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Mission
The Computer Networks Division ("Div 7") is home
to researchers, staff, and students involved in research on
networks and distributed systems. It is one of the largest
and most active research groups in the world working exclusively
on network technologies. Research thrusts of the division
include:
- Sensor networks
- Active networks
- Network security
- Internet infrastructure
- Overlay networks
- Infrastructure protection
- Network simulation
- Protocol design
- Congestion control
- High-speed communications
- Network architecture
- Embedded systems
- Wireless and mobile networks
- Traffic and performance modeling
- Advanced applications of networking
The ~50-member staff, based in the Marina del
Rey, CA, and the Arlington, VA, locations work on research
projects sponsored by DARPA, NSF, USAF, industry and other
sponsors.
In addition, the division provides services to the community
and operates or collaborates with a number of research centers:
RFC Editor - RFC
Editors
The
Postel Center for Experimental Networking (PCEN) - Joe
Touch
The Center for Computer
Systems Security (CCSS) - Clifford Neuman
The ChevronTexaco Center
for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies (CiSoft) -
Joseph Bannister (ISI contact)
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History and Background
Div 7 — the Computer Networks Division and its progenitor
the High Performance Computing and Communications Division
— has a long history of contributions to networking and
security research that dates back to ISI's beginnings in the
1970s. Previous division directors include luminaries Jon
Postel, Paul Mockapetris, and Danny Cohen. The division has
built or collaborated on building several key elements of
modern networks that are in wide, daily use throughout today's
Internet, including:
- TCP/IP
- SMTP
- DNS
- Kerberos
- LFN TCP
- PIM
- RPSL
- XBone
- Tethernet
- IPv6
- GAA-API
- Myrinet LAN Drivers
- RSVP
- RSd
- BIRD
- Diffusion Routing Protocol
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- LSAM Proxy Cache
- PKI
- BGMP
- MASC
- SDP
- SAP
- vic
- vat
- rat
- ARDP
- CIDF
- ns-2
- mtrace
- dig
- pkt
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Div 7 continues this tradition of excellence
in experimental networking research, looking towards how to
build a future network of immense scale, extreme density,
and unimagined functionality.
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Recruiting
The Computer Networks Division seeks highly qualified researchers
at all levels of experience. Please visit Jobs
@ USC or send email to isi-employ@isi.edu
for further information.
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