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0x15: Keynote speaker, Hari Balakrishnan
by Jamal Hadi Salim 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

We are honored to announce industry luminary and academic elite Hari Balakrishnan as the keynote speaker for Netdev conf 0x15. From an industry perspective: Hari is currently the co-founder and CTO at Cambridge Mobile Telematics which raised $500M funding[1] (yes, you heard that right) from The SoftBank Vision Fund. Over his illustrious career Hari has played the role of founder or advisor to many companies - typically created by his students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From an academic perspective: if you are involved in computer networks, networked systems, and/or mobile computing you are very likely to have come across Hari's contributions which are highly cited; he has an h-index of 125. To give you perspective of what 125 means: According to Hirsch[2], a person with 20 years of research experience with an h-index of 20 is good, 40 is great, and 60 is remarkable. You do the math;-> He is a recipient of many many awards, to highlight a few: Early days: - His PhD thesis on reliable data transport over wireless networks won the 1998 ACM doctoral dissertation award for best thesis in computer science. - Several best paper awards including the 2004 IEEE William R. Bennett Prize, and six "test of time" awards for papers with long-term impact. More recent: - the Infosys Prize for Engineering and Computer Science, the most prestigious award "... for his broad contributions to computer networking, his seminal work on mobile and wireless systems, and for commercial use of mobile telematics to improve driver behavior and make roads safer around the world" - The 2021 IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award for "broad contributions to computer networking and mobile and wireless systems." Hari is currently the Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. More details can be found on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Balakrishnan So when Hari makes time to speak, pay attention. What does he want to talk to us about? He would like to describe the impact of new work he is involved in on _Site-to-Site Internet Traffic Control_. To quote: " Queues allow network operators to control traffic: where queues build, they can enforce scheduling and shaping policies. In the Internet today, however, there is a mismatch between where queues build and where control is most effectively enforced; queues build at bottleneck links that are often not under the control of the data sender. To resolve this mismatch, we propose a new kind of middlebox, called Bundler, which moves queues away from uncontrollable network locations to edge devices. This talk will describe how the use of signal processing methods in congestion control, combined with Linux kernel tricks, can enable an effective and scalable site-to-site traffic controller using Bundler. I will also describe some recent work in using verification methods to improve congestion control robustness. " Please come listen, hear him and engage him. cheers, jamal [1] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181219005339/en/Cambridge-Mobile-T… [2] https://paperpile.com/g/what-is-a-good-h-index/

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0x15: New workshops accepted!
by Jamal Hadi Salim 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

The program committee has accepted 5 workshops. 1) Stefan Schmidt will chair the IoT Networking Workshop Details: https://netdevconf.info/0x15/session.html?workshop-iot-networking 2) Jamal Hadi Salim will chair the Traffic Control Workshop Details: https://netdevconf.info/0x15/session.html?workshop-traffic-control 3) Florian Westphal will chair the Netfilter Mini-Workshop Details: https://netdevconf.info/0x15/session.html?workshop-netfilter 4) Donald Sharp and Stephen Worley will chair the FRR Workshop Details: https://netdevconf.info/0x15/session.html?workshop-FRR 5) Roopa Prabhu and Jiri Pirko will chair the Switchdev Offload Workshop Details: https://netdevconf.info/0x15/session.html?workshop-switchdev-offload cheers, jamal

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0x15: Bronze Sponsor, Mojatatu!
by Jamal Hadi Salim 14 Jun '21

14 Jun '21

We welcome back Mojatatu with a bronze sponsorship for Netdev conf 0x15. Thank you for your generosity. Mojatatu believes in giving back to the Linux netdev community and has supported every single Netdev conf since inception. Mojatatu continues to pioneer in next generation SDN. cheers, jamal

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0x15: New Bronze sponsor! MobiledgeX
by Jamal Hadi Salim 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

We are pleased to announce Bronze sponsorship from MobiledgeX (https://mobiledgex.com/)! Mobiledgex is happy to sponsor open source communities like netdev as we benefit from open source and contribute back to eco systems to build out open telco edge clouds for the benefit of all cloud consumers. cheers, jamal

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0x15: Media sponsor! LWN
by Jamal Hadi Salim 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

We'd like to welcome back LWN.net as our media sponsor. Thank you for the support LWN! More about LWN: LWN.net(https://lwn.net/) aims to be the premier news and information source for the free software community. We provide comprehensive coverage of the development of the Linux kernel and other open-source software projects, information on security issues and concerns, as well as other topics relevant to those communities. The LWN.net Weekly Edition is our weekly summary of what has gone on, while the front page is updated frequently with news of interest from those worlds. cheers, jamal

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0x15: Bronze Sponsor! Linode
by Jamal Hadi Salim 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

We are pleased to welcome Linode as a bronze sponsor for Netdevconf 0x15. Thank you for your support Linode! A little bit more about Linode: Linode(https://www.linode.com/) believes that in order to accelerate innovation in the cloud, virtual computing must be more accessible, affordable and simple. Our infrastructure-as-a-service platform is deployed across 11 data centers around the globe and is supported by our Next Generation Network, advanced APIs, comprehensive services and vast library of educational resources. Linode products, services, and people enable developers and businesses to build, deploy and scale applications more easily and cost-effectively in the cloud. cheers, jamal

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0x15: Bronze sponsor, AMD!
by Jamal Hadi Salim 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

We are pleased to welcome AMD(https://www.amd.com) as a bronze sponsor for Netdev conf 0x15! AMD is committed to delivering EPYC(https://www.amd.com/en/events/epyc) solutions that allow networking software to scale without compute, memory, or IO limits. cheers, jamal

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0x15: First Silver Sponsor, FACEBOOK!
by Jamal Hadi Salim 31 May '21

31 May '21

We are pleased to welcome back FACEBOOK as a Silver sponsor for Netdev 0x15. Thank you for your support! Facebook believes open source accelerates the pace of innovation in the world. By sharing our code, our stack, and even our hardware designs, we're moving the industry forward while giving other companies and individuals a chance to use our platform to scale more quickly and build great products. Visit: https://engineering.fb.com/ cheers, jamal

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0x15: Bronze Sponsor! secunet
by Jamal Hadi Salim 28 May '21

28 May '21

We are pleased to welcome back secunet as a bronze sponsor for Netdevconf 0x15! secunet is a long time supporter and friend of the conference. We are grateful for their continued support. So who is Secunet? secunet(https://www.secunet.com/) is Germany’s leading cybersecurity company. In an increasingly connected world, the company’s combination of products and consulting assures resilient digital infrastructures and the utmost protection for data, applications and digital identities. secunet specialises in areas with unique security requirements – such as cloud, IIoT, eGovernment and eHealth. With security solutions from secunet, companies can maintain the highest security standards in digitisation projects and advance their digital transformation. secunet is an IT security partner to the Federal Republic of Germany and a partner of the German Alliance for Cyber Security. cheers, jamal

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0x15: Platinum Sponsor! Microsoft
by Jamal Hadi Salim 26 May '21

26 May '21

We are pleased to welcome Microsoft as a platinum sponsor for Netdevconf 0x15. Open Source enables Microsoft products and services to bring choice, technology and community to its customers. Netdev conference's grass-roots foundations in the Linux Networking community make it a great place for developers to exchange ideas that move both the Linux stack and the industry forward. cheers, jamal

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