Keith W. Ross
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Keith W. Ross | |
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| Born | Keith W. Ross |
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| Fields | Computer science |
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| Thesis | (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederick J. Beutler |
Keith W. Ross is an American scholar of computer science whose research has focused on Markov decision processes, queuing theory, computer networks, peer-to-peer networks, Internet privacy, social networks, and deep reinforcement learning. He is the Dean of Engineering and Computer Science at NYU Shanghai and a computer science professor at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering.[1]
Ross received his Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University in electrical engineering, as well as a master's in electrical engineering from Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer and control engineering from the University of Michigan,[1] advised by Frederick J. Beutler.[2] From 1985 until 1998 he served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] In 1995, Ross authored the research monograph Multiservice Loss Models for Broadband Communication Networks.[3] In 1998, Ross joined the multimedia communication department at Eurecom Institute.
In 1999, he cofounded Wimba, which developed voice and video applications for online learning using voice-over-IP; he served as CEO and CTO from 1999 to 2001.[4] Wimba was acquired by Blackboard in 2010.
In 2000, he co-authored the textbook Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach.[5]
