Research Professor of Computer Science and Principal Scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute
Education
- Doctoral Degree, Computer Science, University of California - Los Angeles
- Master's Degree, Computer Science, University of California - Los Angeles
- Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Biography
John Heidemann received his B.S. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1989) and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (1991 and 1995). He is a senior project leader at the University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI) and a research professor at USC in Computer Science. At ISI he leads the ANT (Analysis of Network Traffic) Lab, studying how large Internet topology and traffic data inform network reliability, security, protocols, and critical services. He is a senior member of ACM and fellow of IEEE.
Research Summary
computer networking, Internet protocols, Internet mapping, network topology, domain name system, identification, privacy, network security, sensor networking
Awards
- 2014 IEEE Fellow
- 2008 Association for Computing Machinery Senior Member
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