Mark Handley (computer scientist)
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| birth_name = Mark James Handley
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| fields = Networking
Computer networks
Communications
Systems
| workplaces = University College London
International Computer Science Institute
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| alma_mater = University College London (PhD)
| thesis_title = On internet multimedia conference control
| thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285140
| thesis_year = 1997
| doctoral_advisor = Jon Crowcroft
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| known_for = XORP
Session Initiation Protocol
Multipath TCP
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| awards = Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2003)
IEEE Internet Award (2012)
Roger Needham Award (2007)
SIGCOMM Award (2019)
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| website = {{URL|http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/M.Handley}}}}
Mark James Handley {{post-nominals|FRS}} is Professor of Networked Systems{{cite web|url=http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/M.Handley/|title=Professor Mark Handley, FRS|website=www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk}} in the Department of Computer Science of University College London since 2003, where he leads the Networks Research Group.{{Google scholar id}}{{DBLP}}{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University College London (University of London)|url=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18902|title=Toward least-privilege isolation for software|first= Andrea|last=Bittau|date=2009|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.564741}}|website=ucl.ac.uk|oclc=1065305455}} {{free access}}
Education
Handley received his PhD from UCL in 1997, under the supervision of Jon Crowcroft.{{MathGenealogy }}{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University College London (University of London)|url=https://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b1808427|title=On internet multimedia conference control|first= Mark James|last=Handley|date=1997|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.285140}}|website=london.ac.uk|oclc=1006111861}}
Career and research
While at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Handley co-founded the AT&T Center for Internet Research, as well as the XORP open-source router project (2000).{{cite web
|url=http://www.xorp.org/papers/osr.pdf
|title=Proposal to Develop an Extensible Open Router Platform
|author=Mark Handley
|date=2000-11-30}}
Handley is a contributor to Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards and a member of the IETF Routing Area Directorate and the Transport Area Directorate.{{cite web|url=https://trac.ietf.org/trac/tsv/wiki/TSV-Directorate|title=TSV-Directorate – Transport Area Wiki|website=trac.ietf.org}} Previously he was a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB){{cite web|url=http://www.iab.org/about/history/ |title=History | Internet Architecture Board |publisher=Iab.org |date=1986-10-01 |accessdate=2019-11-05}} and chaired the IETF Multiparty Multimedia Session Control working group{{cite web|url=https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/34/charters/mmusic-charter.html|title=Multiparty Multimedia Session Control (mmusic) Charter|website=www.ietf.org}} and the IRTF Reliable Multicast Research Group.{{cite web|url=http://irtf.org/concluded/rmrg |title=IRTF Reliable Multicast Research Group (RMRG) [CONCLUDED] |publisher=Irtf.org |date=2019-04-07 |accessdate=2019-11-05}} He is the author or co-author of 34 Request for Comments (RFCs), including the Session Initiation Protocol,{{cite IETF|rfc=2543 |title=SIP: Session Initiation Protocol |year=1999}} Multipath TCP{{cite IETF|rfc=6824 |title=TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses |year=2013}} and a series of other network protocols.
In 2019 he co-founded Correct Networks with Costin Raiciu to develop high performance protocols for AI networking. Correct Networks was acquired by Broadcom in 2022.
=Awards and honours=
Handley was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2003, and received the 2007 Roger Needham Award.[http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.5941 Roger Needham Award] at BCS website[https://www.bcs.org/category/19117 2007 Roger Needham Lecture] at BCS website He was the recipient of the 2012 IEEE Internet Award{{cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/technical-field-awards/technical-field-awards-internet.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517005824/https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/technical-field-awards/technical-field-awards-internet.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2018|title=IEEE Internet Award|website=IEEE}} "For contributions to Internet multicast, telephony, congestion control and the shaping of open Internet standards and open-source systems in all these areas.", and the 2019 SIGCOMM Award "For fundamental contributions to Internet multimedia, multicast, congestion control and multi-path networks, and the standardization of Internet protocols in these domains".
Handley was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2019 for substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge.{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/mark-handley-14096/|title=Professor Mark Handley FRS|website=royalsociety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417210539/https://royalsociety.org/people/mark-handley-14096/|archive-date=2019-04-17|publisher=Royal Society|location=London|author=Anon|year=2019}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}
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Category:British computer scientists
Category:Academics of University College London
Category:Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders