Tom Leighton

Frank Thomson (Tom) Leighton PhD ’81
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Head, Algorithms Group (CSAIL)
Professor Tom Leighton is a professor of applied mathematics at MIT who has served as the head of the Algorithms Group in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) since its inception in 1996. In 1998, Professor Leighton co-founded Akamai Technologies, the world’s leading Internet content delivery network, where he currently serves as chief scientist and is a member of the board of directors. He is a preeminent authority on algorithms for network applications, and has published on cryptography, parallel architectures, and distributed computing, among other topics. Professor Leighton is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences. He holds a BS in engineering from Princeton University and a PhD in mathematics from MIT.

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