{"id":9419,"date":"2017-03-08T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/?page_id=9419"},"modified":"2024-09-01T17:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T21:11:33","slug":"networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/research-groups\/networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Networks Research Group (NRG) conducts basic research in networking within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.bu.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Department of Computer Science<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boston University<\/a>. Our members are affiliated with various institutes and centers at Boston University, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hariri Institute<\/a>, the BU Center for Reliable Information Systems &amp; Cyber Security (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/riscs\/research\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">RISCS<\/a>) and the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/systems\" rel=\"nofollow\">CISE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Our research interests are broad, and encompass network measurement, the design of new network architectures and network protocols, the design and implementation of networked applications and systems, and network performance analysis. Application domains of interest range from cloud computing to social networks to peer-to-peer systems.<\/p>\n<p>We offer a number of courses in computer networking, suitable for an undergraduate emphasis in this area and for graduate study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty: <\/strong> \n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-8891 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-full-prof\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/profiles\/best\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2017\/02\/square-azer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/02\/square-azer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/02\/square-azer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/02\/square-azer-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/02\/square-azer.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Azer Bestavros<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor &#038; Associate Provost for Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-9031 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-full-prof\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/profiles\/john-w-byers\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-632x636.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-596x600.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/byers-adf2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">John Byers<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor &#038; AI Advisor to the Provost<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-5651 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-full-prof\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/profiles\/crovella\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2017\/06\/crovella-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Mark Crovella<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-9121 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-full-prof\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/profiles\/abraham-matta\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/AbrahamMatta-photo-2020-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/AbrahamMatta-photo-2020-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/AbrahamMatta-photo-2020-1-417x413.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/AbrahamMatta-photo-2020-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/files\/2017\/03\/AbrahamMatta-photo-2020-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Abraham Matta<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/research\/networks\/nrg\/\"><strong>NRG Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Networks Research Group (NRG) conducts basic research in networking within the Department of Computer Science at Boston University. 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