Internet Scholarship
Josh/VUW PhD scholarship position
Overview
Victoria University is pleased to announce a co-funded PhD scholarship position (approx NZ$35k/year for 3 years) in Software Defined Networks (SDN). The position based at Victoria University will provide research which is of practical benefit to the SDN community and the NZ networking community in particular. This may be via applied research of use and interest to REANNZ, and possibly international research partners like ESnet.
Possible research areas
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Interdomain SDN (“east-west interface”): how to connect SDN networks in different administrative domains, including BGP alternatives
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Optimal network design: how to design and test through the use of automated software optimal SDN based network designs based on specified constraints (Eg, number of routes, redundancy of critical links, etc)
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Migration to SDN: how to migrate common ISP/carrier architectures from non-SDN to SDN (including network management)
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SDN network management: how to manage an SDN network without needing legacy protocol support (Eg, streaming statistics replacing use of SNMP polling)
Skills
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Systems/networking software experience preferred
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Algorithm development including its software implementation
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Software development experience in C++/Java (python advantageous)
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Software engineering/test practices such as unit testing
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SDN/OpenFlow experience advantageous but not necessary
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Networking protocols (Eg, BGP) advantageous but not necessary
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Basic familiarity with network architectures and protocols, some exposure to new Future Internet Initiatives like OpenFlow, Named-Data Networking, GENI etc.
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Strong ability to articulate technical problems and solutions, using various communication mechanisms such as presentations, conference papers etc.