JeromeH.SaltzerreceivedthedegreeofSc.D.inthefieldofElectricaIEngineeringin1966fromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.Since1966hehasbeenafacultymemberinM.I.I.sDepartmentofElectricaIEngineeringandComputerScience,wherehehelpedtoformulatetheoriginalundergraduatecurriculuminComputerScience.AttheM.I.TComputerScienceandArtificiaIIntelligenceLaboratoryhedesignedoneoftheearliestwidely-usedword..processingsystems;heparticipatedinthedevelopmentoftheMulticssystem,forwhichhedesignedthekerneIthreadpackageandwithstudentsandcolleaguesdevelopedthesecuritymechanismsandwhatwouldtodaybeknownasamicrokernel;togetherwithDavidClarkandDavidReed.hearticulatedtheend-to-endargument.akeyorganizingprincipleoftheInternet;andhewasalsoinvolvedinthedesignofatoken.passingringIocaIareanetwork.thenetworkingofpersonalcomputers,theKerberossingleloginauthenticationsystem.anddigitallibrarysystems.ProfessorSaltzerwasTechnicaIDirectorofM.I.TProjectAthena.asystemforundergraduateeducationandanearlyexampleofasystemoforganizationnowcalled"cloudcomputing".Throughouthiswork.hehashadaparticularinterestintheimpactofcomputersystemsonprivacyandtherisksofdependingonfragiletechnology.ProfessorSaltzerisamemberoftheNationaIAcademyofEngineering.aFellowoftheIEEEandtheAAAS,amemberoftheAssociationforComputingMachinery.theACMCommitteeonComputersandPublicPolicy.theCatalogRaisonneScholarsAssociation,aformermemberoftheComputerScienceandTelecommunicatiOnsBoardoftheNationalResearchCouncil.andaformermemberoftheMayorsTelecommunicationsAdvisoryBoardfortheCityofNewton.Massachusetts.
M.FransKaashoekreceivedhisPh.D.in1992fromtheVriieUniversiteitinAmsterdam.TheNetherlands.fOrhisworkongroupcommunicationintheAmoebadistributedoperatingsystem,underthesupervisionofA.S.Tanenbaum.Since1993hehasbeenafacuitymemberinM.I.TsDepartmentofElectricaIEnqineeringandComputerScience.whereheandProfessorSaltzerco-developedthecoreundergraduatesubjectonfhedesignofcomputersystems.ProfessorKaashoekisamemberoftheComputerScienceandArtificialIntelligenceLaboratory.wherehisprincipalfieldofinterestisdesigningandbuildingcomputersystems.Heco.1eadstheparalleIanddistributedoperatingsystemsgroup.Hispastresearchincollaborationwithcolleaquesandstudentsincludestheexokerneloperatingsystem,theClickmodularrouter,theRONoverlay.theself.certifyingfilesystem,theChorddistributedhashtable,andtheAsbestossecureoperatingsystem.HealsoparticipatedinstartingtwosuccessfulITcompanies.ProfessorKaashoekisamemberoftheNationaIAcademyofEngineeringandtherecipientofseveralawards.includingtheinauguralACMSIGOPSMarkWeiserawardfordemonstratingcreativityandinnovationinoperatingsystemsresearch.