Dr. Kieran J. Mansley

Date of Birth:	8th May 1978	Nationality:	British
Address:	On request.	Email address:	kieran@recoil.org
Telephone:	07989 502325	Web address:	http://kieran.recoil.org

Education

October 2001 - December 2004:	PhD, Laboratory for Communication Engineering, University of Cambridge "User Level TCP and Bridging for High Performance Server Cluster Networks". This work was supervised by Professor Andy Hopper and led to 9 publications, including my dissertation.
October 1996 - June 2000:	BA, MEng, University of Cambridge. Part 1A Computer Science Tripos; Part 1B Advanced Physics Tripos; Part II Electrical & Information Sciences. Broad range of subjects covered from mathematics and computer science to physics and engineering, with a specialisation in optical communications and optical electronics.
September 1991 - June 1996:	GCSEs & A-Levels, Settle High School & Community College.

Qualifications

Degree	Electrical & Information Sciences, University of Cambridge.	BA, MEng (Hons, Cantab)
'S' Level	Physics, Chemistry.	1 (Distinction)
'A' Level	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, General Studies.	All A
GCSE	Mathematics, Double Science, Geography, English Literature.	A*
GCSE	French, History, Technology, English Language.	A

Experience

December 2004 - present	Level 5 Networks	Senior Staff Engineer. Development of high-performance user-level network stacks.
July 2000 - September 2004	AT&T Research Labs, Cambridge	Research Engineer. Research into low-latency network design, mobile technology, applications of location systems, distributed systems, and operating systems. This work is now forming the basis of my PhD: a study of user-level TCP and bridging for a server cluster.
October 2000 - September 2003	University of Cambridge	Supervisor for the Computer Science and Engineering departments. Teaching undergraduates in Communication Systems, Concurrent Systems, Digital Electronics, Software Engineering, Digital Communications, Hardware and Computer Design, and Operating Systems.
1999 - 2000	CTM Ltd.	Co-Founder and Technical Director of CTM Ltd (a successful Cambridge start-up), working on systems software design for the online recruitment industry.
Summer 1999.	AT&T Research Labs, Cambridge	Research into low-latency network design and implementation on the CLAN project. I was mainly involved in developing low-level linux kernel modules in C to implement TCP/IP transfers across an extremely fast network.
Summer & Christmas 1997, 1998.	Harlequin Ltd, Cambridge	A total of 40 weeks of work (during the my undergraduate university vacations) with the EP2000 division involved mainly in highly configurable cross platform GUI development in Java as well as some CORBA related network programming
Easter 1995	Rolls Royce, Barnoldswick	A two week work experience placement on attachment to the fast response unit involved in the design and manufacture of prototypes for jet engine components.
1994 - present	Open source and freelance work	Involved in a large number of community projects, most recently a lead developer on a lightweight TCP/IP stack for embedded and low-memory systems.

Awards

2001 - 2004:	Industrial Fellowship (Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851). This is a highly competitive award, given to only 5 Ph.D. students nationally per year. This funding was obtained by me personally and was worth a total of (approximately) Ł100,000 split between employer, student, and university.
2002 - 2004:	College Senior Scolarship (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge).
1999 - 2000:	Scholarship in Electrical and Information Sciences (Peterhouse, Cambridge).
1997 - 1999:	Scholarship in Computer Science (Peterhouse, Cambridge).

Selected Publications

The Carrot Approach: Encouraging use of location systems. Kieran Mansley, Alastair R. Beresford, and David Scott. In Ubicomp 2004, Springer, September 2004.
Feedback, Latency, Accuracy: Exploring Tradeoffs in Location-Aware Gaming. Kieran Mansley, David Scott, Alastair Tse, and Anil Madhavapeddy. In NetGames 2004, in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2004, Sheridan, August 2004.
Tweaking TCP's Timers. Kieran Mansley. Technical report, CUED/F-INFENG/TR.487, Cambridge University Engineering Department, June 2004. Presented at Multi-Service Networks 2004.
Engineering a User Level TCP for the CLAN Network. Kieran Mansley. In Workshop on Network-I/O Convergence: Experience, Lessons, Implications (NICELI) in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2003.
Distributed Computing with the CLAN Network. David Riddoch, Kieran Mansley and Steve Pope. Workshop on High-Speed Local Networks (HSLN) in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks 2002.
Tripwire: A Synchronisation Primitive for Virtual Memory Mapped Communication. David Riddoch, Steve Pope, Derek Roberts, Glenford Mapp, David Clarke, David Ingram, Kieran Mansley and Andy Hopper. In Journal of Interconnection Networks, JOIN Vol.2 No.3, September 2001.

Skills and Qualities

High level of programming ability in a number of languages including e.g. C, Java, and Python as well as background knowledge in many others.
Extensive knowledge and experience of programming and using Linux, other Unix variants, and Windows.
Friendly, tolerant, hard working.

Particular experience in user level networks, Linux kernel & module development, TCP/IP and protocol design.
Experience of management, teaching, and group work.
Full, clean, UK Driving Licence.
Ability to work well both individually and as part of a team.

Interests

Sports including golf, ultimate frisbee, cycling, running, climbing, salsa dancing (all just for fun rather than competition).
Photography.
Independent films and cinema.

Cambridge University Radio (awarded prize for "Longest Running Show" after 6 years on air).
Classic motorbikes and mechanics (captain of team entered for Channel 4's "Scrapheap Challenge").
Founder member and volunteer for Sustainable Girton (a charitable organisation promoting sustainbility in the village where I live)

Referees

Prof. Andy Hopper
Computer Laboratory
15 JJ Thompson Avenue
Cambridge. CB3 0FD

Dr. Steve Pope
Level 5 Networks
Westbrooke Centre
Cambridge. CB4 1YG

Matt Cannon
Managing Director
CTM Ltd, 253 Barnwell Road
Cambridge. CB5 8HE