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The
following are my projects.
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| Measurement Science for Complex
Information Systems (NIST)
The aim of this project is to
apply modeling and analysis techniques from the physical sciences in order
to define a systematic method to measure, understand and control
emergent behaviors in complex information systems.
 | Project-Related Proposals
 | "Measurement
Science for Complex Information Systems", NIST
Competence Proposal,
January 31, 2006, Gaithersburg, MD (K. Mills, C. Dabrowski, V. Marbukh, F. Hunt,
and J. Filliben) |
| "NRC Research
Proposal", Post-Doc Research Proposal to the National
Research Council, August 1, 2006 (D. Genin) |
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| Project-Related Web Sites
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| Project-Related Presentations
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| Project-Related Papers
| K. Mills and C. Dabrowski, "Investigating
Global Behavior in Computing Grids", Self-Organizing
Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4124
ISBN 978-3-540-37658-3, pp. 120-136.
| J. Yuan and K. Mills, "Simulating
Timescale Dynamics of Network Traffic Using Homogeneous Modeling",
The NIST Journal of Research, Volume 111, No.
3, May-June 2006, pp. 227-242.
| J. Yuan and K. Mills, "Monitoring
the Macroscopic Effect of DDoS Flooding Attacks", IEEE
Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Volume 2, No.
4, October-December 2005, pp. 324-335.
| J. Yuan and K. Mills, "A
Cross-Correlation Based Method for Spatial-Temporal Traffic
Analysis", Performance Evaluation, Volume 61/2-3,
pp 163-180.
| J. Yuan and K. Mills, "Macroscopic
Dynamics in Large-Scale Data Networks", chapter 8 in Complex
Dynamics in Communication Networks, edited by Ljupco Kocarev
and Gabor Vattay, published by Springer, 2005, ISBN 3-540-24305-4,
pp. 191-212.
| J. Yuan and K. Mills, "Exploring
Collective Dynamics in Communication Networks", The
NIST Journal of Research, Volume 107, No. 2,
March-April 2002, pp. 179-191.
| J. Heidemann, K. Mills and S. Kumar, "Expanding
Confidence in Network Simulation", IEEE Network
Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 5, September/October 2001, pp. 58-63.
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Self-Adaptive
Discovery Mechanisms for Optimal Performance in Fault-Tolerant
Networks (NIST and DARPA FTN)
The aim of this project is to research, design, evaluate,
and implement self-adaptive algorithms to improve the
performance of fault-tolerant networking protocols.
| Project-Related Web Sites
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| Project-Related Presentations
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| Project-Related Papers
| "An Autonomic Failure-Detection Algorithm", Proceedings
of the 4th International Workshop on Software Performance (WoSP 2004),
January 14-16, 2004, San Francisco, California, ACM Press, p. 79. (with Scott Rose,
Steve Quirolgico, Mackenzie Britton, and Ceryen Tan) |
| "Self-Managed Leasing for Distributed Systems", Poster Paper in the
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for
Self-Managing Systems, co-sponsored by ACM SIGMETRICS, June 2003. (with
Kevin Bowers, Scott Rose, and Steve Quirolgico). |
| "Performance of Service-Discovery Architectures in Response to Node
Failures", Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference
on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'03), CSREA Press, June
2003, pp. 95-101. (with Christopher Dabrowski and Andrew Rukhin) |
| "Improving Failure Responsiveness in Jini Leasing", Proceedings
of the 3rd DARPA Information Survivability Conference
and Exposition (DISCEX-III 2003), IEEE Computer Society, April, 2003, Vol.
II, pp. 103-105.
(with Scott Rose, Kevin Bowers, and Steve Quirolgico). |
| "Adaptive Jitter Control for
UPnP M-Search", accepted for presentation at ICC 2003,
May 11-15, 2003 in Anchorage, Alaska. (with Christopher Dabrowski). |
| "Self-adaptive Leasing
for Jini", accepted for presentation at IEEE PerCom
2003, March 23-26, 2003 in Forth Worth, Texas. (with Kevin
Bowers and Scott Rose). |
| "Understanding Self-healing in Service Discovery Systems", Proceedings
of the First ACM SigSoft Workshop on Self-healing Systems (WOSS '02), November
18-19, 2002, Charleston, South Carolina, ACM Press, pp. 15-20. (with Christopher
Dabrowski). |
| "Understanding Consistency Maintenance in Service Discovery
Architectures in Response to Message Loss", Proceedings of the 4th
International Workshop on Active Middleware Services, accepted for
presentation in July 2002. (with Christopher Dabrowski and Jesse
Elder). |
| "Understanding Consistency Maintenance in Service Discovery
Architectures during Communication Failure", Proceedings of the 3rd
International Workshop on Software Performance, accepted for
presentation in July 2002. (with Christopher Dabrowski and Jesse
Elder). |
| "Analyzing Properties and Behavior of Service Discovery
Protocols using an
Architecture-based Approach", Proceedings of
Working Conference on Complex and
Dynamic Systems Architecture, December
2001.
(with Christopher Dabrowski of NIST) |
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Proposal
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Assessing
the State-of-the-Art in Dynamic Discovery and Configuration of Ad
Hoc Network Services (NIST, ARDA, and DARPA
DASADA)
The aim of this project is to compare and contrast emerging
commercial service discovery technologies with regard to function,
structure, behavior, performance and scalability.
| Project-Related Web Sites
| Architecture
Description Languages
- this is the NIST web site that contains information
related to the use of architecture description languages
to improve software quality and correctness in dynamic
distributed systems (such as discovery protocols). |
| DASADA
- this is the DARPA research
web site for Dynamic Assembly for System Adaptability,
Dependability, and Assurance. |
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| Project-Related Presentations
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| Project-Related Papers
| "Performance of
Service-Discovery Architectures in Response to Node Failures",
Proceedings of SERP'03. |
| "Understanding
Self-Healing in Service Discovery Systems", Proceedings
of the 2002 Workshop on Self-healing Systems, accepted
for presentation in November 2002. |
| "Understanding Consistency Maintenance in Service Discovery
Architectures during Communication Failure", Proceedings of the 3rd
International Workshop on Software Performance, accepted for
presentation in July 2002. (with Christopher Dabrowski and Jesse
Elder). |
| "Understanding Consistency Maintenance in Service Discovery
Architectures in Response to Message Loss", Proceedings of the 4th
International Workshop on Active Middleware Services, accepted for
presentation in July 2002. (with Christopher Dabrowski and Jesse
Elder). |
| "Analyzing Properties and Behavior of Service Discovery
Protocols using an
Architecture-based Approach", Proceedings of
Working Conference on Complex and Dynamic Systems Architecture, December
2001.
(with Christopher Dabrowski of NIST) |
| "Are
We Planning a Maginot Line to Face a Blitz Krieg?",
Position Paper for the Panel on Architecture and
Performance", WOSP 2000, September 19, 2000. |
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A
Fine Grained Resource Policy Enforcement Tool (DARPA
ACTIVE NETS & NIST) The
aim of this project is to propose a method to express the
CPU time requirements of active network applications in a form
that can be meaningfully interpreted among heterogeneous nodes in
an active network in order to improve network management. |
| Project-Related Web Sites
| ANAGRAM
- this is the main NIST web site for the project |
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| Project-Related Presentations
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| Project-Related Papers
| "Modeling
CPU Demand in Heterogeneous Active Networks", The
Proceedings of the DARPA Active Networks
Conference and Exposition, IEEE, May
2002, pp. 511-533. (with Virginie Galtier
and Yannick Carlinet). |
| "Predicting Resource Demand in Heterogeneous Active
Networks", Proceedings of MILCOM 2001, October 2001, paper
number 280, pp.1-5. (with Virginie Galtier and
Yannick Carlinet of NIST and Steve Bush and Amit Kulkarni of GE
CR&D) |
| "Predicting and Controlling Resource Usage in a Heterogeneous
Active Network", Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop
on Active Middleware Systems, August 2001. (with Virginie Galtier and
Yannick Carlinet of NIST and Steve Bush and Amit Kulkarni of GE
CR&D) |
| Expressing Meaningful Processing Requirements among
Heterogeneous Nodes in an Active Network, Proceedings of the 2nd
International Workshop on Software Performance (WOSP 2000),
September 2000. (with Virginie Galtier, Yannick Carlinet, Stefan Leigh, and Andrew
Rukhin) |
| Calibrating an Active Network Node,
Proceedings of the
2nd International Workshop on Active Middleware Services,
August 2000. (with Yannick Carlinet, Virginie Galtier, Stefan Leigh, and
Andrew Rukhin) |
| How Much CPU Time?
Expressing Meaningful Processing Requirements among
Heterogeneous Nodes in an Active Network November 1999
(with Virginie Galtier, Craig Hunt, Stefan Leigh, Kevin
L. Mills, Doug Montgomery, Mudumbai Ranganathan, Andrew
Rukhin, Debra
Tang)
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Understanding
Internet Performance from the User Perspective (NIST and DARPA
NMS)
The aim of this project is to improve our ability to
collect, publish, analyze, and understand Internet performance
characteristics that can be measured from the user
perspective.
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