Aurojit Panda
Associate Professor
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAurojit Panda is an Associate Professor and systems researcher based in New York with 14 years of software and academic experience spanning industry (Microsoft, Nefeli Networks) and top-tier research (UC Berkeley, NYU). He specializes in systems programming and networking with deep practical skills in C, C++, C#, Python and mobile platform development from Windows Phone 7 to iPhone. His open-source contributions to notable projects like POX and BESS show a focus on robust backend and network-software engineering—daemonizing core services, adding loopback support, and fixing MPLS and topology bugs. He blends rigorous PhD-level research with hands-on debugging and DevOps work, making complex distributed systems more operable and reliable. Students and collaborators benefit from his ability to translate low-level protocol and driver fixes into teaching and reproducible systems research. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who enjoys shaving technical edges that others leave untouched.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyScB, Math-Computer Science, ScB, Math-Computer Science at Brown UniversityDelhi Public School - R. K. Puram
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Github Skills (21)
python10
mpls10
c1110
network-programming10
networking10
c1710
openflow10
dpdk10
linux9
system-administration9
graph-theory8
daemons8
daemon8
build-automation7
content-type6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
NetSys/bess
Oct 2015 - May 2019
BESS: Berkeley Extensible Software Switch
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:63 commits, 38 PRs, 16 pushes in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Aurojit primarily focused on enhancing the BESS (Berkeley Extensible Software Switch) project's functionality and operability. Their contributions included daemonizing the `bessd` process for background execution and adding a `bessctl` command to kill the daemon. Additionally, they addressed bugs, such as the incorrect parameter order in the PMD driver's configuration, and added loopback support to the vport. These changes suggest a focus on improving the software's usability and debugging.
berkeleybessswitchextensible
noxrepo/pox
Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
The POX network software platform
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Aurojit primarily contributed to the POX network software platform, focusing on bug fixes and minor enhancements within existing modules. Their work involved fixing bugs in the topology and host tracker modules, as well as cleaning up the graph library. They also made updates to the nom server and distributed controller, demonstrating an understanding of the project's core functionalities and network operations. Several commits involved refactoring and the addition of new features related to MPLS.
networknetworkingopenflow
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