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Lampros Kalampoukas
Dr Lampros Kalampoukas is the head of the Broadband Switching division of UTStarcom, Inc. He joined UTStarcom in May 2003 through the acquisition of Xebeo Communications which he co-founded in August 2000. During his tenure at Xebeo Communications, he served as the Chief Technology Office and directed the architecture, development and productization of a multi-Terabit Multi-Service Packet Switching platform. Prior to co-founding Xebeo, Dr. Kalampoukas served as member of the High Speed Networks Research Department at Bell Laboratories. There, he contributed to the architecture, design, and development of high-speed and QoS-capable IP switches. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was the recipient of the 1998 Bell Laboratories President's Gold Award.
Lampros Kalampoukas is a recognized expert in the areas of traffic management, congestion and flow control, protocol performance, and network systems architecture. He has consulted extensively on the architecture, design, and performance of SONET, Field-Programmable, and switching platforms. A frequent speaker at industry trade shows and technical conferences, Dr. Kalampoukas has published more than 20 papers in prestigious conferences and technical journals, and has several patents awarded or pending. For his work on the design, development and evaluation of highly efficient bandwidth and congestion management algorithms in ATM networks he was awarded the Design SuperCon 1997 Best Paper Award.
Dr Kalampoukas holds a BS in Computer Engineering from The University of Patras, Greece, and an MSc and PhD degree in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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