ISL Team

Faculty

Sanjay Rao

Professor

Graduate Students

Chandan Bothra

Ph.D Student

Causal ML models, Data-driven networking, Internet Video

Syed Usman Jafri

Ph.D. Student

Online traffic analysis, In-network Computing

Xinji (Jimmy) Jiang

Ph.D. Student

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Abd AlRhman AlQiam

Ph.D. Student

ML-Driven Network Synthesis

Zhuocong Li

Ph.D. student

P4 and Data plane programming

Yizhan Qing

Ph.D. student

Jack Tyler Gardel

MS student

Undergraduate Students

Clayton Walker

Undergraduate researcher

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Alumni

Ehab Ghabashneh ( 2024) — First position: Google — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Supporting data center and internet video applications with stringent performance needs: measurements and design

Zixuan Li (MS 2023) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

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Chuan Jiang (Ph.D. 2022) — First position: Meta Platforms — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Resilient Wide Area Network Routing Algorithms For Meeting Service Level Objectives

Russ Shirey (Ph.D. 2021) — First position: US Government Agency — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. Shreyas Sundaram

Thesis title: Data-Driven and Control Theoretic Approaches for Real-Time Sensor Data Transmission Over Unmanned Aerial Systems Networks

Yun Seong Nam (Ph.D. 2020) — First position: Google — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Characterizing and Optimizing Internet Video Streaming

Sruthi Panchapakesan ( 2020) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

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Yiyang Chang (Ph.D. 2019) — First position: ByteDance — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Ensuring Network Designs meet Performance Requirements under Failures

Ashiwan Sivakumar (Ph.D. 2017) — First position: Post-doc @ CMU — → Now: AT&T Labs Research^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Scalable Redundant Proxy Execution for low-latency Web over Cellular Networks

Shankaranarayanan Narayanan (Ph.D. 2016) — First position: AT&T Labs Research — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: A Holistic Approach to Lowering Latency in Geo-distributed Web Applications

Mohammad Hajjat (Ph.D. 2014) — First position: Microsoft Azure — → Now: Roblox^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Architecting Delay Sensitive Applications for the Cloud

Srivathsava Rangarajan (MS (Thesis) 2014) — First position: Enova — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Paxos based directory updates for geo-replicated cloud storage

Xin Sun (Ph.D. 2012) — First position: Assistant Professor @ Florida International University — → Now: Assistant Professor @ Ball State (Winner of NSF Career Research Initiation Initiative Award)^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Towards Systematic Migration of Enterprise Networks

Ruben Torres (Ph.D. 2011) — First position: Narus — → Now: Palo Alto Networks^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: Measurement-Driven Characterization of Emerging Trends in Internet Content Delivery

Yu-Wei Eric Sung (Ph.D. 2010) — First position: Engineering Manager, Meta; Network Platforms Team — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

Thesis title: An Abstraction-Driven Approach to Systematic Enterprise Network Design, Configuration and Validation

Sunil Krothapalli (MS (Thesis) 2009) — First position: Cisco — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

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Karukurichi Kripashankar (MS (Thesis) 2009) — First position: Amazon — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

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Prashant Garimella (MS (Thesis) 2008) — First position: Cisco — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

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Michael Bishop (MS (Thesis) 2006) — First position: Microsoft — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof.

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Visiting Researchers

Alessandro Finamore ( ) — First position: — Visiting Ph.D student, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. Oct 2010 - May 2011

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José Luis García Dorado ( ) — First position: — Visiting Assistant Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. Feb 2014 - July 2014

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Undergraduate Students

Several undergraduate students have worked with our laboratory as part of Purdue's PURE and SURF programs, or as undergraduate research assistants, or for undergradate research credits. Some of the work has led to publications and open source software tools, and has helped students take up both industry positions, and get admitted to top graduate programs.

Anjali Vanamala ( ) — First position: — Purdue Computer Engineering. Supported by NSF REU and First Time Researcher Award. Work appeared in Purdue's Spring Undergraduate Research Conference 2023. → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2022-23

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Jagan Krishnasamy ( ) — First position: — Purdue Computer Engineering. Won Honorable Mention for Purdue ECE's Undergraduate Research Award (2022). → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2022

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Tanner Andrulis ( ) — First position: Ph.D Student, MIT — Purdue Computer Engineering. Won ECE's Undergrad Excellence Award in 2021 (TA category) for work on 50863. → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2022

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Nathan Cohen ( ) — First position: — Purdue Computer Science → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2020

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Harsh Agrawal ( ) — First position: — IIT, Hyderabad; PURE Program → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2018

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Touheed Anwar Atif ( ) — First position: Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — IIT, Hyderabad; PURE Program → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2016

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Akash Kumar ( ) — First position: Amazon — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2015-2016

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Zaiwei Zhang ( ) — First position: Ph.D. Student, University of Texas, Austin — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2014-2015

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Zisheng Liao ( ) — First position: Masters Student, UIUC — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2014

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Jiawei Wang ( ) — First position: Masters Student, UPenn — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2013

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Jinliang Wei ( ) — First position: Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2013

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Samuel Oshin ( ) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2011

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Brian Crone ( ) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2011

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Andrew Huff ( ) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2011

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Upsham Dawra ( ) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2010

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Kee-Shen Quah ( ) — First position: Masters Student, University of Michigan — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2010

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Keywhan Chung ( ) — First position: Ph.D. Student, UIUC — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2009

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Suan-Aik Yeo ( ) — First position: — Nominated by Purdue ECE in Fall 2009 for the Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award, given by the Computing Research Association. Won the Best Abstract Award in the category Mathematics and Computational Science in the 2010 Purdue Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2009

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Ankit Kuwadekar ( ) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2008

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Amey Rane ( ) — First position: — → Now: ^*co-advised with Prof. 2008

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