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Biography

Alberto Leon-Garcia is Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Professor Leon-Garcia is recognized as an innovator in networking research and education. From 1999 to 2002, Prof. Leon-Garcia was founder and CTO of AcceLight Networks where he led the development an all-optical fabric multi-terabit, multiservice core switch. He holds several patents and has published research extensively in the areas of switch architecture and traffic management. His current research is focused on application platforms, software-defined infrastructure, extended cloud computing and smart infrastructure. He is currently Scientific Director of the NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures (SAVI) which involves nine Canadian universities. He is author of the leading textbook Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering, and co-author of the textbook Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architecture. Alberto Leon-Garcia is Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Professor Leon-Garcia is recognized as an innovator in networking research and education. From 1999 to 2002, Prof. Leon-Garcia was founder and CTO of AcceLight Networks where he led the development an all-optical fabric multi-terabit, multiservice core switch. He holds several patents and has published research extensively in the areas of switch architecture and traffic management. His current research is focused on application platforms, software-defined infrastructure, extended cloud computing and smart infrastructure. He is currently Scientific Director of the NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures (SAVI) which involves nine Canadian universities. He is author of the leading textbook Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering, and co-author of the textbook Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architecture.

Research Interest

Communications