Update: I've finally uploaded the reading list. Here it is!
Took the networking Prelim last Thursday and passed. I was a never fan of oral interrogations; heck, I am not a fan of any interrogation for that matter. And this one was really a close call; I am just happy to reach alive at … Continue Reading ››Category Archives: Recent News
I have received the Best TA Award (Winter’09)
I am excited to announce that I have received the Best TA Award from the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo for my service as the Head TA of the CS436 (Distributed Computer Systems) course during the Winter 2009 term.
I would like to give my heartfelt gratitude to the course instructor Prof. … Continue Reading ››
Par Lab Boot Camp 2009: Short Course on Parallel Programming
Note: Videos of the talks from the workshop are now available here.
As part of their summer school activities, the Par Lab at UC Berkeley is arranging a short course/workshop on parallel programming from the 19th to 21st August'2009. This workshop will also act as the boot camp for the incoming … Continue Reading ››Feature Article on Network Virtualization in IEEE ComMag
"Network Virtualization: State of the Art and Research Challenges" has been featured in the IEEE Communications Magazine's July 2009 issue in its Network and Service Management Series. This one is a quick overview of a lot of things related to network virtualization: its past, present, and possible future. The main objective is to let the huge readership … Continue Reading ››
Presenting at INFOCOM’2009 in Brazil
Finally I am getting the opportunity to present my work in front of my peers, arguably in the biggest networking conference in size and impact. The slides are ready, the stage is set, and I am hoping I will be able to deliver. Since this is my first presentation in an international conference, I … Continue Reading ››
Signed, sealed, delivered I’m done (with Master’s)
After 633 days, reading few hundred papers, writing a few, watching 100+ movies, reading 30+ fictions, eating lots of food, and doing many other things, my Master's is over :D . I successfully presented/defended my thesis on 21st Jan 2009, and my thesis committee have approved it without any changes (there were 3 typos … Continue Reading ››
I’ve been awarded the Cheriton Scholarship
A very good news on the 2nd working day of the year... This is the time when you can say "off to a great start" :D I have been awarded the Cheriton Type I scholarship (10,000$ for two years) to continue my PhD in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. I would like … Continue Reading ››
ViNE-Yard has been accepted at INFOCOM’2009
Just in. Our paper "Virtual Network Embedding with Coordinated Node and Link Mapping", which presents D-ViNE and R-ViNE algorithms, has been accepted at INFOCOM'2009. Apparently, I have overtaken myself and will be presenting my first paper in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil next April. :D
Here goes the abstract:
Recently network virtualization has been proposed as … Continue Reading ››
I’ve been awarded the ACM CoNEXT’2008 Student Travel Grant
Yes, you have read the title right. :D Hopefully, my first big conference is going to be CoNEXT'08 instead of IM'09, where I will be presenting a paper. This has come as a pleasant surprise !!! While I tried to make my case to the award committee as strongly as possible, the probability of … Continue Reading ››
iMark has been accepted at IM’2009
Our paper "iMark: An Identity Management Framework for Network Virtualization Environment" has been accepted at IM'2009. Hopefully, I will be presenting my first paper at a major conference in New York next June :-D . The abstract of the paper is given below:
In recent years, network virtualization has been propounded as an open and … Continue Reading ››