Balaji Prabhakar is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University and Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Urban Engines.  His research interests are in Cloud Computing, Internet Algorithms and, recently, in Societal Networks, especially Transportation Networks.  He has been awarded the Alfred Sloan Fellowship, the Erlang Prize, the Rollo Davidson Prize, and the IEEE Innovation in Social Infrastructure Award.  He serves on the Future Urban Mobility Initiative of the World Economic Forum.