Dr. Goel obtained his Bachelors and Masters degree in computer science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and from UCLA. He completed his PhD in computer science and engineering from Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland in 2003. His PhD research focused on providing system support for interactive media-streaming applications. His current research focuses on improving the reliability and security of software systems. He is especially interested in building systems that can withstand bugs and vulnerabilities in software. Dr. Goel has published in prestigious systems conferences such as SOSP, OSDI, ASPLOS, FAST and Usenix Security. He is the recipient of the 2008 Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA).