News Archive 2007
Stefan Savage explores the issue of trouble shooting wireless Wi-Fi problems and discusses the automated system he helped to develop regarding this pertinent issue. Dr. Savage presented his research findings at the ACM SIGCOMM Conference, which was held in Kyoto, Japan in late August. Click here for the full news article.
Geoff Voelker and Stefan Savage discuss the differences in infrastructure utilized in distributing spam and hosting online scams. According to their research , most email scams are hosted by an individual Web server. Taking a novel approach, these researchers utilized a spam feed method to check spam embedded in suspect URLs to host servers. Their findings were presented in a paper, which has been accepted for publication at the 2007 USENIX Security Conference. A full press release is available here.
The recent CNS research review was a success. The review was held at UCSD's Computer Science & Engineering building and attended by sponsors and affiliated companies. To access presentations and related information, please log on to "MEMBERS ONLY" section.
July 10, 2007
"CALIT2 AND UCSD ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR NEW WIRELESS RESEARCH PROJECTS"
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology has allocated over $1 million in funding to support four wireless research projects involving wireless communications technology over the span of the next three years. The research endeavor is part of a collaborative effort with Ericsson. The full press release is available here.
Geoff Voelker and Rene Cruz have been named Jacobs School Ericsson Distinguished Scholars. Each award from Ericsson includes $25,000 per year for five years to support teaching, research, and service activities. This award is a part of Ericsson's long-term engagement with the UCSD division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). Voelker and Cruz are co-PIs on a research project titled "Adaptive Systems," which seeks to ensure an always-on connectivity environment, regardless of location or competing wireless standards deployed in a given space. The full press release is available here.
Alex Snoeren and Bill Lin presented their research on a possible Internet of the future at CNS' January Research Review. Arguing against the Internet's standard Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), they instead envision a radically remade internet where, even if some packets are dropped, all the information makes it from sender to receiver. This would be done via "erasure coding," where portions of information are duplicated on multiple packets. You can read an overview of the research review, as well as more information about Snoeren's and Lin's research, here.
Titled "Igniting Innovation," the annual expo showcased new student research from UCSD's five engineering departments. It featured a poster session, technical breakout sessions, and remarks by Alan Eustace, VP of Research and Systems Engineering at Google.
UCSD hosted the CNS winter research review. If you missed the event, you can see what went on here. Representatives from affiliated companies may also log in through the "MEMBERS ONLY" link at the left to access materials from the review.
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