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Jacobus Van der Merwe

Jacobus Van der Merwe

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
56
Citations
11846
World Ranking
4100
National Ranking
1945

Overview

Jacobus Van der Merwe is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research is situated primarily at the intersection of engineering and computer science, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering and computer networks and communications.

The research topics addressed by Van der Merwe include advanced MIMO systems optimization, millimeter-wave propagation and modeling, wireless networks and protocols, cognitive radio networks and spectrum sensing, distributed sensor networks and detection algorithms, software-defined networks and 5G, and network security and intrusion detection.

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
  • Wireless Networks and Protocols
  • Cognitive Radio Networks and Spectrum Sensing
  • Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Network Security and Intrusion Detection

Recent publications by Van der Merwe include:

  • Powder: Platform for Open Wireless Data-driven Experimental Research, 2021, Computer Networks
  • Digital Spectrum Twins for Enhanced Spectrum Sharing and Other Radio Applications, 2023, IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification
  • MAGNet: Machine Learning Guided Application-Aware Networking for Data Centers, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
  • Building Radio Dynamic Zones With OpenZMS, 2025, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
  • Two Measure is Two Know: Calibration-free Full Duplex Monitoring for Software Radio Platforms, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Van der Merwe has frequently published their work in several venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Networks
  • IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification
  • IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their research, working repeatedly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Sneha Kumar Kasera
  • Neal Patwari
  • Alex Orange
  • Leigh Stoller
  • David E. Johnson

The range of Van der Merwe's work spans multiple facets of wireless communication and network optimization, combining experimental research with applied machine learning and cognitive radio technologies. The body of their published research reflects ongoing contributions to both theoretical and practical challenges in the field of communications engineering and computer networks.

Best Publications

  • Design and implementation of a routing control platform

    Matthew Caesar;Donald Caldwell;Nick Feamster;Jennifer Rexford

  • Virtual routers on the move: live router migration as a network-management primitive

    Yi Wang;Eric Keller;Brian Biskeborn;Jacobus van der Merwe

  • CloudNet: dynamic pooling of cloud resources by live WAN migration of virtual machines

    Timothy Wood;K. K. Ramakrishnan;Prashant Shenoy;Jacobus Van der Merwe

  • The case for separating routing from routers

    Nick Feamster;Hari Balakrishnan;Jennifer Rexford;Aman Shaikh

  • Methods and apparatus to communicatively couple virtual private networks to virtual machines within distributive computing networks

    Jacobus Van Der Merwe;Alexandre Gerber;Kadangode Ramakrishnan

  • CloudNet: dynamic pooling of cloud resources by live WAN migration of virtual machines

    Timothy Wood;K. K. Ramakrishnan;Prashant Shenoy;Jacobus van der Merwe

  • Virtual routers on the move: live router migration as a network-management primitive

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  • Methods and apparatus to migrate virtual machines between distributive computing networks across a wide area network

    Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan;Jacobus E. Van der Merwe;Prashant Shenoy;Timothy Wood

  • Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring networks

    Christopher J. Chase;Nicholas G. Duffield;Albert G. Greenberg;Oliver Spatscheck

  • Integrated proximity routing for content distribution

    Jacobus Van Der Merwe;Seungjoon Lee

  • Method for content-aware redirection and content renaming

    Charles D. Cranor;Raman Gopalakrishnan;Matthew D. Green;Charles Robert Kalmanek

  • Disaster recovery as a cloud service: economic benefits & deployment challenges

    Timothy Wood;Emmanuel Cecchet;K. K. Ramakrishnan;Prashant Shenoy

  • Hybrid unicast/anycast content distribution network system

    Alexandre Gerber;Oliver Spatscheck;Jacobus Van Der Merwe

  • Virtual router migration

    Jacobus Van Der Merwe;Jennifer Lynn Rexford;Yi Wang

  • Multi-Autonomous System Anycast Content Delivery Network

    Oliver Spatscheck;Zakaria Al-Qudah;Seungjoon Lee;Michael Rabinovich

  • Unified Web Hosting and Content Distribution System and Method for Assuring Predetermined Performance Levels

    Frederick Douglis;David H. Shur;Joseph M. Sommer;Jacobus E. Van der Merwe

  • Resource management with hoses: point-to-cloud services for virtual private networks

    N. G. Duffield;Pawan Goyal;Albert Greenberg;Partho Mishra

  • The case for enterprise-ready virtual private clouds

    Timothy Wood;Alexandre Gerber;K. K. Ramakrishnan;Prashant Shenoy

  • LADS: large-scale automated DDOS detection system

    Vyas Sekar;Nick Duffield;Oliver Spatscheck;Jacobus van der Merwe

  • Live Router Migration

    Jacobus Van Der Merwe;Yi Wang

  • Reverse Firewall with Self-Provisioning

    William A. Aiello;Charles Robert Kalmanek;William J. Leighton;Patrick McDaniel

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Spatscheck
Oliver Spatscheck AT&T (United States)
Seungjoon Lee
Seungjoon Lee Seoul National University
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan University of California, Riverside
Jennifer Rexford
Jennifer Rexford Princeton University
Z. Morley Mao
Z. Morley Mao University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Prashant Shenoy
Prashant Shenoy University of Massachusetts Amherst
Timothy Wood
Timothy Wood George Washington University
Subhabrata Sen
Subhabrata Sen AT&T (United States)
Charles Robert Kalmanek
Charles Robert Kalmanek AT&T (United States)
Sneha Kumar Kasera
Sneha Kumar Kasera University of Utah

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