted by another scientist to an ostensibly peer-reviewed technical journal) was accepted for publication, despite a nonsensical body text.^[9]

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• S.M., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• S.B., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• S.B., Music, 1995. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.