Abstract :
Deborah Estrin is a computer scientist who has made major technical contributions to internetworking, multicast routing, embedded sensing and computing, wireless sensor networks, and mobile and electronic health. She has been a professor her entire career, has served on countless panels and advisory boards, and continues to mentor students in electrical engineering and computer science. She is one of the most accomplished and visionary people in computing today and also the first professor hired at the Cornell NYC Tech campus. In 2012, Wired magazine named her one of the "50 People Who Will Change the World."