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59
Citations
15954
World Ranking
3394
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1646

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to management and security of networked systems
  • 2018 - ACM Fellow For innovative approaches to measuring, managing and directing network traffic
  • 2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Alex C. Snoeren is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on computer science, with significant work in computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, hardware and architecture, electrical and electronic engineering, and information systems.

Their work spans several key topics related to network analysis and optimization, including:

  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection
  • Network Packet Processing and Optimization
  • Advanced Optical Network Technologies
  • Network Traffic and Congestion Control
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Snoeren's recent publications illustrate diverse research interests and contributions. Selected papers include:

  • "RIPE IPmap active geolocation" (2020), published in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • "Optical networking within the Lightwave Energy-Efficient Datacenter project [Invited]" (2020), published in Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • "Network topology facilitates internet traffic control in autocracies" (2024), published in PNAS Nexus
  • "Rosebud: Making FPGA-Accelerated Middlebox Development More Pleasant" (2022), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Trackers Bounce Back: Measuring Evasion of Partitioned Storage in the Wild" (2022), published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors in Snoeren's research include Bradley Huffaker, kc claffy, Alexander Gamero-Garrido, Esteban Carisimo, and Alberto Dainotti. Collaborations with these researchers reflect recurring themes in network measurement and security.

Publications are commonly featured in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • PNAS Nexus

Snoeren has received several professional recognitions, including being named an IEEE Fellow in 2020 for contributions to the management and security of networked systems. Earlier, in 2018, they were appointed an ACM Fellow for innovative approaches to measuring, managing, and directing network traffic. Additionally, they were a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Hash-based IP traceback

    Alex C. Snoeren;Craig Partridge;Luis A. Sanchez;Christine E. Jones

  • Inside the Social Network's (Datacenter) Network

    Arjun Roy;Hongyi Zeng;Jasmeet Bagga;George Porter

  • An end-to-end approach to host mobility

    Alex C. Snoeren;Hari Balakrishnan

  • Single-packet IP traceback

    Alex C. Snoeren;Craig Partridge;Luis A. Sanchez;Christine E. Jones

  • Difference engine: harnessing memory redundancy in virtual machines

    Diwaker Gupta;Sangmin Lee;Michael Vrable;Stefan Savage

  • Difference engine: harnessing memory redundancy in virtual machines

    Diwaker Gupta;Sangmin Lee;Michael Vrable;Stefan Savage

  • Scalability, fidelity, and containment in the potemkin virtual honeyfarm

    Michael Vrable;Justin Ma;Jay Chen;David Moore

  • Jigsaw: solving the puzzle of enterprise 802.11 analysis

    Yu-Chung Cheng;John Bellardo;Péter Benkö;Alex C. Snoeren

  • Mesh-based content routing using XML

    Alex C. Snoeren;Kenneth Conley;David K. Gifford

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of model-based power characterization

    John C. McCullough;Yuvraj Agarwal;Jaideep Chandrashekar;Sathyanarayan Kuppuswamy

  • Cloud control with distributed rate limiting

    Barath Raghavan;Kashi Vishwanath;Sriram Ramabhadran;Kenneth Yocum

  • Fault Localization via Risk Modeling

    R R Kompella;J Yates;A Greenberg;A C Snoeren

  • IP fault localization via risk modeling

    Ramana Rao Kompella;Jennifer Yates;Albert Greenberg;Alex C. Snoeren

  • To infinity and beyond: time-warped network emulation

    Diwaker Gupta;Kenneth Yocum;Marvin McNett;Alex C. Snoeren

  • RotorNet: A Scalable, Low-complexity, Optical Datacenter Network

    William M. Mellette;Rob McGuinness;Arjun Roy;Alex Forencich

  • Resource Allocation in Federated Distributed Computing Infrastructures

    Alvin AuYoung;Brent N. Chun;Alex C. Snoeren;Amin Vahdat

  • Best-path vs. multi-path overlay routing

    David G. Andersen;Alex C. Snoeren;Hari Balakrishnan

  • Mirage: a microeconomic resource allocation system for sensornet testbeds

    B.N. Chun;P. Buonadonna;A. AuYoung;Chaki Ng

  • Inside the Social Network's (Datacenter) Network

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  • Hash-based IP traceback

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  • California fault lines: understanding the causes and impact of network failures

    Daniel Turner;Kirill Levchenko;Alex C. Snoeren;Stefan Savage

  • Detection and Localization of Network Black Holes

    R.R. Kompella;J. Yates;A. Greenberg;A.C. Snoeren

Frequent Co-Authors

Amin Vahdat
Amin Vahdat Google (United States)
Geoffrey M. Voelker
Geoffrey M. Voelker University of California, San Diego
Stefan Savage
Stefan Savage University of California, San Diego
George Porter
George Porter University of California, San Diego
Kirill Levchenko
Kirill Levchenko University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Craig Partridge
Craig Partridge Colorado State University
George Varghese
George Varghese University of California, Los Angeles
David G. Andersen
David G. Andersen Carnegie Mellon University

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