Sowmini Varadhan is a Consulting Software Engineer in thenMainline Linux Kernel Group at Oracle Corp. where she worksnon projects spanning Kernel Networking, Distributed Computing, and Performance.nSowmini's background includes core contributions to multiplennetwork-stacks ranging from embedded kernels for routers tonserver OS-es. Sowmini has a B.Tech in MechanicalnEngineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras andna PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.