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Workshop on

Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Computer Networks

June 21/22, 2007

ENS, Paris

Mathematical models play an important role in the understanding and control of computer networks as they allow to obtain insight into how networks and traffic are formed, as well as into how to design mechanisms and algorithms to efficiently locate/disseminate/share information. Mathematical models are also an essential tool to understand the fundamental performance limits and trade-offs in computer networks. As the network infrastructure is changing and new applications are emerging, the mathematical models need to evolve as well. The workshop explores recent developments in mathematical modeling and analysis of networks in areas such as wireline networks, wireless networks, P2P networks, network formation, online social networks, and recommendation systems

Organizers: Francois Baccelli and Peter Marbach
Talks: Salle Dussane, ENS, 45 Rue d'Ulm, Paris.
Registration: The workshop is free. To register, please send an email to Peter Marbach (marbach@cs.toronto.edu) by June 14, 2007.
For more information, please contact Peter Marbach (marbach@cs.toronto.edu).

Thursday, June 21, 2007
08:30
Welcome .
09:00
Patrick Thiran
EPFL
"Modeling the 802.11 Protocol under Different Capture and Sensing Capabilities"
09:45
Saswati Sarkar
Univ. of Pennsylvania
"Information Acquisition and Exploitation in Multichannel Wireless Networks"
10:30
Break
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11:00
Charles Bordenave
UC Berkeley
"Percolation in Selfish Social Networks"
11:45
Massimo Franceschetti
UC San Diego
"A Statistical Physics Approach to Information Flow in Wireless Networks"
12:30
Lunch
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14:00
Jean-Pierre Hubaux
EPFL
"Spectrum Sharing Games of Network Operators and Cognitive Radios"
14:45
Randall Berry
Northwestern University
"Auction-Based Spectrum Sharing"
15:30
Break
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16:00
Milan Vojnovic
Microsoft Research
"Ranking and Suggesting Tags in Collaborative Tagging Applications"
16:45
Jean-Yves LeBoudec
EPFL
"Is Mean Field a Technology or an Art?"
17:30
End of First Day
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Friday, June 22, 2007
08:15
Welcome .
08:30
Richard La
Univ. of Maryland
"Disruption-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) - Mobility and Packet Forwarding"
09:15
Armand Makowksi
Univ. of Maryland
"One-dimensional Geometric Random Graphs"
10:00
Break
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10:30
Nick Bambos
Stanford University
"Dynamic Control of Packet Switches"
11:15
Devavrat Shah
MIT
"Algorithmically Efficient Networks"
12:00
Leandros Tassiulas
University of Thessaly
"Many-to-Many Information Flows: Capacity and Network Control"
12:45
Lunch
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14:15
Sem Borst
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs & Eindhoven Univ. of Techn.
"Bandwidth-Sharing Networks in Overload"
15:00
Alexandre Proutiere
Microsoft Research
"Design Objectives in Wired and Wireless Data Networks: a Flow-Level Perspective"
15:45
Break
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16:15
Laurent Massoulie
Thomson Research
"Epidemic Dissemination and Efficient Broadcasting in Peer-to-Peer Systems"
17:00
Darryl Veitch
The University of Melbourne
"Splitting and Merging of Traffic: Measurement and Modelling"
17:45
Debasis Mitra
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
"Two Topics in Networking Research: Inter-Networking and Uncertainty Management"
18:30
End of Workshop
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