Bio

Balaji Prabhakar is VMware Founders Professor of Computer Science, a faculty member of the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and (by courtesy) The Graduate School Of Business at Stanford University. His research interests include Cloud Computing and Data Centers, Network Theory and Algorithms, and Societal Networks. He has received the Erlang Prize, the Rollo Davidson Prize, and delivered the Lunteren Lectures. He is the recipient of the inaugural IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award which recognizes ''significant technological achievements and contributions to the establishment, development and proliferation of innovative societal infrastructure systems'' and the IEEE Koji Kobayashi Award “for contributions to the their and practice of network algorithms and protocols, in particular Internet routers, data centers and self-programming networks.” He is a Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the IEEE and the ACM. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Future Urban Mobility Initiative of the World Economic Forum. He has also worked extensively with the industry in Investor, Advisory and Consulting roles. He has co-founded two startups: Urban Engines (acquired by Google Maps) and Clockwork.io (where is currently the CEO). https://prabhakargroup.stanford.edu/