Daniel Ellard

I graduated in June 2004, but the Harvard EECS folk are kind enough to let me keep a web page here.

I currently work for the Network Research group at BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA. We are working on a new set of protocols to bring the internet into the 21st century. One of these days, when you send email or an IM to your friends on Mars, you'll be sending it using protocols I'm working on now.

I formerly worked for the Advanced Technology Group (ATG) at NetApp in Waltham, MA. I did work work on distributed, global-scale federated file systems and new storage architectures that leverage the properties of flash memory to create systems with unparalled price/performance (and performance/watt).

Previously I worked for Sun Microsystems Laboratories on topics related to distributed systems and large, fault tolerant data storage systems including Neuromancer and Project DarkStar.

Prior to graduation I was a graduate student member of the SyRaH -- (Systems Research at Harvard) team. My thesis advisor was Margo Seltzer and the other members of my thesis committee were Matt Welsh, Jim Waldo, and Michael Rabin.



Daniel Ellard: ellard at eecs.harvard.edu