Bruce MacDowell Maggs is an American computer scientist and professor at Duke University whose research interests include computer networks, distributed systems, and computer security. He was a founding employee and served as vice president for Research and Development for Akamai Technologies. He is currently the Director of Engineering at Emerald Innovations, Inc.
In 1998, Maggs took three semesters off of teaching to become a founding employee of the then-startup Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM).[2] While at Akamai, he became Vice President of Research and Development. He currently serves as Vice President of Research for the company.[3]
Apart from leading the early engineering efforts for Akamai, Maggs was a co-creator of Avatar, a popular early multiplayer online game developed at the University of Illinois in the late 1970s.[5]
Recognitionedit
Maggs was elected as an ACM Fellow in 2018 for "contributions to the development of content distribution networks and the theory of computer networks".[6]
^"AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PROSPECTUS". SEC. 1999-11-01. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^aanghel (2018-03-26). "Bruce Maggs to give keynote "Internet at the Speed of Light" at HPSR'18!". IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^Dear, Brian (2017). The Friendly Orange Glow: The untold story of the PLATO System and the dawn of cyberculture. Pantheon Books. pp. 186–187. ISBN978-1-101-87155-3.
bruce, maggs, bruce, macdowell, maggs, american, computer, scientist, professor, duke, university, whose, research, interests, include, computer, networks, distributed, systems, computer, security, founding, employee, served, vice, president, research, develop. Bruce MacDowell Maggs is an American computer scientist and professor at Duke University whose research interests include computer networks distributed systems and computer security He was a founding employee and served as vice president for Research and Development for Akamai Technologies He is currently the Director of Engineering at Emerald Innovations Inc Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Other achievements 4 Recognition 5 References 6 External linksBiography editMaggs earned his B S 1985 M S 1986 and Ph D 1989 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 After graduating he worked for NEC Research Institute as a research scientist In 1994 he joined the Computer Science department at Carnegie Mellon University rising to the rank of full professor with tenure In 1998 Maggs took three semesters off of teaching to become a founding employee of the then startup Akamai Technologies Nasdaq AKAM 2 While at Akamai he became Vice President of Research and Development He currently serves as Vice President of Research for the company 3 From 1998 to 1999 Maggs was on the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Visiting Associate Professor In 2007 Maggs joined the faculty of Duke University where he is currently the Pelham Wilder Professor of Computer Science 4 He holds a dual appointment to the Electrical Engineering department of Duke s Pratt School of Engineering He is currently on leave from Duke University to serve as the Director of Engineering at Emerald Innovations Inc Personal life editBruce Maggs is the brother of Federal Judge Gregory E Maggs Other achievements editApart from leading the early engineering efforts for Akamai Maggs was a co creator of Avatar a popular early multiplayer online game developed at the University of Illinois in the late 1970s 5 Recognition editMaggs was elected as an ACM Fellow in 2018 for contributions to the development of content distribution networks and the theory of computer networks 6 References edit Bruce Maggs cseweb ucsd edu Retrieved 2019 03 01 AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC PROSPECTUS SEC 1999 11 01 Retrieved 2019 03 01 aanghel 2018 03 26 Bruce Maggs to give keynote Internet at the Speed of Light at HPSR 18 IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing Retrieved 2019 03 01 Bruce Maggs Scholars Duke scholars duke edu Retrieved 2019 03 01 Dear Brian 2017 The Friendly Orange Glow The untold story of the PLATO System and the dawn of cyberculture Pantheon Books pp 186 187 ISBN 978 1 101 87155 3 2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Pivotal Achievements that Underpin the Digital Age Association for Computing Machinery December 5 2018External links editBruce Maggs s Homepage Bruce Maggs s Publications on DBLP An Interview with Bruce Maggs vice president for R amp D at Akamai Tech Mihai Budiu Netreport March 2001 P NP This biographical article relating to a computer scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bruce Maggs amp oldid 1211552193, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
