My Research Journey: Softrouter, Protocols, and Wireless DDoS

Description

Krishan Sabnani, an acclaimed networking researcher, will give a summary of his networking research for the Department of Computer Science.

Please attend the event by using the Zoom link (Meeting ID: 995 1332 7388).

Sabnani's work on Softrouter is a breakthrough in Internet re-design. The main idea behind this work was to separate control functions and complex software from the forwarding portions on Internet routers. This work made it possible for forwarding technologies (e.g., different link layers and switching protocols) to evolve and be deployed independently from control protocols (e.g., routing, security). This contribution is a precursor to the current Software Defined Networking (SDN) revolution. Sabnani will also summarize his work on protocol conformance testing and a new class of DoS attacks that can be launched against cellular networks.

Krishan Sabnani has made many seminal contributions to Internet infrastructure design, protocol design, and wireless networks. Sabnani was vice president of networking research at Bell Labs from Jan. 2000 to Sept. 2013. In that role, he managed all networking research at Bell Labs, comprising nine departments in seven countries: the U.S., France, Germany, Ireland, India, Belgium, and South Korea. Sabnani is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has won many awards such as the 2005 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sumner Award and the 2005 IEEE McDowell Award. He is a fellow of IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a Bell Labs Fellow. He was inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.