Albert Greenberg

{{Short description|American computer scientist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Albert Greenberg | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Albert Greenberg.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | other_names = | fields = Networking Cloud computing | workplaces = Microsoft | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = | thesis_title =  | thesis_url =  | thesis_year =  | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = National Academy of Engineering, 2016<ref name=twsNAEAward>Randy Atkins, February 8, 2016, National Academy of Engineering, [http://www.nae.edu/Projects/MediaRoom/20095/149240/149788.aspx National Academy of Engineering Elects 80 Members and 22 Foreign Members], Retrieved February 8, 2016</ref> SIGCOMM Award, 2015<ref name="twsV3"/> Koji Kobayashi Award, 2015<ref name="twsIEEE2"/><ref name="twsIEEEAward"/><ref name="twsIEEE5">2015, IEEE, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150914232246/http://www.ieee.org/documents/awards_search.pdf IEEE-LEVEL AWARDS], Retrieved August 24, 2015</ref> ACM Fellow<ref name="twsIEEE"/> ACM Test of Time Award, 2015 ACM Sigmetrics Test of Time Award, 2013 | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Kathryn Greenberg | partner =  | children = 4 | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''Albert Greenberg''' is an American software engineer and computer scientist who is notable for his contributions to the design of operating carrier and datacenter networks<ref name="twsSIGCOMMAwards">2015, SIGCOMM Awards, ACM, [http://www.sigcomm.org/awards/sigcomm-awards SIGCOMM Award Recipients: The annual SIGCOMM Award, presented at the SIGCOMM Technical Conference, recognizes lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212183658/https://www.sigcomm.org/awards/sigcomm-awards |date=2019-02-12 }}, Retrieved August 22, 2015</ref> as well as to advances in computer networking and cloud computing.<ref name="twsV3">{{cite web | url= http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/analysis/2423032/microsoft-uses-custom-nics-to-drive-azure-cloud-services | author =Daniel Robinson | title= Microsoft uses custom NICs to drive Azure cloud services | publisher= V3 (UK Tech news source) | date= 21 August 2015 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="twsNetworkWorld">{{cite web | url= https://www.networkworld.com/article/738798/cisco-subnet-open-networking-summit-day-2-cisco-says-we-see-sdn-as-the-next-evolution-of-networkin.html | author= Art Fewell | title= Open Networking Summit Day 2: Cisco says "We see SDN as the next evolution of networking" | publisher= Network World | date =October 19, 2011 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref> He currently serves as the Chief Architect Officer at Uber.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership: Albert Greenberg |url=https://www.uber.com/us/en/about/leadership/albert-greenberg/ |website=Uber}}</ref>

Prior to joining Uber, Greenberg served as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft and acted as director of development for Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing infrastructure platform that coordinates data centers around the world.<ref name="twsV3" /><ref name="twsRegister">{{cite web | url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/08/microsoft_azure_networking_feature/ | author= Jack Clark | title= Microsoft reveals secrets of Azure cloud's networking underbelly: 'In the last three years everything changed' | publisher= The Register | date= 8 November 2013 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="twsPCMag">{{cite web | url= https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2469102,00.asp | author= DAMON POETER | title= Broadcom Launches Powerful New Ethernet Switches | publisher= PC Magazine | date= September 24, 2014 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="twsSDXCentral">{{cite web | url= https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/microsoft-azure-gives-sdn-a-hardware-assist/2015/06/ | author= Craig Matsumoto | title= Microsoft Azure Gives SDN a Hardware Assist | publisher= SDX Central (NEWS AND RESOURCE SITE FOR SDX, SDN, NFV, CLOUD & VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE) | date= June 17, 2015 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref> In contrast to hard-wired computer networks, firms such as Microsoft are turning increasingly to software-defined networking (or SDN) approaches to run its cloud computing networks by managing virtual networks across "millions of servers".<ref name="twsLR">{{cite news | url= http://www.lightreading.com/google-microsoft-challenge-service-providers/d/d-id/708127 | author= Mitch Wagner | title= Google, Microsoft Challenge Service Providers | newspaper= Light Reading | publisher= Light Reading: Networking the Communications Industry | date= March 7, 2014 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="twsTechTarget">{{cite web | url= http://searchsdn.techtarget.com/news/2240216131/QA-How-Microsoft-SDN-and-network-virtualization-affects-you | author= Shamus McGillicuddy | title= Q&A: How Microsoft SDN and network virtualization affects you | publisher= Tech Target | date= 13 March 2014 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref> He oversaw development of technologies that keep the network running in the cloud, so that when component failures happen, software systems pinpoint the failures and "route around the faulty components;" the technology permits data centers to be "software-defined", allowing the cloud to grow rapidly while being flexible to meet changing needs, as he explained in 2015 in ''eWeek'' magazine.<ref name="twseWeek">{{cite web | url= http://www.eweek.com/cloud/at-microsoft-software-defined-networking-takes-cloudy-turn.html | author =Pedro Hernandez | title= At Microsoft, Software-Defined Networking Takes Cloudy Turn | publisher= eWeek | date= August 20, 2015 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref> His research focused on the infrastructure of cloud services, management of enterprise networks, data center networks, and systems monitoring.<ref name="twsIEEE" />

Greenberg received his PhD in 1983 at the University of Washington as an ARCS Scholar (Seattle Chapter).<ref>{{cite web |title=Spotlight |url=https://seattle.arcsfoundation.org/arcs-scholars/spotlight |website=Seattle Homepage |publisher=ARCS Foundation |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> He has won numerous awards for his contributions: he is an ACM Fellow,<ref name="twsIEEE">{{cite web |url=http://globecom2010.ieee-globecom.org/PLENARY_SPEAKERS/Future_Networks_Forum.html |author=Conference listing |title=What Is the Next Generation Internet Forum? |publisher=IEEE Globecom 2010 |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090234/http://globecom2010.ieee-globecom.org/PLENARY_SPEAKERS/Future_Networks_Forum.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> received the IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award in 2015 for his "fundamental contributions to large-scale backbone networks and data-center networks,"<ref name="twsIEEE2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ieee-cloudnet.org/keynotes.html |title=4th International IEEE Conference |publisher=IEEE |access-date=August 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810045058/http://www.ieee-cloudnet.org/keynotes.html |archive-date=August 10, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="twsIEEEAward">{{cite web |url = http://www.ieee.org/documents/kobayashi_rl.pdf |author = IEEE staff |title = KOJI KOBAYASHI COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS AWARD |publisher = IEEE |date = 2015 |access-date = August 22, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101124233804/http://ieee.org/documents/kobayashi_rl.pdf |archive-date = 2010-11-24 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and won the prestigious SIGCOMM Award in 2015 for "pioneering the theory and practice of operating carrier and datacenter networks."<ref name="twsV3"/> In addition, he publishes in numerous scholarly journals on topics such as networking and cloud computing.<ref name="twsIGI">{{cite book | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cwKXBQAAQBAJ&q=%22albert+greenberg%22+%28microsoft+OR+datacenter+OR+%22data+center%22+OR+SDN+OR+network+OR+azure+OR+cloud+OR+virtual+OR+debug+OR+expressroute%29&pg=PA182 | author= Ezendu Ariwa | title= Green Technology Applications for Enterprise and Academic Innovation | publisher= IGI Global | date= February 28, 2014 | isbn= 9781466651678 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref> He began his career at AT&T Labs and became division manager for network measurement engineering and research,<ref name="twsNetworkWorld2">{{cite web | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=thkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22albert+greenberg%22+%28microsoft+OR+datacenter+OR+%22data+center%22+OR+SDN+OR+network+OR+azure+OR+cloud+OR+virtual+OR+debug+OR+expressroute%29&pg=PP1 | author= Carolyn Duffy Marsan | title= AT&T touts tool to map IP traffic | publisher= Network world | date= October 13, 2003 | access-date= August 22, 2015 }}</ref> was promoted to executive director and an AT&T Fellow,<ref name="twsIEEE"/> and was hired by Microsoft in 2007 as a principal researcher.<ref name="twsIEEE"/> In 2016, he was inducted into the United States National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to the theory and practice of operating large carrier and data center networks."<ref name=twsNAEAward/>

==References==

==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kyoj3bKepY Albert Greenberg Keynote speech] * [http://patents.justia.com/inventor/albert-greenberg Patents by Albert Greenberg]

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