Pioneer
Nick McKeown
Also Known As Nicholas William McKeown
Networks
Nick McKeown (born April 7, 1963) is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University, which he joined as an assistant professor in 1995, and a visiting professor at Oxford University, regarded as an influential figure in Internet architecture, high-performance switching and software-defined networking. He co-invented software-defined networking through the Ethane project and the OpenFlow protocol, helping shift computer networking toward software-controlled infrastructure, and in 1997 co-founded Abrizio Inc with Anders Swahn as its chief technology officer, a company acquired by PMC-Sierra in 1999 for stock worth about 400 million dollars. He shared the NEC C&C Award in 2015 with Martin Casado and Scott Shenker for their work on software-defined networking and received the Marconi Prize in 2025 for the same contributions.
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AwardFellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2 AwardIEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 2 AwardIEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award 2 AwardFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2 Awardhonorary doctor of ETH Zürich 2 Connections
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Source Engineering and Technology History Wiki: Nick McKeown - ETHW
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2. Wikidata: Nick McKeown
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influenced modern router design
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