He is best known for his role in pioneering large distributed systems that currently deliver much of the world’s web, videos, applications, and online services. As a principal architect, he helped create the Akamai network, the world’s first major content delivery network (CDN). He retains a part-time role as Akamai’s Chief Consulting Scientist. Prof. Sitaraman’s research spans all aspects of Internet-scale distributed systems, including algorithms, architectures, performance, and energy efficiency. He directs the Laboratory for Internet-Scale Distributed Systems (LIDS), is a member of the Theoretical Computer Science group, and is the founding director of the Informatics Program.