[1][2] Grossglauser studied communication systems and electrical engineering at EPFL and at Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively, and graduated from both with Master's degrees in 1994.

[5][6] He then joined AT&T's Networking and Distributed Systems Laboratory (Shannon Labs) at Florham Park, New Jersey as a principal research scientist.

In 2007, he joined the Nokia Research Center (NRC) in Helsinki first as director of the Internet Laboratory, before becoming head of Data Insight program and member of the CEO Technology Council in 2009.

[15][16][17] Active Learning: He investigates and implements earning methods that balance the competing goal of gaining more knowledge by exploring new data on the fly.

It aims at making traffic measurement for network operators more efficient and less error-prone, while being compatible with existing IP protocols and packet formats.