Amin Tootoonchian
Systems Networking at OpenAI
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAmin Tootoonchian is a systems and networking researcher with 16 years of experience focused on high-performance distributed state management and performance isolation in consolidated packet processors. Based in London, he blends academic rigor from a PhD split between University of Toronto and UC Berkeley with industry research stints at Intel Labs and ICSI, and currently applies that expertise at OpenAI. His work traces back to early SDN scalability and performance, guided by advisors Yashar Ganjali and Scott Shenker, and emphasizes making research systems robust enough for real-world consolidation. Despite a research-first career, he consistently bridges theory and practice, delivering practical solutions for high-throughput networked systems.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at University of TorontoBSc, Computer Engineering, BSc, Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
Github Skills (34)
controller10
nox10
juniper8
ubuntu8
profiling8
vlan8
debian-based8
gitlab-ci8
nfv7
pki7
debian7
ospf7
extensible6
ansible6
python6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tootoonchian/tasvir
Feb 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:31 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
noxrepo/nox
May 2012 - Feb 2014
The NOX Controller
Contributions:15 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 1 year 9 months
controllernox
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