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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to improving the architecture of the internet and software defined networking
  • 2018 - ACM Fellow For contributions to improving the Internet architecture and open source software

Overview

Guru Parulkar is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in computer science, with a primary focus on computer networks and communications. Their research spans multiple interrelated subfields including software-defined networks and 5G, network security and intrusion detection, IoT and edge/fog computing, and information and cyber security.

The scientist has published work in several notable venues, including:

  • ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • CSI Transactions on ICT

Among their recent papers are:

  • Using deep programmability to put network owners in control (2020, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review)
  • SDN fundamentals: motivation, architecture, and benefits (2020, CSI Transactions on ICT)

Guru Parulkar has collaborated frequently with several coauthors throughout their research career including Nate Foster, Nick McKeown, Jennifer Rexford, Larry Peterson, and Oğuz Sunay.

Their work concentrates on the implementation and improvement of network architectures and security mechanisms, particularly in the context of software-defined networking and emerging technologies such as 5G and edge computing.

In recognition of their contributions, Guru Parulkar has received the following awards:

  • IEEE Fellow (2021) for contributions to improving the architecture of the internet and software defined networking
  • ACM Fellow (2018) for contributions to improving the Internet architecture and open source software

Best Publications

  • OpenFlow: enabling innovation in campus networks

    Nick McKeown;Tom Anderson;Hari Balakrishnan;Guru Parulkar

  • ONOS: towards an open, distributed SDN OS

    Pankaj Berde;Matteo Gerola;Jonathan Hart;Yuta Higuchi

  • FlowVisor: A Network Virtualization Layer

    Rob Sherwood;Glen Gibb;Kok-Kiong Yap;Guido Appenzeller

  • The case for RAMClouds: scalable high-performance storage entirely in DRAM

    John Ousterhout;Parag Agrawal;David Erickson;Christos Kozyrakis

  • Can the production network be the testbed

    Rob Sherwood;Glen Gibb;Kok-Kiong Yap;Guido Appenzeller

  • Router plugins: a software architecture for next-generation routers

    Dan Decasper;Zubin Dittia;Guru Parulkar;Bernhard Plattner

  • Detecting and resolving packet filter conflicts

    A. Hari;S. Suri;G. Parulkar

  • Carving research slices out of your production networks with OpenFlow

    Rob Sherwood;Michael Chan;Adam Covington;Glen Gibb

  • An error control scheme for large-scale multicast applications

    C. Papadopoulos;G. Parulkar;G. Varghese

  • A high-performance end system architecture for real-time CORBA

    D.C. Schmidt;A.S. Gokhale;T.H. Harrison;G. Parulkar

  • OpenVirteX: make your virtual SDNs programmable

    Ali Al-Shabibi;Marc De Leenheer;Matteo Gerola;Ayaka Koshibe

  • A reliable and scalable striping protocol

    Hari Adiseshu;Guru Parulkar;George Varghese

  • Router plugins: a software architecture for next generation routers

    Dan Decasper;Zubin Dittia;Guru Parulkar;Bernhard Plattner

  • Blueprint for introducing innovation into wireless mobile networks

    Kok-Kiong Yap;Rob Sherwood;Masayoshi Kobayashi;Te-Yuan Huang

  • The case for RAMCloud

    John Ousterhout;Parag Agrawal;David Erickson;Christos Kozyrakis

  • Maturing of OpenFlow and Software-defined Networking through deployments

    Masayoshi Kobayashi;Srini Seetharaman;Guru Parulkar;Guido Appenzeller

  • A scalable high-performance active network node

    D.S. Decasper;B. Plattner;G.M. Parulkar;Sumi Choi

  • Packet and circuit network convergence with OpenFlow

    Saurav Das;Guru Parulkar;Nick McKeown;Preeti Singh

  • Slicing home networks

    Yiannis Yiakoumis;Kok-Kiong Yap;Sachin Katti;Guru Parulkar

  • aItPm: a strategy for integrating IP with ATM

    Guru Parulkar;Douglas C. Schmidt;Jonathan S. Turner

  • Simple unified control for packet and circuit networks

    Saurav Das;Guru Parulkar;Nick McKeown

  • Design of a large scale multimedia storage server

    Milind M. Buddhikot;Guru M. Parulkar;Jerome R. Cox

  • Unifying Packet and Circuit Switched Networks

    Saurav Das;Guru Parulkar;Nick McKeown

  • Why OpenFlow/SDN can succeed where GMPLS failed

    Saurav Das;Guru Parulkar;Nick McKeown

  • Architecting for innovation

    Teemu Koponen;Scott Shenker;Hari Balakrishnan;Nick Feamster

Frequent Co-Authors

George Varghese
George Varghese University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan S. Turner
Jonathan S. Turner Washington University in St. Louis
Douglas C. Schmidt
Douglas C. Schmidt William & Mary
Lawrence A. Rowe
Lawrence A. Rowe FX Palo Alto Laboratory
David Hutchison
David Hutchison Lancaster University
Jonathan Walpole
Jonathan Walpole Portland State University
Milind M. Buddhikot
Milind M. Buddhikot Nokia (United States)
Roch Guerin
Roch Guerin Washington University in St. Louis
James G. McNally
James G. McNally National Institutes of Health

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