Eddie Kohler

Eddie Kohler is a computer scientist specializing in networking and operating systems. He is currently a professor of computer science at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Prior to Harvard, Eddie was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Eddie co-founded Mazu Networks in 2000 and served as its Chief Scientist until it was acquired in 2009 . In 2006, at the age of 33 he was named to the TR35 as one of the Top 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review magazine . In 2013, he received the SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award, an award given annually to a researcher who has made "contributions that are highly creative, innovative, and possibly high-risk, in keeping with the visionary spirit of Mark Weiser." He is also the author of the HotCRP conference management software.
Prof. Kohler is noted for his scurrilous sense of humor, fluffy beards, and love of baked goods. In 2005, Kohler (with David Mazières) wrote a paper titled "Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List" and sarcastically submitted it to a conference from which the two did not wish to receive further communications. Years later, the paper (submitted by another scientist to an ostensibly peer-reviewed technical journal) was accepted for publication, despite a body text consisting entirely of repetition of the phrase "Get me off your fucking mailing list".

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• S.M., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• S.B., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• S.B., Music, 1995. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.