Network Reading Group, Summer/Fall 2002

The network reading group discusses network research literature and ideas.

Location: 320 Soda Hall

Date & Time: Friday Noon-1pm

Organizer: Matthew Caesar mccaesar@EECS.Berkeley.EDU.

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To email people: The alias for the group is netread@iceberg.CS.Berkeley.EDU.

Past meetings of the reading group:

Schedule:

9/20/02 Matthew Caesar

Topic: ``Traffic Matrix Estimation: Existing Techniques and New Directions, '' A. Medina (Sprint Labs, Boston University) , N. Taft (Sprint Labs), K. Salamatian (University of Paris VI), S. Bhattacharyya, C. Diot (Sprint Labs)
Talk slides: [ppt]

9/27/02 Ananthapadmanabha Rajagopala-Rao

Topic: Wave and Equation Based Rate Control Using Multicast Round Trip Time. Michael Luby, Vivek K Goyal (Digital Fountain), Simon Skaria (UC Irvine), Gavin B. Horn (Pulsent). pdf
Network Topology Generators: Degree-Based vs. Structural. H. Tangmunarunkit (USC-ISI), R. Govindan (ICSI), S. Jamin (University of Michigan) , S. Shenker (ICSI), W. Willinger (AT&T Research) pdf
Talk slides: ppt 1 pdf 2

10/4/02 George Porter

Topic: "Statistical Analysis of Malformed Packets and Their Origins in the Modern Internet" Bykova and Ostermann / Ohio University
"Experience in Measuring Backbone Traffic Variability: Models, Metrics, Measurements and Meaning" Roughan, Greenberg, Kalmanek, Rumsewicz, Yates, and Zhang
"Measuring Packet Reordering" Bellardo and Savage / UCSD
Papers are available here
Talk slides: ppt 1 ppt 2 ppt 3

10/11/02 Karthik Lakshminarayanan

Topic: Load Balancing in Distributed Hash Tables (work in progress)

10/18/02 Adam Costello

Topic: "Lightweight Network Support for Scalable End-to-End Services" html
Talk handout: text

10/25/02 Weidong Cui

Topic: Backup Path Allocation Based on a Correlated Link Failure Probability Model in Overlay Networks (practice talk for ICNP 2002)

11/1/02 Yan Chen

Topic: On the Clustering of Web Content for Efficient Replication (Practice talk for ICNP 2002)

11/8/02 TBA
Topic: CANCELLED

11/15/02 Jayanth Kannan
Topic: Directed diffusion: A scalable and robust communication paradigm for sensor networks, Chalermek Intanagonwiwat, Ramesh Govindan and Deborah Estrin ps
Information-Driven Dynamic Sensor Collaboration for Tracking Applications, F . Zhao, J. Shin, J. Reichi, pdf

11/22/02 Rodrigo Fonseca

Topic: On the Intrinsic Locality Properties of Web Reference Streams Rodrigo Fonseca, Virgilio Almeida, Mark Crovella and Bruno Abrahão. (Practice talk for Infocom 2003) ps.gz

11/29/02 Cancelled (thanksgiving)

Topic: TBA

12/6/02 Ben Y. Zhao)

Topic: Implementation and Deployment of a Large-scale Network Infrastructure
Talk slides: ppt

12/13/02 Jimmy Shih

Topic: TBA

Links of Interest:

ACM SIGCOMM 2002 2001 2000
IPTPS '02
ACM MOBICOM 2002 2001 2000
ACM SIGCOMM CCR '02
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)
SOSP'01
Henning Schulzrinne's Network Bibliography
Sally Floyd's homepage (includes many references on RED/ SRM/ CBQ/etc...)

9/20/02	Matthew Caesar Topic: ``Traffic Matrix Estimation: Existing Techniques and New Directions, '' A. Medina (Sprint Labs, Boston University) , N. Taft (Sprint Labs), K. Salamatian (University of Paris VI), S. Bhattacharyya, C. Diot (Sprint Labs) Talk slides: [ppt]
9/27/02	Ananthapadmanabha Rajagopala-Rao Topic: Wave and Equation Based Rate Control Using Multicast Round Trip Time. Michael Luby, Vivek K Goyal (Digital Fountain), Simon Skaria (UC Irvine), Gavin B. Horn (Pulsent). pdf Network Topology Generators: Degree-Based vs. Structural. H. Tangmunarunkit (USC-ISI), R. Govindan (ICSI), S. Jamin (University of Michigan) , S. Shenker (ICSI), W. Willinger (AT&T Research) pdf Talk slides: ppt 1 pdf 2
10/4/02	George Porter Topic: "Statistical Analysis of Malformed Packets and Their Origins in the Modern Internet" Bykova and Ostermann / Ohio University "Experience in Measuring Backbone Traffic Variability: Models, Metrics, Measurements and Meaning" Roughan, Greenberg, Kalmanek, Rumsewicz, Yates, and Zhang "Measuring Packet Reordering" Bellardo and Savage / UCSD Papers are available here Talk slides: ppt 1 ppt 2 ppt 3
10/11/02	Karthik Lakshminarayanan Topic: Load Balancing in Distributed Hash Tables (work in progress)
10/18/02	Adam Costello Topic: "Lightweight Network Support for Scalable End-to-End Services" html Talk handout: text
10/25/02	Weidong Cui Topic: Backup Path Allocation Based on a Correlated Link Failure Probability Model in Overlay Networks (practice talk for ICNP 2002)
11/1/02	Yan Chen Topic: On the Clustering of Web Content for Efficient Replication (Practice talk for ICNP 2002)
11/8/02	TBA Topic: CANCELLED
11/15/02	Jayanth Kannan Topic: Directed diffusion: A scalable and robust communication paradigm for sensor networks, Chalermek Intanagonwiwat, Ramesh Govindan and Deborah Estrin ps Information-Driven Dynamic Sensor Collaboration for Tracking Applications, F . Zhao, J. Shin, J. Reichi, pdf
11/22/02	Rodrigo Fonseca Topic: On the Intrinsic Locality Properties of Web Reference Streams Rodrigo Fonseca, Virgilio Almeida, Mark Crovella and Bruno Abrahão. (Practice talk for Infocom 2003) ps.gz
11/29/02	Cancelled (thanksgiving) Topic: TBA
12/6/02	Ben Y. Zhao) Topic: Implementation and Deployment of a Large-scale Network Infrastructure Talk slides: ppt
12/13/02	Jimmy Shih Topic: TBA