He received an A.B. in Physics from U. C. Berkeley in 1991, an M.S. in Computer Science from U. C. Berkeley in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from U. C. Berkeley in 1998. Lumetta's research interests are in optical networking, computer architecture, and high-performance networking and computing. In the past, he also worked on a number of problems in scalable parallel computing, including languages, tools, algorithms, and runtime systems.