Department of Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin

Simon S. Lam

Professor Emeritus and Regents Chair Emeritus in Computer Science #1

Education

B.S. with Distinction in Electrical Engineering (honored as the College of Engineering Outstanding Senior in EE), 1969
Washington State University, Pullman

M.S. in Engineering (1970), Ph.D. (1974)
University of California, Los Angeles

Areas of Research Interest

Internet security services, computer network protocol design, protocol verification, and performance analysis

Employment History

Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin
Regents Chair in Computer Science, 2001 - May 2018
Professor, 1983 - May 2018
Department Chair, 1992 - 1994
Professorship No. 2 (anonymously endowed), 1992 - 2001
Professorship No. 1 (anonymously endowed), 1988 - 2001
David Bruton Jr. Centennial Professorship, 1985 - 1988
Associate Professor, 1979 - 1983
Assistant Professor, 1977 - 1979

IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
Research Staff Member, June 1974 - August 1977

ARPANET Measurement Center, UCLA
Postgraduate Research Engineer, June 1971 - March 1974
Postdoctoral Scholar, March 1974 - June 1974

Major Honors and Awards

· Member, National Academy of Engineering (elected 2007) with the citation, ''For contributions to computer network protocols and network security services.''

· Software System Award (2004), ACM, with the citation, "For inventing secure sockets and prototyping the first secure sockets layer (named SNP - Secure Network Programming) as a high-level abstraction suitable for securing Internet applications" (co-recipient)

· SIGCOMM Award (2004), ACM, for lifetime contributions to the field of communication networks with the citation, "in recognition of his vision, breadth, and rigor in contributing to, among other areas: secure network communication, the analysis of network and multiaccess protocols, the analysis of queueing networks, and the design of mechanisms for quality of service"

· W. Wallace McDowell Award (2004), IEEE Computer Society, with the citation, "For outstanding fundamental contributions in network protocols and security services"

· William R. Bennett Prize (2001) in the field of Communications Networking, IEEE Communications Society (co-recipient)

· ACM Fellow (elected 1998) with the citation,"For fundamental research contributions to the design, analysis, and understanding of computer network architectures and protocols."

· IEEE Fellow (elected 1985) with the citation, "For contributions to the understanding of multiple access techniques, packet-switching networks, and communication protocols."

· Leonard G. Abraham Prize(1975) in the field of Communications Systems, IEEE Communications Society (certificate)

· Member, Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (elected 2007)

· Teaching Excellence Award (2007), College of Natural Sciences, UT-Austin

Major Professional Service

· Editor-in-Chief, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 1995-1999;
   Editorial Board, 1992-2001

· Editorial Board, Computer Networks, 1999-2007

· Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 1990-1994

· Editorial Board, Performance Evaluation, 1981-1993

· Editor, Network Protocols, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 1984-1990

· Editorial Board, Proceedings of the IEEE, 1985-1989

· Co-founder of IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols in 1993

· Co-founder of ACM SIGCOMM Conference in 1983 (Proceedings front matter)

· Steering Committee member, IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, 1993 - 2008;
   Advisory Board, 2008 - present

· General Chair, IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, Boston, 1994

· Program Chair, ACM SIGCOMM Symposium, Austin, Texas, 1983 (inaugural)

• Biographical sketch written in prose
• Curriculum Vitae
• Highlights and selected publications for each research topic

Last updated, 11/23/2021