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PhD Defense - Brandon Schlinker

PhD Candidate: Brandon Schlinker

Committee:
Ethan Katz-Bassett (Chair)
Ramesh Govindan
Bhaskar Krishnamachari

Date: 4/22/2021
Time: 10:30am

Zoom:
Meeting ID: 994 9243 1358
Passcode: 923154

Title: Improving User Experience on Today's Internet via Innovation in Internet Routing

In this dissertation, I examine how content distribution networks (CDNs) interconnect and route traffic on today's Internet, along with the opportunities and challenges that arise in this environment. By executing measurement studies and building control systems, I demonstrate that the flattening of the Internet gives way to solutions to longstanding Internet problems. In addition, I discuss how I democratized Internet routing research by building PEERING, a platform that enables researchers to execute experiments that interact with the Internet routing ecosystem. PEERING has been used by members of the Internet routing research community to execute over 40 experiments, many of which were previously considered infeasible. Through this work, I demonstrate that it is possible to build novel solutions to longstanding Internet routing problems and ultimately improve user experience by combining the rich interconnectivity of CDNs in today's flattened Internet with mechanisms to delegate BGP's decision process.

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Lizsl De Leon