Nabeel Akhtar received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Boston University in 2019. He is part of the Network Control group at Akamai Technologies Inc. His research involves Network Optimization and Modeling, Architecture Design, and Resource Optimization. He has served as a TPC member for multiple conferences. He has served as a reviewer in over 30 conferences and journals. He received the “Neal Shepherd Memorial Best Propagation Paper Award 2020” from IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He received the Best Project Awards at ICMV 2010 and IEEE INFOCOM-CNERT 2018, and best paper award in IEEE IC2E.