Slides from Recent Talks

2017

Network Heartbeat Traffic Characterization (University of Waterloo, August 21, 2017) (3.1 MB PDF file)

Dynamic Speed Scaling: Theory, Practice, and the Role of Simulation (SCS SummerSim 2017 keynote, July 11, 2017) (1.8 MB PDF file)

2016

Network Traffic Measurement Research at U of C (Data 61 -- CSIRO, November 15, 2016) (0.4 MB PDF file)

Dynamic Speed Scaling: Theory and Practice (Monash University, October 19, 2016) (2.1 MB PDF file)

Dynamic Speed Scaling: Theory and Practice (University of Victoria, September 29, 2016) (1.8 MB PDF file)

Dynamic Speed Scaling Systems: Theory and Practice (University of Waterloo, September 9, 2016) (1.0 MB PDF file)

A Stroll Down Speed Scaling Lane (QEST 2016 keynote, August 23, 2016) (800 KB PDF file)

Autoscaling Effects in Speed Scaling Systems (CORS 2016, May 30, 2016) (3.0 MB PPT file)

2012

Barrier Counting in Mixed Wireless Sensor Networks (IEEE MASCOTS 2012, August 9, 2012) (580 KB PowerPoint file)

Solving the TCP-incast Problem with Application-level Scheduling (IEEE MASCOTS 2012, August 7, 2012) (420 KB PowerPoint file)

2011

The Edge of Smartness (Workshop on Data Center Performance (DCPerf), June 24, 2011) (280 KB PowerPoint file)

The Edge of Smartness (Keynote Talk, Graduate Student Networking Conference, U of Alberta, May 14, 2011) (1.1 MB PowerPoint file)

2010

Security in Wireless Sensor Networks (University of Manitoba, January 29, 2010) (1.5 MB PowerPoint file)

2009

Networking Research and iCORE Overview (NICTA, Sydney, Australia, November 12, 2009) (2.6 MB and 2.0 MB PowerPoint files)

Service Differentiation in Multi-Rate HSDPA Systems (IEEE/ACM MASCOTS, September 21, 2009) (210 KB PowerPoint file)

Networks Research Group (iCORE Summit, August 22, 2009) (500 KB PowerPoint file)

2008

Network Information Flow in Network of Queues (IEEE/ACM MASCOTS, September 9, 2008) (180 KB PowerPoint file)

Networks Research Group (iCORE Summit, August 23, 2008) (1.3 MB PowerPoint file)

Analysis of BitTorrent-like Protocols for On-Demand Stored Media Streaming (ACM SIGMETRICS, June 5, 2008) (1.1 MB PowerPoint file)

A Comparative Analysis of Web and P2P Traffic (WWW 2008, April 2008) (3.1 MB PowerPoint file)

2007

Remote Analysis of a Distributed WLAN using Passive Wireless-side Measurement (IFIP Performance 2007, October 3, 2007) (10 MB PowerPoint file)

On Processor Sharing and Its Applications to Cellular Data Network Provisioning (IFIP Performance 2007, October 3, 2007) (700 KB PowerPoint file)

2006

Wireless Internet: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (CISAC Seminar, October 17, 2006) (2.1 MB PowerPoint file)

Performance Modeling of Stochastic Capacity Networks (CanQueue 2006 Keynote, September 15, 2006) (1.6 MB PowerPoint file)

Wireless-Aware Protocol Stacks (SPECTS 2006 Keynote, August 1, 2006) (2.4 MB PowerPoint file)

WWW2007 Promo (closing ceremony at WWW2006, May 26, 2006) (3.5 MB PowerPoint file)

Things That Go Bump in the Net (I-RITE Seminar, March 30, 2006) (1.0 MB PowerPoint file)

Things That Go Bump in the Net (Coast-to-Coast Seminar, March 7, 2006) (720 KB PowerPoint file)

2005

Distributed Systems and Algorithms (DSA From A to Z) (CPSC Industry Day, November 21, 2005) (6 MB PowerPoint file)

Campus-Level Network Traffic Measurement (Netera Days, October 13, 2005) (560 KB PowerPoint file)

Wireless Network Performance Research (iCORE Summit, September 1, 2005) (560 KB PowerPoint file)

Portable Networks and the Wireless Web (IASTED WTAS 2005, July 6, 2005) (2.5 MB PowerPoint file)

Wireless Internet Performance Research (CPSC 699, January 2005) (800 KB PowerPoint file)

2004

Multi-Layer Analysis of Web Browsing Performance for Wireless PDAs (IEEE WLN 2004, Tampa, FL, November 2004) (2.1 MB PowerPoint file)

Portable Networks (Distinguished Lecturer Series, University of Victoria, October 29, 2004) (2.6 MB PowerPoint file)

A Hysteresis Model for Web/TCP Transfer Latency (IEEE/ACM MASCOTS Conference, October 2004) (540 KB PowerPoint file)

Experimental Evaluation of TCP Performance in Multihop Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (IEEE/ACM MASCOTS Conference, October 2004) (420 KB PowerPoint file)

Network Traffic Measurements of a Wireless Classroom Network (Wireless 2004, Calgary, AB, July 13, 2004) (1.3 MB PowerPoint file)

Simulation Evaluation of Hybrid SRPT Scheduling Policies (invited talk, Workshop on Multiserver Scheduling, Carnegie Mellon University, April 19, 2004) (560 KB PowerPoint file)

2003

The Role of Awareness in Internet Protocol Performance (invited talk, Performance Evaluation: Stories and Perspectives, U. of Vienna, Austria, December 6, 2003) (700 KB PowerPoint file)

Portable Networks (seminar, U. of Calgary, September 10, 2003) (1.4 MB PowerPoint file)

Computer Science: Retrospective on the 1990's (invited talk, Computer Science Reunion, U. of Saskatchewan, September 13, 2003) (3.5 MB PowerPoint file)

Network-Level Impacts on User-Level Web Performance (seminar, U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, July 24, 2003) (1.1 MB PowerPoint file)

Quantifying the Unfairness of SRPT Scheduling (seminar, U. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, August 11, 2003) (seminar, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, July 22, 2003) (980 KB PowerPoint file)

Wireless Internet: Protocols and Performance (Wireless 2003 Tutorial, Calgary, AB, July 7, 2003) (2.0 MB PowerPoint file)

2002

The Future of Broadband Wireless (iCORE Lecture, U. of Alberta, October 16, 2002) (10 MB PowerPoint file)

WebTraff: A GUI for Web Proxy Cache Workload Modeling and Analysis (IEEE MASCOTS 2002, Fort Worth, TX, October 15, 2002) (950 KB PowerPoint file)

Workload Characterization in Web Caching Hierarchies (IEEE MASCOTS 2002, Fort Worth, TX, October 14, 2002) (900 KB PowerPoint file)

A Case Study of Web Server Benchmarking Using Parallel WAN Emulation (IFIP Performance 2002, Rome, Italy, Sept 2002) (3.9 MB PowerPoint file)

Wireless Internet Performance Research (for CPSC 699, Sept 2002) (1.1 MB PowerPoint file)

The Role of "Awareness" in Internet Protocol Performance (U of S Distinguished Graduate Lecture, April 2002) (10 MB PowerPoint file)

2001

On Filter Effects in Web Caching Hierarchies (U of A seminar, Oct 2001) (1.3 MB PowerPoint file)

Networking Research Overview for CPSC 699 (Sept 2001) (60 KB PowerPoint file)