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Bruce Maggs

Pelham Wilder Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science
Box 90129, Durham, NC 27708-0129
LSRC D324, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Director of Engineering, Emerald Innovations

Research focuses on distributed systems, including content delivery networks, computer networks, and computer and network security.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Pelham Wilder Distinguished Professor of Computer Science · 2011 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Computer Science · 2010 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2023 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2017 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

In the News


Published April 13, 2022
Web Surfing That Feels Instantaneous, Even Though It’s Not
Published December 5, 2018
Bruce Maggs Elected Fellow of Association for Computing Machinery

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Recent Publications


Characterizing Anycast Flipping: Prevalence and Impact

Conference Lecture Notes in Computer Science · January 1, 2025 A 2016 study by Wei and Heidemann showed that anycast routing of DNS queries to root name servers is fairly stable, with only 1% of RIPE Atlas vantage points “flipping” back and forth between different root name server sites. Continuing this study longitud ... Full text Cite

No Root Store Left Behind

Conference Hotnets 2023 Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks · November 28, 2023 When a root certificate authority (CA) in the Web PKI misbehaves, primary root-store operators such as Mozilla and Google respond by distrusting that CA. However, full distrust is often too broad, so root stores often implement partial distrust of roots, s ... Full text Cite

Robust Algorithms for TSP and Steiner Tree

Conference ACM Transactions on Algorithms · March 9, 2023 Robust optimization is a widely studied area in operations research, where the algorithm takes as input a range of values and outputs a single solution that performs well for the entire range. Specifically, a robust algorithm aims to minimize regret, defin ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 1989 Ph.D.

External Links


Bruce Maggs Website