Mentoring

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”
Plato, in The Republic

Visiting Scholars

1. Dr. Kamal Jambi, 2018-2019
   King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
   Topic: Machine Learning Applications to Network Data Plane
2. Dr. Yu Xiong, 2016-2017
   Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
   Topic: Optical Inter-Datacenter Networks
3. Dr. Omar Batarfi, 2015-2016
   King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
   Topic: Visible Light Communication
4. Dr. Evripidis Bampis, 2005-2006
   Paris VI University, France
   Topic: Packet Scheduling

Post Doctoral Researchers

1. Emre Yetginer, 2008-2009
   Topic: Power Efficient Traffic Grooming
2. Halim Zaim, 2001-2002
   Topic: Implementation of Signaling Protocols for Optical Burst-Switched Networks
3. Shridhar Ramesh, 1999-2000
   Topic: Performance Analysis of Wavelength Routed Networks

PhD

1. Lingnan Gao, 2019
   Dissertation: Resource Allocation in Virtual Network Environments (pdf)
2. Shireesh Bhat, 2017
   Dissertation: Network Service Orchestration within the ChoiceNet Architecture (pdf)
3. Ramesh Krishnamurthy, 2016
   Dissertation: A Framework for Evaluating Server Performance: Application to SIP Proxy Servers (pdf)
4. Sahar Talebi, 2015
   Dissertation: On Routing and Spectrum Assignment in Elastic Optical Networks (pdf)
5. Ahmet Can Babaoglu, 2014
   Dissertation: Verification Services for the Choice-Based Internet of the Future (pdf)
6. Hui Wang, 2013
   Dissertation: Efficient Decomposition Techniques for Traffic Grooming Problems in Optical Networks (pdf)
7. Zeyu Liu, 2012
   Dissertation: On Routing and Wavelength Assignment in WDM Networks (pdf)
8. Mohan Iyer, 2010
   Dissertation: Providing Bandwidth on Demand Services Using Optical Network Design and the SILO Network Architecture (pdf)
9. Qian Lv, 2010
   Dissertation: Economic Models for Tiered Network Services (pdf)
10. Anjing Wang, 2010
    Dissertation: The SILO Architecture: Exploring Future Internet Design (pdf)
11. Zyad Dwekat, 2009
    Dissertation: Practical Fair Queueing Schedulers: Simplification Through Quantization (pdf)
12. Claris Castillo, 2008
    Dissertation: On the Design of Efficient Resource Allocation Mechanisms for Grids (pdf)
13. Li Yang, 2006
    Dissertation: Congestion Control and Quality of Service (QoS) Provisions for Optical Burst Switched Networks (pdf)
14. Bensong Chen, 2005
    Dissertation: Hierarchical Traffic Grooming in Large-Scale WDM Networks (pdf)
15. Jing Teng, 2004
    Dissertation: A Study of Optical Burst Switched Networks with the Jumpstart Just-In-Time Signaling Protocol (pdf)
16. Laura Jackson, 2003
    Dissertation: The Directional p-Median Problem with Applications to Traffic Quantization and Multiprocessor Scheduling (pdf)
17. Yufeng Xin, 2002
    Dissertation: Topology Design of Large-Scale Optical Networks (pdf)
18. Lisong Xu, 2002
    Dissertation: Performance Analysis of Optical Burst Switched Networks (pdf)
19. Rudra Dutta, 2001
    Dissertation: Virtual Topology Design for Traffic Grooming in Optical WDM Networks (pdf)
20. Halim Zaim, 2001
    Dissertation: Computing Call Blocking Probabilities in LEO Satellite Networks (pdf)
21. Yuhong Zhu, 1999
    Dissertation: Computing Call Blocking Probabilities in Wavelength Routing Networks (pdf)
22. Zeydu Ortiz-Laureano, 1998
    Dissertation: Techniques to Support Multicast Traffic in Single-Hop WDM Optical Networks (pdf)
23. Ilia Baldine, 1998
    Dissertation: Dynamic Reconfiguration in WDM Networks (pdf)
24. Bil McKinnon, 1997
    Dissertation: Performance Analysis of a Class of Photonic Interconnection Architectures (pdf)
25. Supriya Sharma, 1997
    Dissertation: Optimal Buffer Management for Shared Buffer ATM Switches

Visiting PhD Students

1. Fengxian Tang, 2019-2020
   Soochow University, China
   Topic: Elastic Optical Networks
2. Wenzhe Li, 2017-2018
   Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
   Topic: Optical Network on a Chip
3. Xiaomin Liu, 2011-2012
   Beihang University, China
   Topic: Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
4. Chang Cao, 2010-2011
   Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
   Topic: p-Cycle Protection in MPLS Networks
5. Arun Vishwanath, 2007-2008
   University of News South Wales, Australia
   Topic: Buffer Sizing in High-Speed Routers

Masters

1. Shrikrishna Khare, 2008
   Thesis: Testbed Implementation and Performance Evaluation of the Tiered Service Fair Queueing (TSFQ) Packet Scheduling Discipline (pdf)
2. Manoj Vellala, 2008
   Thesis: Stack Composition for SILO Architecture (pdf)
3. Ajay Babu Amudalabhasker, 2006
   Thesis: Tiered-Service Fair Queueing (TSFQ): A Practical and Efficient Fair Queueing Algorithm (pdf)
4. Nikhil Baradwaj, 2005
   Thesis: Traffic Quantization and its Applications to QoS Routing (pdf)
5. Vijay Iyer, 2002
   Thesis: A Simulation Study of Wavelength Assignment and Reservation Policies with Signaling Delays (pdf)
6. Mrugendra Singhai, 2002
   Thesis: Helios 2: An All-Optical Broadcast Local Area Network (pdf)
7. Dhaval Thaker, 2001
   Thesis: Multicasting in a Partially Tunable Broadcast WDM Network (pdf)
8. Sudhin Bengeri, 2001
   Thesis: Differentiated Services Support for the Helios Optical WDM Testbed (pdf)
9. Jeffrey Stuckey, 1998
   Thesis: Worst-Case Cell Delay in an ATM Switch Using EDF Scheduling (pdf)
10. Brian Haberman, 1997
    Thesis: Cost, Delay, and Delay Variation Conscious Multicast Routing (pdf)
11. Vijay Sivaraman, 1995
    Thesis: TDM Schedules for Broadcast WDM Networks with Arbitrary Tuning Latencies (pdf)
12. Ilia Baldine, 1995
    Thesis: Multicast routing With End-to-End Delay and Delay Variation Constraints (pdf)