Customer service, 115, 145, 159–160
CyberSafe, 152
Dagres, Todd, 77, 104
on Akamai, 93–94, 106
on Leighton, T., 142–143
Dalton, Sean, 77
Danny Lewin Square, 221
D’Arbeloff, Alexander Vladimir, 81
DARPA. See Advanced Research Projects Agency
David, Yaakov Ben. See Lewin, Charles
Davies, Donald, 7n
Davos conference, 105
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. See Advanced Research Projects Agency
Department of Defense, 7
Dertouzos, Michael, 8, 77
DIGEX, 120, 135
Digital Island, 157
Direct Hit, 80
Discovery, 121
Disney, 116, 123
Akamai and, 125–127
Disney Online, 137
DNS. See Domain Name System
Dodis, Yevgeniy, 48, 50, 53, 84, 91
on publishing, 55
Domain Name System (DNS), 17–18
problems with, 19
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 173
Dot.Con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era (Cassidy), 141
Dow Jones Internet Composite Index,
141
Dr. Dre, 185
Dragon, Randy, 126, 137
E! Online, 158
Earthlink, 158
eBags, 165
eBay, 76
EdgeSuite, 189–190, 197, 211
Lewin, D., on, 193
success of, 216–217
Ehrenkranz, Joel S., 103
Einstein, Albert, 87
Eisner, Michael, 126
El Al, 213–214
The Elite (Katz), 35
Eminem, 185
Entebbe, 35, 40
Entertainment Tonight (television), 128
Erdos, Paul, 43
ESPN.com, 125, 126
E*Trade, 81
European Operations, Akamai, 183
Exodus Communications, 103, 111, 117
Facebook, 175, 221
Farber, David, 157–158
Farmclub.com, 184, 189–190
Fatherhood, 54
Fault-tolerance, 57
Fed Ex, 152, 216
Federal Aviation Administration, 217
Fiber optic cables, 18
$50K Entrepreneurship Competition, MIT
history of, 70–71, 78
Lewin, D., entering, 68–69
winners of, 81–82
Filo, David, 90, 129, 131
on Lewin, D., 130
Firefly Network, 70
First Intifada, 28
Flash crowd phenomenon, 83
Fool.com, 134
Footprint, 157
Forbes (magazine), 152, 158, 175, 195–196
Francis, Bruce, 188
Frank, Richard, 152
FreeFlow, 104, 116, 118, 120, 138, 177–178, 211
benefits of, 114–115
efficiency of, 113–114
French Hill, 28, 29, 31
Frictionless, 9
Friesen, Gilbert, 116, 160, 184
on Akamai, 101–102
on Lewin, D., 103, 184
Galactic Network, 6
Galleher, Earl, 154, 159–161
at Akamai, 120–121, 123–124
Gibbs and, 135
on Lewin, D., 120, 123–124
Sagan, P., and, 167, 178
on work, 194
Game theory, 163
Gann, Orli, 14
Gardner, David, 134
Gardner, Tom, 134
Gassel, Sam, 132, 160
on 9/11, 212
Sagan, P., and, 133
Gates, Bill, 147–148, 155, 195
General Motors, 178
General Staff Reconnaissance Unit. See Sayeret Matkal
Geocities, 116
Gertner, John, 91
Gibbs, Dwight, 134
Galleher and, 135
Lewin, D., and, 135–136, 193
Gibbush, 36
Gibushon, 36
Givati, 36
Gleick, James, 97
Global Center, 90
Global Hosting Systems, 69–70
GO Network, 160, 165
Golani, 36
Goldbach, Christian, 46
Goldbach’s Conjecture, 45–46
Goldman Sachs, 172
Google, 7–8, 49, 221
Gore, Al, 8
Gorenberg, Mark, 78, 80, 90
Greenberg, Marco, 39, 41, 77, 90, 145, 160, 220
at Akamai, 118–119
with Cachet, 74
Leighton, T., and, 75–76
on Lewin, D., 9–10, 31–33, 72–75,
83–84, 166–167, 177, 187–188, 196, 218–219
on math, 72–73
wedding of, 100
GTE Corporation, 150
Gulf War, 39–40
Gurwasami, Venkat, 48
Haaretz (newspaper), 178
Hacker Haven, 89, 92, 104
Haifa, 27–28, 41
Hancock, Ellen, 104
Hard Rock Cafe, 103
Hargil, Nitsan, 189
Harvard, 155, 163, 172
Hashing. See Consistent hashing
Hebrew, 27, 30
classes, 28–29
Hebrew University, 32
Hezbollah, 37
High Performance Computing and Communication Act, 8
Hofstad, Remco Van der, 51
Honeywell, 149
Hot spot problem, 20–21, 83
Lewin, D., researching, 55–56
House Oversight Committee, 99
HTML. See Hypertext markup language
Hummer Winblad, 78, 80, 90
Hussein, Saddam, 39
Hypertext markup language (HTML), 20
IBM, 107, 149, 183
Conrades at, 150
The Idea Lab (Gertner), 91
IDF. See Israel Defense Forces
Inapproximability, 51
Infinity, 21, 45
mathematics and, 47
Infoseek, 125, 160
Akamai and, 127–128
Initial Public Offering (IPO), 154, 157, 171–173, 178–179
Leighton, T., during, 174–176
Lewin, D., during, 174–176
Inktomi, 76, 77, 122, 157
Insana, Ron, 186
Institute for Advanced Study, 47
Intel ISEF. See National Science Fair
Intel STS. See Westinghouse Science Talent Search
Internet, 3
architecture of, 17
Clinton scandal and, 99–100
decommissioning of, 8
growth of, 19–20
on 9/11, 210–212
origins of, 6–7
page loading, 18–20
speed of, 113
traffic, 157
Internet Service Provider (ISP), 17
Interscope Geffen A&M, 184
InterVu, Inc., 183
Introduction to Parallel Algorithms and Architectures: Arrays, Trees, Hypercubes (Leighton), 12
Intuit, 159
Investor’s Business Daily, 171
Iovine, Jimmy, 184, 185
IP addresses, 17–18
IPO. See Initial Public Offering
“Is the Internet Poised to Collapse” (Weise),
20
ISP. See Internet Service Provider
Israel, 27–28, 118
Lewin, D., and, 4, 178, 198
See also Jerusalem
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 4, 34, 196
recruitment process, 35–36
iTunes, 217
J. C. R. See Licklider, Joseph Carl Robnett
Java Weenies, 146, 155
Jerusalem, 38–39, 165
Lewin, A., in, 28–29
Lewin, C., in, 28–29
See also Israel
Jerusalem Municipality, 219
The Jerusalem Report, 142, 164
Jewish National Fund, 219
JFK-Nixon debates, 99
Jihad, Abu, 37
Jobs, Steve, 128, 137, 139, 164
Akamai and, 138
John F. Kennedy Airport, 214
Joseph Morris Levin Award, 83
JP Morgan, 183
Judson, David, 201–202, 207–208
Kaino, Glenn, 184–185
Kaplan, Randall, 74, 77, 100, 102, 125
at Akamai, 108
Conrades and, 154
Lewin, D., and, 154, 177
resignation of, 154
Kapor, Mitch, 78
Karger, David, 56, 58, 77, 82
Katz, Samuel M., 35
Kaufman Brothers, 189
Khan, Bob, 8
Kleinrock, Leonard, 7
Kloninger, Sef, 211
on Lewin, D., 144–145
Knots, 14
Knuth, Donald, 61–62
Koffel, Will, 146, 155, 180
at Akamai, 156–157
on Lewin, D., 146, 181
at MIT, 156
Kresge Auditorium, 81
Labor Day, 94
Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS), 3–4
atmosphere at, 50
Lewin, D., at, 48–51
softball in, 52–53
Land, Edwin, 65
Langer, Mark, 183
Las Vegas, 193, 194
LCS. See Laboratory for Computer Science
Lehman, Eric, 48–49, 52–53, 55–56, 176
on Lewin, D., 57–58
Leighton, Alexander, 13, 89
Leighton, David, 45
Leighton, Helen, 45
Leighton, Tom, 41, 100, 152, 190–191, 194, 208
at Akamai, 92–93, 95–96, 108, 115–116, 125, 182
Berger and, 12–13
Berners-Lee and, 20–21
on business plans, 68–69, 127
as CEO, 222
childhood of, 45–46
on computer science, 47–48
Conrades on, 143
on consistent hashing, 62–63
Dagres on, 142–143
Goldbach’s Conjecture and, 45–46
Greenberg and, 75–76
intellect of, 142–143
in IPO, 174–176
on layoffs, 200
Lewin, D., and, 3–5, 15–16, 68–69, 142, 148–149, 197–198, 200, 216, 219, 222
marriage of, 12–13
at MIT, 10–11
on 9/11 attacks, 208–210
on parallel algorithms, 48
President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, 217
at Princeton University, 46–47
Sahai on, 50
on TCS, 10–12
wealth of, 181–182, 195–196
on work, 194
Levine, Matthew, 55–56
Lewin, Anne, 4, 9, 15, 115, 175, 209, 220
career of, 31
financial struggles of, 67, 84
in graduate school, 55
in Jerusalem, 28–29
Lewin, D., and, 39–41, 195
marriage of, 41, 195
at MIT, 53–54
Lewin, Charles, 25–27, 165, 219
career of, 31
in Jerusalem, 28–29
Lewin, D., and, 198
Lewin, Daniel Mark, ix, 57–58
at Akamai, 76–77, 95–96, 101–102, 108, 112, 115–116, 143, 215
at Algorithms Group, 90–92
in army, 147
attitude of, 32–33, 194
Austin on, 162–163
Beret March of, 36–37
Berger on, 15–16, 142
Bruckstein on, 13–15
burial of, 217
business plans of, 68–69, 72–73
business savvy of, 143–144
caching studied by, 56–57
in Cambridge, 4
childhood of, 25, 27
competitive spirit of, 159
on consistent hashing, 57–59
death of, 202–203, 207–208, 215, 217–218
on EdgeSuite, 193
Entrepreneurship Competition entered by, 68–69
as father, 54
Filo on, 130
financial struggles of, 67, 84, 100–101
Friesen on, 103, 184
Galleher on, 120, 123–124
Gibbs and, 135–136, 193
Greenberg on, 32–33, 72–75, 83–84, 166–167, 177, 187–188, 196, 218–219
on hiring, 154–155
hot spot problem research of, 55–56
humor of, 143
in IPO, 174–176
in Israel, 4, 198
on Israel, 178
Kaino on, 184–185
Kaplan and, 154, 177
Kloninger on, 144–145
Koffel on, 146, 181
on layoffs, 200
at LCS, 48–51
leadership style of, 144–145, 147,
197
Leighton, T., and, 3–5, 15–16, 68–69, 142, 148–149, 197–198, 200, 216, 219, 222
Lewin, A., and, 39–41, 195
Lewin, C., and, 198
loss of, 215
marriage of, 41, 195
memorial service of, 214
at MIT, 9–10, 53–54
motorcycle rides of, 181–182
in New Brunswick, 85
in 9/11 attacks, 201–203, 217–218
at Ort, 29–30
personality of, 123–124
physique of, 5, 31–32, 165
as presenter, 101–102
publishing, 55–56
Rephen on, 30–31
Sagan, P., on, 213
Sarig on, 33
in Sayeret Matkal, 33–34, 37–38
Seelig on, 71–72, 199
servers installed by, 112
as single man, 196
on softball, 52–53
success of, 165
at Technion, 41
temper of, 143
theatricality of, 101–102
on Theory Jeopardy, 52
thesis of, 82–83
wealth of, 181–182, 195–196
word games of, 54–55
Lewin, Eitan, 15, 41, 51, 54–55, 67, 75, 196, 220
Lewin, Itamar, 41, 51, 54–55, 67, 75, 196,
220
Lewin, Jonathan, 25, 27, 219, 220
Lewin, Michael, 25–27, 219–220
Lewin, Peggy, 25–26, 31, 165, 198, 219
Lewinsky, Monica, 99
Lexicus, 70
“Lick.” See Licklider, Joseph Carl Robnett
Licklider, Joseph Carl Robnett, 6
Light, 18–19
Linux, 111–112, 124
Lockups, 186–187
Logan International Airport, 201
Los Angeles, 32
Lotus Development Corp., 78
Loudeye, 185
Lucas, George, 128
Lysyanskaya, Anna, 48, 84, 91
Machtey Award, 12
MacWorld Expo, 163–164
Malo, Laura, 144
motorcycle rides of, 181–182
March Madness, 127
Marcus, Amy, 155
Martha Stewart Living, 165
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 3–4, 47
Akamai and, 154–155, 176–177
Entrepreneurship Competition, 68–69, 70–71, 78, 81–82
Koffel at, 156
Leighton, T., at, 10–12
Lewin, A., at, 53–54
Lewin, D., at, 9–10, 53–54
Technology Licensing Office, 70, 74
Mathematics, 1
Greenberg on, 72–73
infinite cases and, 47
See also Algorithms
Mathematics Genealogy Project, 51
McGuinness, Thomas, 201
McKinsey & Co., 89, 162
Mea She’arim, 29
Merkaz klita, 28
Metcalfe, Robert, 8, 20
Mevaseret Zion, 28
&
nbsp; MGM, 116
Microsoft, 70, 155, 193, 221
Akamai and, 166–167
Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI), 220
Mirroring, 79
MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modems, 16–17
Monster.com, 165
Montgomery Securities, 93
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, 172, 173, 175
Moritz, Michael, 130
Morris, Doug, 184
Morton, Peter, 103, 176
Moss, Jerry, 102
Mossad, 40
The Motley Fool, 160, 171
Akamai and, 134–135
Motorcycles, 181–182
Mr.Showbiz.com, 125
MSNBC, 100, 211
Mullig, Monty, 212
Murray Hill, 90
Nachman, Rabbi, 191
Nahal, 36
NASDAQ, 175–176, 216
Akamai on, 185–186
National Cash Register Company, 149
National Physics Laboratory, 7n
National Research and Education Network (NREN), 8
National Science Fair, 46
National Science Foundation (NSFNET), 8
Naval Academy, 45
Nazem, Farzod, 129, 130
NCAA, 127
NCR. See National Cash Register Company
NDA. See Non-disclosure agreement
Nelkin, Stacey, 100, 187
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 35, 219
Netanyahu, Yonatan, 35
Network Operations Command Center (NOCC), 122, 146, 159, 207, 209
Networkfleet, 82
Netzer, Lior, 37, 38, 218
New Brunswick, 85
“The New Cool” (Spinard), 165–166
The New York Post (newspaper), 211
The New York Times (newspaper), 158, 161, 179
Newport, 54
Newsweek (magazine), 40
Nijhawan, Preetish, 55, 77, 81, 89
business plans of, 67–69
Nijhawan, Shirin, 55
9/11 attacks, ix
Akamai during, 209–210
Cambridge during, 209–210
Gassel on, 212
Internet on, 210–212
Leighton, T., on, 208–210
Lewin, D., in, 201–203, 217–218
Sagan, P., on, 210
9/11 Commission, 203, 217
NOCC. See Network Operations Command Center
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA), 155
Nortel Networks, 160
Northwestern University, 105
Novartis, 190, 217
NREN. See National Research and Education Network
NSFNET. See National Science Foundation
NY1, 105
NYPR, 118
Obstreperous, 54–55
Ogonowski, John, 201
Oketz, 36
Olim hadashim, 30
Ollendorff Chair of Science, 14
al-Omari, Abdulaziz, 203
Ong, Betty, 202, 218
Operation Desert Storm, 40
Ort, 29–30
P vs. NP, 45
Packet switching, 7
Palestinian guerilla groups, 28
Panigrahy, Rina, 55–56
Papa, Steve, 77
Parallel algorithms, 41
Leighton, T., on, 48
Paramount, 116, 128
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