USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering: Joseph Touch

Research Interests:

Virtual networks, automated network management, high-speed protocols, empirical protocol performance analysis, Internet architecture, and protocols for latency reduction.

Biographical Information:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1992, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Joe received a B.S. (Hons.) degree in biophysics and computer science from the University of Scranton in 1985, an M.S. from Cornell University in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, both in computer science. He joined USC/Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, California, in 1992, and is Director of the Postel Center in the Computer Networks Division.

Joe is on-loan to the USAF's Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) Program Office , focusing on networking aspects of the NGPR (Next-Generation Processor Router). He also leads the NSF FIND RNA project, and works on optical Internets (

Joe is a member of Sigma Xi (A'84,M'93), IEEE (S'83,M'92,Sr'02), and ACM (S'83,M'92), is the Conference Coordinator for IETF. He also serves on the editorial board of IEEE Network, and is a member of several program committees, including IEEE Infocom (Program Chair 2006). He has several patents current and pending and is author of a number of publications including the book High Speed Networking: A Systematic Approach to High-Bandwidth Low-Latency Communication.

Research Areas:

Networks

Research Centers and Institutes:

Information Sciences Institute

Joseph (Joe) Touch, Ph.D. - Research Associate Professor

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