Kenneth Calvert, Ph.D.

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    1989 …2025

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    Biography

    Ken Calvert is Gartner Group Professor in Network Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky.  He has been at the University of Kentucky since 1998.  From July 2007 through July 2013 he served as Department Chair.  From May 2016 through December 2019, he served as Division Director for the Division of Computer and Network Systems, in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the US National Science Foundation, where he oversaw a staff of 22 Program Officers and a total research budget exceeding $220 million.

    From 1991 to 1997, Calvert was on the faculty of the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  From 1979 to 1984 he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ.

    Calvert was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2012, "for contributions to internet topology and active networks".

    Research Interests

    Calvert's research has focused on design and implementation of Internet communication protocols, including multicast routing, programmable networks,  multicast security, and future Internet architecture.

    Current areas of focus include the Internet's inter-domain routing ecosystem and new paradigms such as Information-Centric Networking.

    Education/Academic qualification

    Doctor of Philosophy, University Of Texas At Austin

    1991

    Master of Science, Stanford University

    1980

    Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

    1979

    External positions

    Division Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)

    May 15 2016Dec 31 2019

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    • Poster: NDN+SCION: Global Name-based Routing

      Calvert, K. & Davis, J., 2024, 2024 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP 2024. (Proceedings - International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

    • Softwarized Networks in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Use Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities

      Calyam, P., Clemm, A., Pandey, A., Roy, U., Keller, A., Das, S. K., Calvert, K. & Li, Q., 2024, In: IEEE Internet Computing. 28, 6, p. 68-76 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    • SoK: On Named Content and Inter-domain Routing

      Davis, J. S. & Calvert, K. L., Oct 8 2023, ICN 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking. p. 55-66 12 p. (ICN 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 10th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    • Supporting Dynamic Secure Interdomain Routing

      Schulz, L. C., Moghadam, E. E., Garcia-Pardo, J. A., Hausheer, D. & Calvert, K., 2022, 2022 IEEE 30th International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP 2022. (Proceedings - International Conference on Network Protocols, ICNP; vol. 2022-October).

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

      1 Scopus citations
    • Message from the TPC Chairs

      Schmidt, T. C. & Calvert, K. L., Sep 22 2020, In: ICN 2020 - Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking. p. II

      Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial