Networks, Distributed Systems, and Security

Research thrusts broadly include development of innovative theories and techniques, efficient and scalable mechanisms and protocols, and novel network architectures and services. These techniques enhance the availability, reliability, quality-of-service, mobility, manageability, privacy and security for current and future Internet, emerging wireless, sensor, peer-to-peer systems, Grid systems and applications, large-scale storage networks, networked multimedia systems and applications.

Faculty

• Abhishek Chandra
• David Hung-Chang Du
• Tian He
• Nick Hopper
• Volkan Isler
• Yongdae Kim
• Jaideep Srivastava
• Anand Tripathi
• Jon Weissman
• Zhi-Li Zhang

Labs and Selected Projects

• Ajanta Project: Mobile Agent Programming on the Internet Anand Tripathi
• Community Services Jon Weissman
• Computer Networking and Multimedia Research Group David Du and Zhi-Li Zhang
• DISC: Digital Technology Center Intelligent Storage Consortium Abhishek Chandra, David Du, Yongdae Kim, and Jon Weissman
• Distributed Computing Systems Jon Weissman
• MESS: Minnesota Embedded Sensor System Tian He
• RIDGE: Reliable Service Infrastructure in Donation-based Grid Environments Abhishek Chandra and Jon Weissman

Related Centers and Programs

• DTC Intelligent Storage Consortium (DISC)