In the KraKOS team until June 2025
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Biography
Professor Zwaenepoel is world renowned for his work in operating systems and distributed computing.
Born in Belgium, Professor Zwaenepoel studied at Ghent University before completing his master’s and doctorate degrees at Stanford. He spent almost two decades at Rice University in the United States, before spending nine years as dean of EPFL’s School of Computer and Communication Sciences. Professor Zwaenepoel is now Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney.
He was named a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2024. He received the prestigious 2022 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and was recognized for foundational contributions to performance in computer clusters, shared memory, and distributed synchronisation.
He was a key advisor to Nutanix from 2010 (currently valued at US$16.5 billion) and his research has led to two startups, iMimic and BugBuster, being acquired by Cisco. He has played a major role in attracting industry funding, including a Microsoft gift totalling 9 million Swiss francs (around AUD$12 million) to EPFL and ETH Zurich. He continues to advise several start-ups and is as a member of the board of ICTSwitzerland.
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Baptiste LEPERS
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