Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING UC Berkeley Login Cory-Soda Hall Logo photo of Eric Brewer Personal Homepage Eric Brewer Professor Research Interests Operating Systems Developing regions; Programming languages Research Projects Internet Security, Applications, Authentication, and Cryptography (ISAAC) NesC Tiny OS Wireless Embedded Systems (WEBS) Teaching Schedule (Fall 2006) 100% Leave Biography He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in EECS from the MIT, and a B.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley. He was named a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum, by the Industry Standard as the "most influential person on the architecture of the Internet", by InfoWorld as one of their top ten innovators, by Technology Review as one of the top 100 most influential people for the 21st century (the "TR100"), and by Forbes as one of their 12 "e-mavericks", for which he appeared on the cover. Dr. Brewer focuses on all aspects of Internet-based systems, including technology, strategy, and government. As a researcher, he has led projects on scalable servers, search engines, network infrastructure, sensor networks, and security. His current focus in (high) technology for developing regions, with projects in Cambodia, India, Ghana, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (so far), and including communications, health, education, and e-government. In 1996, he co-founded Inktomi Corporation with a Berkeley grad student based on their research prototype, and helped lead it onto the Nasdaq 100 before it was bought by Yahoo! in March 2003. In 2000, he founded the Federal Search Foundation, a 501-3(c) organization focused on improving consumer access to government information. Working with President Clinton, Dr. Brewer helped to create FirstGov.gov, the official portal of the Federal government, which launched in September 2000. Contact Information 623 Soda Hall tel: 510-642-8143 brewer@cs Office Hours M 2:30-3:30, Th 1-2, 623 Soda Research Support Officer Damon Hinson 634 Soda 510-643-9982 damonh@eecs ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Home | © UC Berkeley EECS | Oct 20, 2006 13:05 | Contact Webteam