George N. Rouskas

George N. Rouskas is a computer scientist, academic, and author. He is an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University.

Rouskas' research interests lie within the field of computer networking. Specifically, he focuses on optical networks, internet architectures and protocols, network design and optimization, performance modeling, and scheduling. He is the author of the book ''Internet Tiered Services'', and co-editor of the books ''Traffic Grooming for Optical Networks'' and ''Next-Generation Internet: Architectures and Protocols''. He is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the 2004 ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award, as well as the Optical Networking Technical Committee (OTNC) Outstanding Service Award.

Rouskas is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and served as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in 2010 for a year. From 2016 to 2017, he held key positions within the IEEE Communications Society, serving as the Chair of the Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee, the Chair of the Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC), and the vice-chair of the Technical and Educational Activities Council. He served as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of ''Optical Switching and Networking'' from 2004 to 2017, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of ''IEEE Networking Letters'' from 2018 to 2021. Provided by Wikipedia