Eddie Kohler

Eddie Kohler (born July 16, 1973, in Massachusetts) is an American computer scientist specializing in networks and operating systems, a professor of computer science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences after an earlier professorship at UCLA. He was recognized in 2006 as one of MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35 and received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award in 2014, granted to researchers making highly creative, innovative and possibly high-risk contributions. He co-founded Mazu Networks in 2000, serving as chief scientist until its acquisition in 2009, and authored the HotCRP conference management software used widely in academic settings.