Computer sciences' Akella wins Rising Star Award

October 8th 2014 Simon Kuran
Awards, Natural & Physical Sciences
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Akella Akella

Aditya Akella, an associate professor of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected for a 2014 SIGCOMM Rising Star Award.

Akella received the award in recognition of fundamental contributions in the areas of network management and content distribution, impacting technology in both areas.

SIGCOMM is the Association for Computer Machinery's professional forum for the discussion of topics in the field of communications and computer networks, including technical design and engineering, regulation and operations, and the social implications of computer networking. SIGCOMM members are particularly interested in the systems engineering and architectural questions of communication.

Story by Jennifer Smith, Department of Computer Sciences