Azer Bestavros is Professor of Computer Science at Boston University, which he joined in 1991, and chaired from 2000 to 2007, culminating in the Chronicle of Higher Education's ranking of the department as 7th in the US in terms of scholarly productivity.  In 2010, he received the United Methodist Scholar Teacher Award in recognition of "outstanding dedication and contributions to the learning arts and to the institution" at Boston University, and the ACM Sigmetrics Inaugural Test of Time Award for research results "whose impact is still felt 10-15 years after its initial publication".

Azer's research interests are in networking and real-time systems. Funded by over $18M of government and industry grants, his work yielded 14 PhD theses, over 80 masters and undergraduate student projects, four issued patents, 2 startup companies, a number of books and book chapters, and hundreds of refereed papers that are cited over 4,700 times, with a G-Index of 64 and an H-Index of 30.

Azer's curricular offerings include his signature CS-109 and CS-350 courses: CS-109 introduces non-majors to elements of abstraction, quantitative and algorithmic thinking, whereas CS-350 familiarizes upper-level majors with canonical problems that reoccur in computing systems and networks, along with the classical algorithms and basic performance evaluation techniques for tackling such problems.

Azer is chair of the IEEE Computer Society TC on the Internet and former executive member of the IEEE TC on Real-Time Systems. He has an extensive record of service on the editorial boards and program committees of most flagship venues in networking, real-time systems, and databases. He organized various PI meetings and CRA leadership workshops, and led CS community meetings to develop national research agendas and recommendations to government agencies. He received distinguished ACM and IEEE service awards, and is a distinguished speaker of the IEEE Computer Society.

Azer has significant industrial and consulting experience, including engagements with Microsoft, Sycamore Networks, BBN Technologies, Network Appliance, Macromedia, Allaire, Bowne, SUTI Technologies, and AT&T. He served on the technical advisory board of many companies, and is retained by a number of law firms as an expert on intellectual property issues related to networking and Internet technologies. His opinions are often featured in local and national media outlets.

Azer obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 1992 from Harvard University, under Thomas E Cheatham, one of the "roots" of the academic genealogy of applied computer scientists.

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