Rafael Laufer, 2008

Young Scholar Award recipient

“Being a Marconi Society Young Scholar has given me a broad perspective on how one should do his research, taking more risk and focusing on a longer time frame. All of the Marconi Fellows took huge risks on their careers, which clearly paid off.”
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Rafael Laufer, 2008

Current Young Scholars Role

Webmaster

Research Area

Network architecture, protocols, and algorithms, including network security, wireless networks, and network function virtualization.

Current Position

Quantitative Software Engineer, Two Sigma

Education

  • PhD, Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
  • BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Young Scholar Research

Network security against denial-of-service (DoS) attacks

Other Honors

  • 2008 Paul Baran Marconi Young Scholar
  • UCLA Ph.D. Fellowship

Fun Fact

Born in Brazil!