February 28, 2005

SDSC Researcher Named One Of 50 Most
Powerful People In Networking By Network World Fusion

By Ashley Wood

San Diego Supercomputer Center researcher kc claffy has been named to Network World's 2004 Power 50 list of the most powerful people in networking. Featured in the December 27 issue, claffy, who leads the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) group is featured with other notables such as Microsoft's Bill Gates and Larry Ellison of Oracle.

"kc is a community treasure and her leadership has made CAIDA a leading force in internet analysis." said Fran Berman, Director of SDSC. "This recognition is both timely and well-deserved."

Highlights from the story include:
"KC Claffy, chair, CAIDA: Claffy, a staple in the computer science scientific community, earns her place on this list for her prominent role at CAIDA, a collaboration among commercial, scientific and government entities to build a more robust Internet. CAIDA studies all things performance related on the live, global Internet, using homegrown visualization and tracking tools."

More recently, kc has also articulated the most paramount and pervasive weaknesses in the current Internet infrastructure, (URL) and argued that technological forces will inevitably demand a re-evaluation of the fundamental aspects of Internet architecture, engineering, and governance.

Media contacts:
Greg Lund, SDSC (858) 534-8314
Ashley Wood, SDSC (858) 534-8314
Technical contact: kc claffy, CAIDA (858) 534-8333