About

Yashar Ganjali

Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

  • (2006) Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
  • (2001) M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Waterloo
  • (1999) B.Sc. Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

Grants

  • Example Grant Here
  • Example Grant Here

Awards

  • Google Research Excellence Award for research in "Data Center Networking, Software–Defined Networking, and Congestion Control" (2025)
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE/IFIP Networking (2025)
  • Best Paper Runner Up, International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2025)
  • Best Paper Award, IARIA International Conference on Networks (ICN 2025)
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations Management Symposium (2020)
  • Best Poster Award, IEEE ICNP (2019)
  • Teaching Excellence Award, Computer Science Student Union (2016–17)
  • Distinguished Faculty Award, Facebook (2015)
  • Best demo (3rd place), ACM SIGCOMM (2014)
  • Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (2011)
  • First Prize Winner, NetFPGA Design Competition, Stanford (2010)
  • Second Prize Winner, NetFPGA Design Competition, Stanford (2010)
  • Best demo, NetFPGA Developers Workshop (2009)
  • Best paper award, Internet Measurement Conference (2008)
  • Best demo (2nd place), ACM SIGCOMM (2008)
  • Cisco Systems Faculty Research Award (2007)
  • Best paper runner up, IEEE INFOCOM (2003)
  • International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Waterloo (1999–2001)

Students and Mentoring

  • Student Here, Univesity Here (Ph.D., 2022)
  • Student Here, Univesity Here (Ph.D., 2021)
  • Student Here, Univesity Here (Ph.D., 2020)
  • Student Here, Univesity Here (M.S., 2020)
  • Student Here, Univesity Here (B.S., 2020)

Sponsors