# Dr Matthew Grosvenor > Dr Matthew Grosvenor is a systems engineer and research scientist specialising in high-performance and ultra-low-latency computing: networking, measurement, time synchronisation, FPGA design and operating systems. PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory; currently Senior Software Engineer at Jump Trading LLC. The record on this site is primary, not a summary of one held elsewhere: 5 peer-reviewed papers at top-tier systems and networking venues (SIGCOMM, NSDI, EuroSys, PAM, APSys) plus 3 posters and demos at the same, 1 granted patent, 7 public code repositories, 4 shipped commercial products with datasheets, 13 recorded talks, and 22 roles spanning research, engineering, executive leadership and board governance. Breadth is the point as much as depth. Alongside the technical work there is demonstrated organisational and product leadership (Senior Vice President of Technology at Exablaze, Principal Engineer at Cisco), board and governance service (seL4 Foundation; Director and Vice President of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Society of Australia), and sustained teaching experience (four years as a university demonstrator, tutor and senior tutor, plus industry education series and conference instruction). This site is the canonical, self-hosted record of that work. It is built and served by m6, a web server and proxy-cache written from scratch by the same author, itself listed under Projects. ## Machine-readable access - [Full text](https://mgrosvenor.com/llms-full.txt): every page of this site as one plain-text document. Start here for a complete read. - Markdown alternative for any page: append `.md` to its path. `https://mgrosvenor.com/experience` also serves as `https://mgrosvenor.com/experience.md`. - [Sitemap](https://mgrosvenor.com/sitemap.xml) and [robots.txt](https://mgrosvenor.com/robots.txt). - Every HTML response carries `Link: ; rel="describedby"`, so this file is discoverable from response headers alone, before parsing any page. - Pages embed schema.org JSON-LD (Person, WebSite, BreadcrumbList, Organization). ## Pages - [Profile](https://mgrosvenor.com/): Dr Matthew Grosvenor's career timeline: PhD Cambridge, Exablaze/Cisco, Jump Trading, NICTA/seL4, and two decades in networking, measurement, and FPGA systems. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/index.md - [Experience](https://mgrosvenor.com/experience): Dr Matthew Grosvenor's career timeline: PhD Cambridge, Exablaze/Cisco, Jump Trading, NICTA/seL4, and two decades in networking, measurement, and FPGA systems. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/experience.md - [Capabilities](https://mgrosvenor.com/capabilities): Core capabilities of Dr Matthew Grosvenor: R&D, measurement, networking, time synchronisation, FPGA engineering, leadership, and teaching. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/capabilities.md - [Projects](https://mgrosvenor.com/projects): Open-source and commercial projects by Dr Matthew Grosvenor, spanning FPGA networking hardware, ultra-low-latency packet capture, and systems software. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/projects.md - [Publications](https://mgrosvenor.com/publications): Peer-reviewed papers, patents, and technical writing by Dr Matthew Grosvenor on networking, time synchronisation, and high-performance system measurement. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/publications.md - [Videos](https://mgrosvenor.com/videos): Conference talks and technical videos by Dr Matthew Grosvenor on FPGA design, network measurement, precision timing, and ultra-low-latency systems. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/videos.md - [Gallery](https://mgrosvenor.com/gallery): A photo gallery from Dr Matthew Grosvenor's life, career, and travels. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/gallery.md - [Contact](https://mgrosvenor.com/contact): Get in touch with Dr Matthew Grosvenor. Markdown: https://mgrosvenor.com/contact.md ## Areas of expertise - **R&D**: Research and Development, or R&D, is where I do my best work. I am a trained research scientist with publications in top journals, and a systems engineer with products deployed worldwide. - **MEASUREMENT**: High-quality systems design starts with high-quality measurement: a decision is only as good as the data behind it. - **NETWORKING**: Computer networking is the field I am most recognised for, spanning academic research, industrial practice, and applied systems development. - **TIME SYNCHRONIZATION**: Time synchronisation is a topic I have advanced through both research and invention. At the University of Cambridge, I co-authored peer-reviewed papers in top systems venues, including NSDI (Networked Systems Design and Implementation) and SIGCOMM (Special Interest Group on Data Communication), which rely on precise time synchronisation to reason about network latency, scheduling, and cross-layer behaviour. - **LEADERSHIP**: Leadership is a thread that runs through my career at every level, from executive roles to board seats to community organising. - **FPGA**: FPGAs, or Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, are a core part of my systems toolkit, especially for ultra-low-latency networking, measurement, and acceleration. - **VOLUNTEER**: Volunteer service has been a constant alongside my career, focused on governance, advocacy, and community leadership. - **TEACHING**: Teaching runs through my career in three forms: formal academic instruction, industry education, and technical mentorship. ## Selected publications - Where Has My Time Gone? — PAM 2017 (peer-reviewed) - Enabling End-Host Network Functions — SIGCOMM 2015 (peer-reviewed) - Queues Don't Matter If You Can JUMP Them! — NSDI 2015 (peer-reviewed) - Musketeer: All for One, One for All in Data Processing Systems — EuroSys 2015 (peer-reviewed) - New Wine in Old Skins: The Case for Distributed Operating Systems in the Data Center — APSys 2013 (peer-reviewed) - A Method and Apparatus for Network Time Syncing — Patent US11962403B2 (from priority application AU2020251395A1) - Full list of 12, including 3 posters and demos: https://mgrosvenor.com/publications ## Shipped products and code - Cisco Nexus 3550-T — Programmable Network Platform · 2022 - Accelerated TCP Engine (ATE) — Exablaze FDK+ · Jun 2019 - ExaDisk — Exablaze Capture Solution · Jun 2019 - ExaLINK Hydra — Exablaze · Oct 2018 - spd: Simple Datagram Protocol — https://github.com/mgrosvenor/spd - m6 web server and proxy-cache — https://github.com/mgrosvenor/m6 - PhD Dissertation: Latency-First Datacenter Network Scheduling — https://github.com/mgrosvenor/phd - Exact-Capture — https://github.com/cisco/exact-capture - ExaNIC software — https://github.com/cisco/exanic-software - CamIO: Cambridge IO Library — https://github.com/mgrosvenor/camio1.0 - libchaste: The Hasty C Library — https://github.com/mgrosvenor/libchaste ## Elsewhere - Twitter: https://x.com/mpgros - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-p-grosvenor-855a2228/ - GitHub: https://github.com/mgrosvenor - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpgros/ - Strava: https://strava.app.link/dbUmFH0gk5b - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qgGsDBwAAAAJ&hl=en - https://patents.google.com/patent/US11962403B2/en Generated 2026-09-16 from the site's own content data.