Albert Greenberg

{{Short description|American computer scientist}}

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Cloud computing

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| awards = National Academy of Engineering, 2016Randy 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
SIGCOMM Award, 2015
Koji Kobayashi Award, 20152015, IEEE, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150914232246/http://www.ieee.org/documents/awards_search.pdf IEEE-LEVEL AWARDS], Retrieved August 24, 2015
ACM Fellow
ACM Test of Time Award, 2015
ACM Sigmetrics Test of Time Award, 2013

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Albert Greenberg is an American software engineer and computer scientist who is notable for his contributions to the design of operating carrier and datacenter networks2015, 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.], Retrieved August 22, 2015 as well as to advances in computer networking and cloud computing.{{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

}}{{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

}} He currently serves as the Chief Architect Officer at Uber.{{Cite web |title=Leadership: Albert Greenberg |url=https://www.uber.com/us/en/about/leadership/albert-greenberg/ |website=Uber}}

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.{{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

}}{{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

}}{{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

}} 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".{{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

}}{{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

}} 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.{{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

}} His research focused on the infrastructure of cloud services, management of enterprise networks, data center networks, and systems monitoring.

Greenberg received his PhD in 1983 at the University of Washington as an ARCS Scholar (Seattle Chapter).{{cite web |title=Spotlight |url=https://seattle.arcsfoundation.org/arcs-scholars/spotlight |website=Seattle Homepage |publisher=ARCS Foundation |access-date=24 November 2022}} He has won numerous awards for his contributions: he is an ACM Fellow,{{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

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090234/http://globecom2010.ieee-globecom.org/PLENARY_SPEAKERS/Future_Networks_Forum.html

|archive-date=4 March 2016

}} received the IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award in 2015 for his "fundamental contributions to large-scale backbone networks and data-center networks,"{{cite web

|url=http://www.ieee-cloudnet.org/keynotes.html

|title=4th International IEEE Conference

|publisher=IEEE

|access-date=August 22, 2015

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810045058/http://www.ieee-cloudnet.org/keynotes.html

|archive-date=August 10, 2015

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|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

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}} and won the prestigious SIGCOMM Award in 2015 for "pioneering the theory and practice of operating carrier and datacenter networks." In addition, he publishes in numerous scholarly journals on topics such as networking and cloud computing.{{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

}} He began his career at AT&T Labs and became division manager for network measurement engineering and research,{{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

}} was promoted to executive director and an AT&T Fellow, and was hired by Microsoft in 2007 as a principal researcher. 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."