2024 Virtual Summer School on Internet Measurements
Overview
The University of Oregon’s Computer Science Department, in partnership with NIKSUN, Inc., is organizing the 3rd Virtual Summer School on Internet Measurement (tentatively scheduled for a two-day period on July 01 and 02, 2024). Building on two successful prior summer schools at UO’s CS Department, this 3rd edition will offer a unique combination of theoretical and practical aspects that arise in the context of measuring the Internet, be it at global scale or at the scale of individual campus networks.
The 2024 summer school will feature an innovative new curriculum that is organized into six carefully designed sessions ranging from foundational aspects of Internet measurements to advanced topics (e.g., curating high-quality data for training AI/ML models), and from practical issues of what kind of Internet measurements to collect to real-world challenges of how to collect the desired measurements. Each session will be led by an expert in the field who will discuss the intricacies of network measurements and, where appropriate, engage participants in hands-on exercises that leverage NIKSUN’s innovative platform and emphasizes experimental learning, thus relating acquired measurement techniques to real-world problem solving.
Among the main objectives of this summer school are
- broadening the horizons of aspiring students at all levels (from undergraduates to final year PhD students) and equipping them with network measurement skills that will help them navigate the ever-evolving landscape of networking and cybersecurity
- promoting the concept of experiential learning that transcends the confines of conventional classroom teaching, offers a glimpse into how high-quality network measurements are obtained and used in practice, and emphasizes a holistic approach to network measurements that is rarely taught in academia
- cultivating practical proficiency through immersive training sessions that are facilitated by NIKSUN’s cutting-edge platform; workshop participants will be given an account (and access to non-proprietary data) and will be guided in real-style investigations of both performance and security incidents, similar to how the NOC or SOC analysts employed by today’s organizations or companies deal with these incidents when they happen in their production networks
- leveraging the university-industry partnership to forge meaningful connections and collaborations and foster a vibrant community of learners and mentors alike
Schedule
| ## | Time/Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10am PT to 11am PT on 07/01/2024 | Introduction to Internet Measurements | Walter Willinger (Chief Scientist, NIKSUN), Nik Pruthi (President and CFO, NIKSUN), and Reza Rejaie (Professor, UO) |
| 2 | 11am PT to noon PT on 07/01/2024 |
Topology | Fabian Bustamante (Professor, Northwestern) |
| 3 | 1pm PT to 2pm PT on 07/01/2024 | Traffic and Outages | Alberto Dainotti (Professor, Georgia Tech.) |
| 4 | 10am PT to 11am PT on 07/02/2024 |
Working in a NOC: Performance | Lava Al-Doski (Staff Engineer, NIKSUN) and Sumit Pal (Executive Director, NIKSUN) |
| 5 | 11am PT to noon PT on 07/02/2024 |
Working in a SOC: Cybersecurity | Sehyia Jalaludheen (Sr. Staff Engineer, NIKSUN) and Sumit Pal (Executive Director, NIKSUN) |
| 6 | 1pm PT to 2pm PT on 07/02/2024 | Supporting policy makers: Contextualization | Arpit Gupta (Professor, UCSB) |
Eligibility and Registeration
The target cohort for this summer school are students with background in computer networking. Eligible candidates range from junior or senior undergraduates to terminal-year PhD students. We are accepting both US and international students who can participate virtually via zoom.Please complete this online registration form.
Organizers
Walter Willinger (Chief Scientist, NIKSUN)Ram Durairajan (Professor, UO; Chief Scientist, Link Oregon)