CURRENT LAB: Secure and Reliable Networking

A Brief Introduction

Perhaps the most significant challenge facing the Internet today is network security. As the Internet continues to grow in breadth and scale, malicious traffic such as worms, viruses and DoS attacks threaten the stability of the network. In addition, crime organizations are using network attacks for profit, such as extortion schemes using compromised machines to threaten networks with denial of service. Along with persistent instability at the IP layer, these issues are preventing the deployment of next generation applications such as global-scale storage and online streaming media.

In the CURRENT lab, we are exploring techniques and mechanisms to improve security and realiability of large-scale networked systems. Our immediate focus lies on the use of self-organizing and self-repairing overlay networks to improve reliability on top of untrusted and unreliable network peers. Relevant topics of interest include peer-to-peer networks, reliable routing, reputation systems and attack detection and defense. Check out our projects page for details on active research projects.

Meetings and Projects

The CURRENT lab meets weekly to discuss research projects and to present talks. We are always looking for hard-working and highly motivated students to join our group. For more information, please look at the contact page. Students interested in joining UCSB's PhD program, please read my FAQ on prospective students before contacting me. For undergraduate students from India who are interested in summer internships, please know that I currently do not have enough time to support summer internships in our lab.