| Aditya Akella | |
| Birth Place: | Hyderabad, India |
| Fields: | Computer Science, Computer Networking, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning |
| Alma Mater: | Carnegie Mellon University (PhD 2005) IIT Madras (B.Tech 2000) |
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| Doctoral Advisor: | Srinivasan Seshan |
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Srinivasa Aditya Akella is a computer scientist, professor and Regents Chair Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He is notable for research in software-defined networking,[1] big data systems,[2] low latency networking, content distribution[3] and network function virtualization.
Akella completed his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 2000, then received his PhD in 2005 from Carnegie Mellon University with a thesis titled End Point-based Routing Strategies for Improving Internet Performance and Resilience. His doctoral advisor was Srinivasan Seshan.[4] He completed a post-doc at Stanford University working with Nick McKeown where he worked on early efforts in SDN.[5] In 2006 Akella joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor, then later became an associate professor in 2012 and a full professor in 2017. In 2021, he joined the UT Austin Computer Science Department.
He leads the UT Networked Systems (UTNS) Research Group[6] and is one of the Principal Investigators leading CloudLab.[7] In 2014, SIGCOMM gave him their Rising Star Award for contributions to network management and content delivery.[8] Akella holds over 15 patents related to computer networking and distributed systems.[9] He has published 225 research papers in refereed international conferences and journals with his coworkers and his publications have been cited over 10,000 times (H-index=53).[4] [10]
Akella was chosen as a finalist in Physical Sciences and Engineering for both the 2021 and 2020 Blavatnik National Award for his contributions to improving the speed, efficiency and reliability of data center infrastructure.[11] [12] His ongoing research focuses on systems for machine learning, low latency networking, big data systems and intent-driven networking.[13]
Akella is a native of Hyderabad, India, and currently resides in Austin, Texas. His wife Shuchi Chawla is also a computer science professor at the University of Texas-Austin.