Eddie Kohler
MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
545 Technology Square, Room 521a
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
+1 617 253 5261
eddietwo@lcs.mit.edu
http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~eddietwo/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2000 PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (expected)
Thesis title: The Click modular router as a system
and a programming language
Supervisors: M. Frans Kaashoek and
Robert Morris
1997 SM in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis title: Prolac: a language for protocol
compilation
Supervisor: M. Frans Kaashoek
1995 SB in Mathematics with Computer Science; SB in Music
Computer systems, with specific interests in networking, programming languages, and operating systems. Also, user interfaces and graphic design.
1995- Research assistant -- MIT LCS Parallel & Distributed Operating Systems Group
Click modular router: Click is an architecture for building routers from modular software components. Modern routers are expected to implement a large, changing feature set, from interesting dropping policies and quality-of-service to firewalling and network address translation. With Click, a network administrator can implement novel routing features simply by rearranging components. I co-designed the Click system, created the language Click uses to describe router configurations, wrote much of the core code of the Click router, and designed and implemented tools that process Click language files. More information is available at http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/click/.
Prolac protocol language: Prolac is an object-oriented language designed for writing readable, modular, extensible, and efficient network protocol implementations. I designed the Prolac language, implemented its compiler, and co-developed a prototype TCP specification in Prolac. I also informally co-supervised a Prolac-related M.Eng. thesis. More information is available at http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~eddietwo/prolac/.
Binary analysis: Developed a sandboxer (which enforces safety properties by rewriting machine code) for the MIPS architecture, and a live register analyzer for Alpha binaries.
1998 Summer intern -- Microsoft Research, Cambridge, England
Co-designed and implemented Java prototype for an electronic book. Created a fast algorithm for text layout supporting arbitrary page designs and both document and user preferences.
1996-9 Consultant -- Bitstream, Inc., Cambridge, MA; SightPath, Waltham, MA
Contract work in software implementation and information design.
1992-4 Undergraduate research -- MIT
Programming Methodology Group, LCS: Developed a language-based foreign function interface for \textsc{clu}, and implemented a driver that improved the \textsc{clu} compiler's performance by up to 40%.
Visible Language Workshop, Media Lab: Implemented graphical user interface objects for the VLW's proprietary window system.
Information Services: Co-implemented GUI, network protocol, and back end for an electronic-forms system.
1991- Free software
Author and maintainer of several widely used free software packages, including PostScript font manipulators, a GIF animation manipulator, a program that reminds you to take wrist breaks, a game, a joke, and a graphical instant messaging client used by half to two-thirds of MIT undergraduates.
1997 Recitation instructor -- MIT course 6.821: Programming languages
Taught weekly recitation sections to about 25 students. Answered students' questions, graded problem sets, led quiz reviews. Taught lecture when Prof. Gifford was absent. Developed course material, including problem sets, exams, and code (a reconstructor for side effect specifications).
1996 Teaching assistant -- MIT course 6.033: Computer system engineering
Answered students' questions, graded reports, led quiz reviews. Assisted students' writing. Edited course lecture notes and all other course documents.
1994-5 Laboratory assistant -- MIT course 6.170: Laboratory in software engineering
Answered students' online questions.
Robert Morris, Eddie Kohler, John Jannotti and M. Frans Kaashoek. ``The Click modular router.'' Proc. 17th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, December 1999, pages 217-231.
The Click paper was selected as one of four best-in-conference papers at SOSP '99 and has been selected for fast-track publication in ACM Transactions on Computer Systems.
Eddie Kohler, M. Frans Kaashoek and David R. Montgomery. ``A readable TCP in the Prolac protocol language.'' Proc. ACM SIGCOMM '99 Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 1999, pages 3-13.
Eddie Kohler, Massimiliano Poletto and David R. Montgomery. ``Evolving software with an application-specific language.'' Workshop Record of WCSSS '99: 2nd ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Compiler Support for Systems Software, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1999, pages 94-102.
1998-2000 Graduate student representative -- MIT Committee on Campus Race Relations
Helped define areas for the committee to investigate, including minority graduate student admissions.
1991- MIT Dramashop
Served variously as Vice President, Publicity Director, and Publicity Designer for this campus arts organization. Responsibilities included co-producing shows and extensive graphic design work.
1993-
Print: Poster and other design for arts organizations in the Boston area, including MIT Dramashop, Boston Musica Viva, the John Oliver Chorale, and Open City Theater. Much of this work is archived at http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/design/.
Web: Web site design and implementation for campus organizations and classes, including the Committee on Campus Race Relations (assistant designer), the LCS Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems group, Dramashop, the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Graduate Student Coffeehouse, and the 6.033 course (computer system engineering).
Theater, music, writing, and visual arts. Wrote four one-act plays performed at MIT; acted in others. Wrote music to accompany a Shakespeare production.
1998 Frederick C. Hennie III Award
Recognizes excellence in teaching by an MIT EECS graduate student.
1997 Kristen E. Finnegan Prize
Recognizes contributions of a graduate student to MIT's effort to improve undergraduate writing skills.
1996 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
1995 Laya and Jerome B. Weisner Award
Recognizes outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society
Member, Sigma Xi engineering honor society
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Prof. David Gifford |
Prof. M. Frans Kaashoek MIT Laboratory for Computer Science 545 Technology Square, Room 522 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA +1 617 253 7149 kaashoek@lcs.mit.edu |
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Prof. Barbara Liskov |
Prof. Robert Morris MIT Laboratory for Computer Science 545 Technology Square, Room 509 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA +1 617 253 5983 rtm@lcs.mit.edu |
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