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Yashar Ganjali

Yashar Ganjali

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
31
Citations
7851
World Ranking
13370
National Ranking
517

Overview

Yashar Ganjali is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in computer science with a focus on computer networks and communications, information systems, electrical and electronic engineering, and artificial intelligence. Their research portfolio consists of 19 publications primarily centered around the fields of computer networks and communications, with 13 contributions, information systems with 5 contributions, electrical and electronic engineering with 2, and artificial intelligence with 1.

Their main research themes include software-defined networks and 5G, cloud computing and resource management, network traffic and congestion control, IoT and edge/fog computing, software system performance and reliability, neural networks and reservoir computing, and advanced wireless network optimization.

  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Network Traffic and Congestion Control
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization

Their recent published papers include:

  • Next-Generation Data Center Network Enabled by Machine Learning: Review, Challenges, and Opportunities, 2021, IEEE Access
  • Load migration in distributed softwarized network controllers, 2022, International Journal of Network Management
  • Correlation-Aware Flow Consolidation for Load Balancing and Beyond, 2022, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
  • KnowMe: A Module to Improve the Efficiency of Resource Allocation in Data Center Networks, 2022, 2022 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering (Confluence)
  • DWTCP: Ultra Low Latency Congestion Control Protocol for Data Centers, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Shiva Ketabi
  • Haiwei Dong
  • Ali Munir
  • Parsa Pazhooheshy
  • Hanine Tout

Yashar Ganjali has contributed substantially to several publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University) with three publications, IEEE Access, International Journal of Network Management, ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, and the 2022 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering (Confluence).

Best Publications

  • HyperFlow: a distributed control plane for OpenFlow

    Amin Tootoonchian;Yashar Ganjali

  • Kandoo: a framework for efficient and scalable offloading of control applications

    Soheil Hassas Yeganeh;Yashar Ganjali

  • On controller performance in software-defined networks

    Amin Tootoonchian;Sergey Gorbunov;Yashar Ganjali;Martin Casado

  • On scalability of software-defined networking

    S. H. Yeganeh;A. Tootoonchian;Y. Ganjali

  • Characterization of failures in an operational IP backbone network

    Athina Markopoulou;Gianluca Iannaccone;Supratik Bhattacharyya;Chen-Nee Chuah

  • OpenTM: traffic matrix estimator for OpenFlow networks

    Amin Tootoonchian;Monia Ghobadi;Yashar Ganjali

  • Load balancing in ad hoc networks: single-path routing vs. multi-path routing

    Y. Ganjali;A. Keshavarzian

  • DRILL: Micro Load Balancing for Low-latency Data Center Networks

    Soudeh Ghorbani;Zibin Yang;P. Brighten Godfrey;Yashar Ganjali

  • Part III: routers with very small buffers

    Mihaela Enachescu;Yashar Ganjali;Ashish Goel;Nick McKeown

  • Lockr: better privacy for social networks

    Amin Tootoonchian;Stefan Saroiu;Yashar Ganjali;Alec Wolman

  • Routers with Very Small Buffers

    M. Enachescu;Y. Ganjali;A. Goel;N. McKeown

  • FleXam: flexible sampling extension for monitoring and security applications in openflow

    Sajad Shirali-Shahreza;Yashar Ganjali

  • Experimental study of router buffer sizing

    Neda Beheshti;Yashar Ganjali;Monia Ghobadi;Nick McKeown

  • Lockr: social access control for web 2.0

    Amin Tootoonchian;Kiran Kumar Gollu;Stefan Saroiu;Yashar Ganjali

  • Rethinking end-to-end congestion control in software-defined networks

    Monia Ghobadi;Soheil Hassas Yeganeh;Yashar Ganjali

  • Update on buffer sizing in internet routers

    Yashar Ganjali;Nick McKeown

  • Dude, where’s that IP?: circumventing measurement-based IP geolocation

    Phillipa Gill;Yashar Ganjali;Bernard Wong;David Lie

  • Buffer sizing in all-optical packet switches

    N. Beheshti;Y. Ganjali;R. Rajaduray;D. Blumenthal

  • Micro Load Balancing in Data Centers with DRILL

    Soudeh Ghorbani;Brighten Godfrey;Yashar Ganjali;Amin Firoozshahian

  • Efficient Implementation of Security Applications in OpenFlow Controller with FleXam

    Sajad Shirali-Shahreza;Yashar Ganjali

  • Software Defined Networks

    Alberto Leon-Garcia;Peter Ashwood-Smith;Yashar Ganjali

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick McKeown
Nick McKeown Stanford University
Daniel J. Blumenthal
Daniel J. Blumenthal University of California, Santa Barbara
Antonio Nucci
Antonio Nucci Cisco Systems (United States)
Ashish Goel
Ashish Goel Stanford University
Nick Koudas
Nick Koudas University of Toronto
MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi
MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi University of Maryland, College Park
Athina Markopoulou
Athina Markopoulou University of California, Irvine
Christophe Diot
Christophe Diot Google (United States)
Ravin Balakrishnan
Ravin Balakrishnan University of Toronto
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara

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