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Title: We're Stuck With the Internet -- We'd Better Quickly Figure Out How It Fails
Abstract
Our society's dependence on the Internet today is unquestioned. Yet the Internet's complexity (e.g., distributed self-governance, constantly-evolving layered technologies, and competing political and commercial interests) makes it hard to understand and manage the risks associated with relying on the proper functioning of its core infrastructure. While efforts to reduce and manage these risks are not limited to the field of computer science and engineering, their progress is hindered by the scarcity of data and a lack of clear understanding of the underlying technical phenomena. For example, we lack a thorough understanding of when, where, how, and why, connectivity fails at large and with which consequences or recovery times. We barely understand the interdependence with other critical infrastructure sectors. We rely on a global routing system that is extremely vulnerable and we do not know to which extent it is exploited, by whom, and for which purposes. In this talk, I will discuss some of my research efforts to develop methods and systems for a better understanding of phenomena affecting the Internet's security and reliability. In particular, I will describe how devising a novel approach to study specific episodes of connectivity disruption due to political and geophysical events, inspired me to build a system (ioda.caida.org) to continuously monitor the Internet for large-scale connectivity outages. Over the past few years, this effort enabled research in various directions, facilitated multi-disciplinary collaborations, and resulted in the engagement of industry, government, and civil society.
Biography
Alberto Dainotti is an Associate Research Scientist at CAIDA, the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis at University of California San Diego, USA. His research is at the intersection of Internet measurement and data analysis and Internet security, with a focus on understanding and improving Internet infrastructure security and reliability. He has received the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference Distinguished Paper Award, two IRTF Applied Networking Research Prizes, and the Best of ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review award. Dr. Dainotti received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and Systems at University of Napoli "Federico II", Italy.
TIME Wednesday February 19, 2020 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LOCATION Room 3514, Mudd Hall ( formerly Seeley G. Mudd Library) map it
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CONTACT Pam Villalovoz pmv@northwestern.edu
CALENDAR Department of Computer Science