Vishal Misra

Vishal Misra is a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Columbia University.13 He is also the Vice Dean of Computing and AI at Columbia's School of Engineering.46 Misra obtained his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1992, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UMass Amherst in 1996 and 2000, respectively.2

Key aspects of Misra's career include:

1. Research: His primary area of research is networking, with significant contributions to TCP modeling, congestion control, and Internet economics.12

2. Entrepreneurship:

   • Co-founded ESPNcricinfo (originally Cricinfo) in 1993.36
   • Founded Infinio, a data center storage company, in 2011.26
   • Founded Ask Here First in 2021, developing AskCricinfo, an early commercial application of Large Language Models.4

3. Academic positions:

   • Joined Columbia University in 2001.5
   • Served as Vice-Chair of the Computer Science Department from 2009 to 2011.3
   • Currently a Visiting Scientist at Google.2

4. Awards and recognition:

   • Fellow of ACM (2018) and IEEE (2016).14
   • Recipient of NSF CAREER Award, DoE CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Award (twice), and Google Faculty Award (twice).2

5. Sports technology:

   • Dean of Cricket Analytics for the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket.4
   • Advisor to Dream Sports since 2013.4

6. Internet policy:

   • Influential in shaping network neutrality policy, particularly in India.4

Misra's work spans academia, industry, and policy-making, with significant impacts on internet infrastructure, sports technology, and artificial intelligence applications.1234