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High-Performance Networking

Conference papers:

1. K. Sabhanatarajan, A. Gordon-Ross, M. Oden, M. Navada, and A. George, "Smart-NICs: Power Proxying for Reduced Power Consumption in Network Edge Devices," Proc. of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Montpellier, France, Apr. 7-9, 2008. Click here for an electronic copy.
2. E. Grobelny, C. Reardon, A. Jacobs, and A. George, "Simulation Framework for Performance Prediction in the Engineering of RC Systems and Applications," Proc. of 2007 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA), Las Vegas, NV, June 25-28, 2007. Click here for an electronic copy.
3. P. Purushothaman, M. Navada, R. Subramaniyan, C. Reardon, and A. George, "Power-Proxying on the NIC: A Case Study with the Gnutella File-Sharing Protocol," Proc. of 31st IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Tampa, FL, Nov. 14-17, 2006 (short paper). Click here for an electronic copy.
4. H. Anand, C. Reardon, R. Subramaniyan, and A. George, "Ethernet Adaptive Link Rate (ALR): Analysis of a MAC Handshake Protocol," Proc. of 31st IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Tampa, FL, Nov. 14-17, 2006 (short paper). Click here for an electronic copy.
5. C. Reardon, J. Profumo, and A. George, "Comparative Simulative Analysis of WDM LANs for Avionics Platforms," Proc. of Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Washington, DC, Oct. 23-25, 2006. Click here for an electronic copy.
6. C. Conger, D. Bueno, and A. George, "Experimental Analysis of Multi-FPGA Architectures over RapidIO for Space-Based Radar Processing," Proc of High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Workshop, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA, Sep. 19-21, 2006 (short paper). Click here for an electronic copy.
7. C. Reardon, J. Profumo and A. George, "Wavelength Allocation Strategies in Optically Switched Networks for Avionics," Proc. of Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics (AVFOP) Conference, Annapolis, MD, September 12-14, 2006. Click here for an electronic copy.
8. D. Bueno, C. Conger, A. Leko, I. Troxel and A. George, "RapidIO-based Space System Architectures for Synthetic Aperture Radar and Ground Moving Target Indicator," Proc. of High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Workshop, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA, Sep. 20-22, 2005. Click here for a copy of the abstract.
9. C. Reardon, I. Troxel and A. George, "Virtual Prototyping of WDM Avionics Networks," Proc. of Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics (AVFOP) Conference, MIT Lincoln Lab, Minneapolis, MN, Sep. 20-22, 2005. Click here for a PDF copy of the 2-page summary.
10. C. Reardon, A. George, and C. Cole, "Comparative Performance Analysis of RDMA-Enhanced Ethernet," Workshop on High-Performance Interconnects for Distributed Computing (at HPDC05), Research Triangle Park, NC, July 24, 2005, to appear. Click here for a PDF copy.
11. D. Bueno, A. Leko, C. Conger, I. Troxel, and A. George, "Simulative Analysis of the RapidIO Embedded Interconnect Architecture for Real-Time, Network-Intensive Applications," Proc. of 29th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) via the IEEE Workshop on High-Speed Local Networks (HSLN), Tampa, FL, Nov. 16-18, 2004. Click here for a PDF copy.
12. A. Jacobs, J. Wernicke, S. Oral, B. Gordon, and A. George, "Experimental Characterization of QoS in Commercial Ethernet Switches for Statistically Bounded Latency in Aircraft Networks," Proc. of 29th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Tampa, FL, Nov. 16-18, 2004. Click here for a PDF copy.
13. H. Su, B. Gordon, S. Oral, and A. George, "SCI Networking for Shared-Memory Computing in UPC: Blueprints of the GASNet SCI Conduit," Proc. of 29th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) via the IEEE Workshop on High-Speed Local Networks (HSLN), Tampa, FL, Nov. 16-18, 2004. Click here for a PDF copy.
14. D. Bueno, C. Conger, A. Leko, I. Troxel and A. George, "Virtual Prototyping and Performance Analysis of RapidIO-based System Architectures for Space-Based Radar," Proc. of High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Workshop, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA, Sep. 28-30, 2004. Click here for a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.
15. S. Oral and A. George, "A User-level Multicast Performance Comparison of Scalable Coherent Interface and Myrinet Interconnects," Proc. of 28th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) via the IEEE Workshop on High-Speed Local Networks (HSLN), Bonn/Königswinter, Germany, October 20-24, 2003. Click here for a PDF copy.
16. G. Schorcht, I. Troxel, K. Farhangian, P. Unger, D. Zinn, C. Mick, A. George, and H. Salzwedel, "System-Level Simulation Modeling with MLDesigner," Proc. of 11th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems (MASCOTS), Orlando, FL, October 12-15, 2003. Click here for a PDF copy.
17. B. Gordon, S. Oral, G. Li, H. Su and A. George, "Performance Analysis of HP AlphaServer ES80 vs. SAN-based Clusters," Proc. of 22nd IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Phoenix, AZ, April 9-11, 2003. Click here for a PDF copy.
18. S. Millich, A. George, and S. Oral, "A Comparative Throughput Analysis of Scalable Coherent Interface and Myrinet," Proc. of 27th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) via the IEEE Workshop on High-Speed Local Networks (HSLN), Tampa, FL, November 6-8, 2002. Click here for a PDF copy.
19. S. Oral and A. George, "Multicast Performance Analysis for High-Speed Torus Networks," Proc. of 27th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) via the IEEE Workshop on High-Speed Local Networks (HSLN), Tampa, FL, November 6-8, 2002. Click here for a PDF copy.
20. M. Sarwar, A. George, and D. Collins, "Simulative Reliability Analysis of SCI Ring-Based Topologies," Proc. of IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Tampa, FL, November 8-10, 2000. Click here for a PDF copy.
21. P. Sutherland, T. Thomas, L. Hawkes, and A. George, "Hypercube-based Multicast over an ATM LAN Virtual Topology with Hardware Support," Proc. of 4th Multiconf. on Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2000) and 6th Intnl. Conf. on Info. Systems, Orlando, Florida, July 23-26, 2000.
22. M. Sarwar and A. George, "Simulative Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Distributed Switching Fabrics for SCI," Proc. of 11th Intnl. SCI Workshop (SCIzzL), Santa Clara, California, March, 1999. Click here for a PDF copy.
23. A. George, R. Todd, and W. Phipps, "Experimental Analysis of Communications Interfaces for High-Performance Clusters," Proc. High-Performance Computing Symposium (HPC98), Boston, MA, April 5-9, 1998. Click here for a PDF copy.
24. A. George, W. Phipps, R. Todd, et al., "Multithreading and Lightweight Communication Protocol Enhancements for SCI-based SCALE Systems," Proc. 7th Intnl. SCI Workshop (SCIzzL), Santa Clara, California, March, 1997. Click here for a PDF copy.
25. W. Rosen, W. Phipps, A. George, D. Turner, V. Gershman, and M. Birmingham, "A Multiservice Switch for Advanced Avionics Data Networks," Proc. NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD): Advanced Architectures for Aerospace Mission Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, October 14-17, 1996. Click here for a PDF copy.
26. A. George, W. Phipps, R. Todd, D. Zirpoli, K. Justice, M. Giacoboni, and M. Sarwar, "SCI and the Scalable Cluster Architecture Latency-hiding Environment (SCALE) Project," Proc. 6th Intnl. SCI Workshop, Santa Clara, California, September, 1996. Click here for a PDF copy.
27. A. George, R. Todd, W. Phipps, M. Miars, et al., "Parallel Processing Experiments on an SCI-based Workstation Cluster," Proc. 5th Intnl. SCI Workshop (SCIzzL), Santa Clara, California, Mar., 1996. Click here for a PDF copy.
28. A. George, M. Miars, R. Todd, and W. Rosen, "Modeling and Simulation of Processors and Networks for Smart Navy Aircraft Components and Systems," Proc. 8th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Baton Rouge, LA, March, 1996. Click here for a PDF copy.
29. A. George, R. Todd, et al., "A Cluster Testbed for SCI-based Parallel Processing," Proc. 3rd Intnl. SCI Workshop (SCIzzL), Santa Clara, California, August, 1995. Click here for a PDF copy.

Journal papers:

1. D. Bueno, C. Conger, A. George, A. Leko, and I. Troxel, "RapidIO for Radar Processing in Advanced Space Systems," ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, Vol. 7, No. 1, Dec. 2007, pp. 1:1-1:38. Click here for an electronic copy.
2. E. Grobelny, D. Bueno, I. Troxel, A. George, and J. Vetter, "FASE: A Framework for Scalable Performance Prediction of HPC Systems and Applications," Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 83, No. 10, Oct. 2007, pp. 721-745. Click here for an electronic copy.
3. K. Christensen, P. Gunaratne, B. Nordman, and A. George, "The Next Frontier for Communications Networks: Power Management," Computer Communications, Vol. 27, No. 18, Dec. 2004, pp. 1758-1770. Click here for an electronic copy.
4. S. Oral and A. George, "Multicast Performance Modeling and Evaluation for High-Speed Unidirectional Torus Networks," Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 28, No. 9, Nov. 2004, pp. 477-489. Click here for an electronic copy.
5. E. Hernandez, M. Chidester, and A. George, "Adaptive Sampling for Network Management," Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 9, No. 4, Dec. 2001, pp. 409-434. Click here for an electronic copy.
6. R. Todd, M. Chidester, and A. George, "Comparative Performance Analysis of Directed Flow Control for Real-Time SCI," Computer Networks, Vol. 37, No. 4, Nov. 2001, pp. 391-406. Click here for an electronic copy.
7. D. Gonzalez, A. George, and M. Chidester, "Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Topologies for Low-Latency SCI Systems," Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 25, No. 7, Oct. 2001, pp. 343-356. Click here for an electronic copy.
8. A. George and R. VanLoon, "High-Fidelity Modeling and Simulation of Myrinet System Area Networks," International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 21, No. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 40-50. Click here for an electronic copy.
9. M. Sarwar and A. George, "Simulative Performance Analysis of Distributed Switching Fabrics for SCI-based Systems," Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 24, No. 1, Mar. 2000, pp. 1-11. Click here for an electronic copy.

Dissertations and theses:

1. Eric Grobelny, "FASE: the Fast and Accurate Simulation Environment for High-Performance Computing Systems and Applications," Ph.D. Dissertation, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 2008.
2. John Wernicke, "Simulative Analysis of QoS in Avionics Networks for Reliably Low Latency," BSCE Honors Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 2005.
3. Eric Weiss, "End-to-End Quality of Service in the Global Internet: A Feasibility Analysis ," BSECE Honors Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 2004.
4. S. Oral, "Performance Modeling and Analysis of Multicast Infrastructure for High-speed Cluster and Grid Networks," Ph.D. Dissertation, Major Professor: A. George, Fall 2003.
5. Jeremy D. Wills, "An Optical Component Library for Multi-Layer Network Simulations," BSEE Honors Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Summer 2003.
6. James Kohout, "Design and Performance Analysis of MPI-SHARC: A High-Speed Network Service for Distributed DSP Systems," MSECE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 2001.
7. Damian M. Gonzalez, "Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Topologies for Low-Latency SCI Systems," MSECE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Fall 2000.
8. Edwin A. Hernandez, "Adaptive Sampling for Network Management," MSECE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Fall 1999.
9. Mushtaq A. Sarwar, "On the Performance and Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Scalable Coherent Interface Networks," Ph.D. Dissertation, Major Professor: A. George, Fall 1999.
10. Roger A. VanLoon, "High-Fidelity Modeling and Simulation of Myrinet System Area Networks," MSECE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 1999.
11. Matthew C. Chidester, "Specification and Simulation of a Directed Flow Control for Ring-Based, Real-Time Networking," MSECE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Summer 1998.
12. Luis E. Sandoval, "Lightweight Protocol and Multithreading Enhancements for a High-Performance Object Request Broker," MSECE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Summer 1998.
13. William A. Phipps, "A Lightweight Thread Synchronization and Communication Subsystem for the Scalable Cluster Architecture Latency-hiding Environment," MSEE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 1997.
14. Michael D. Miars, "Simulation and Analysis of Vehicle Management Avionics System Architectures," MSEE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Fall 1996.
15. Robert W. Todd, "A Simulation Case Study of Proposed Real-Time Protocols based on the Scalable Coherent Interface," MSEE Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Summer 1996.
16. William A. Phipps, "Switching and Parallel Processing Techniques for the Scalable Coherent Interface," BSEE Honors Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 1996.
17. Robert W. Todd, "Fundamental Coarse-Grain Modeling and Simulation of a Linear, Token-Passing Architecture for Smart Navy Aircraft Components/Systems (SNACS)," BSEE Honors Thesis, Major Professor: A. George, Spring 1995.

Whitepapers / Technical reports:

1. A. George, W. Phipps, R. Todd, and M. Chidester, "The SCALE Lightweight, Multithreaded, and Heterogeneous Network Interfacing Suite," HCS Lab Technical Report, February 1998. Click here for an electronic copy.