Chin Guok

Chin Guok has been with ESnet for more than 25 years and has led many innovative projects during that time. In 2006, Guok conceived and led the On-Demand Secure Circuits and Advance Reservation System (OSCARS) project, which won an R&D 100 award as well as the Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor award. More recently, Guok led the design for ESnet’s next-generation network, ESnet6. He was also the lead in delivering the market-leading ESnet High Touch project and the in-network cache deployment, along with being deeply engaged with the SENSE/Rucio collaboration and the ExaFEL project. Guok is also a sought-after speaker internationally and most recently gave a keynote address at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) anniversary event.

Guok’s research interests include high-performance networking and network protocols, dynamic network resource provisioning, network tuning issues, and hybrid network traffic engineering. Guok has an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Arizona and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Pacific.