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Amit K Sinha [amit[DOT]sinha[AT]umkc[DOT]edu] University of |
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OBJECTIVE |
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Seeking job opportunity to do intensive work in the
area of my research interests. |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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EDUCATION |
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· Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dept. Title: “On Methodology and Analysis of Broadband Access
Network Traffic” Advisor: Dr. Deep Medhi, Co-Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell Graduation (Expected): Dec 2006 ·
M.S.,
Computer Science, · B. E., Civil Engineering. Indian Institute of
Technology, Roorkee (formerly |
(Present) (Dec’02) (May’97) |
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RESEARCH/INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE |
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The analysis of slow-action online-game traffic on ADSL access service provided by France Telecom. Analysis of variation of the number of users playing game, the duration of game and interdependencies of number of servers, number of games, number of servers and duration. Current focus is on user mobility between servers and correlating the frequency of mobility to network or server problem.
Identification and extension of suitable NetFlow post-processing tools tailored to the GEANT
backbone network (European equivalent of Internet-2) operators specific needs,
mainly to provide AS to AS matrix and detection of network anomalies; contribution
to the definition of a general framework in which the usage of such
(enhanced) tools can be efficiently inserted in the current practice of
identification and reaction to security and anomaly alerts, jointly carried
out by DANTE and its connected National Research & Education Networks.
Ø Network Game Traffic: Introduced a methodology to identify Counter-Strike (a fast-action game) traffic. Investigated the player and game traffic behavior of Counter-Strike in Broadband FixedWireless (BFW) access in variousmarkets to identify any effects of the migration to broadband services for the last-mile. Studied some of the factors that would influence the provisioning of QoS, namely latency and bandwidth usage. Some key findings were that the users’ game playing duration distribution is heavy-tailed and that the latency between the users and the game servers falls below the upper bound suggested by research. Traffic data for this research was provided by Sprint. Ø Broadband Access Networks: Investigated flow-level upstream traffic behavior in DSL and BFW accesses. Analysis of TCP/IP traffic data that has been collected from two broadband accesses was done to characterize the TCP session behavior and connection interarrival time process, and that of several dominating applications. Developed scripts to recreate TCP sessions from NetFlow records. One of the key findings was the influence of the underlying MAC protocol in BFW on the transport layer behavior of the broadband traffic. Traffic data for this research was provided by Sprint. Ø Network Security: Designing a network architecture that combines network survivability and cryptography at the routing protocol level to ensure that the network remains functional, at least for some services/users, despite being under an attack or stress. The key idea is to hide resource information through cryptography which is tied to routing protocols. Initial work involved the security aspects of link-state routing protocols. Ø Instructor: Computer Survival: Applications (CS100) Ø
Teaching
Assistant: Network Architecture-I (CS520), Problem Solving and
Programming (CS201), Discreet Mathematics-I (CS191), Computer Survival:
Applications (CS100)
The work consisted of IP modeling, analyzing the traffic profile and user characteristics for Broadband Fixed Wireless Access, simulation of MAC layer using OPNET for CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) of various vendors.
Involved in
design, development & testing HIS (Hydrological Information System), a
project for Central Ground Water |
(Sep’05-Nov’05) (May’05-Aug’05) (Jul’02-May’05) (May’00-Aug’01) (Jul’97-Jul’99) |
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SKILLS |
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Technology
Skills Ø
Application
Layer: HTTP, SMTP, FTP, RTP, RTSP Ø
Transport
Layer: TCP, UDP, ICMP Ø
Network
Layer: RIP, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, ATM ·
Computer Skills Ø Programming/Scripting Languages: C, AWK, Perl,
Shell Ø Operating Systems: Linux,Windows XP Ø Mathematical Packages: Maple, Matlab, CPLEX, R Ø Familiar with: Ethereal, NetFlow, RMON traffic measurement tools Ø Simulation Package: CSIM, OPNET |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Published/Accepted: ·
A.
Sinha, K. Mitchell, D. Medhi, “Network Game Traffic: A Broadband
Access Perspective,” Computer
Networks, vol. 49, no.1, pp. 71-83, 2005. ·
D. Huang, Q. Cao, A. Sinha, M. J. Schniederjans, C.
Beard, L. Harn, and D. Medhi,“Addressing
Intra-Domain Network Security Issues through Secure Link-State Routing
Protocol: A New Architectural Framework,” Communications of ACM, accepted. ·
D. Huang, A.
Sinha, D. Medhi, “On Providing Confidentiality in Link-State
Network Routing Protocol,” IEEE
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, pp. 671-675,
Jan’06. ·
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Sinha, K. Mitchell, D. Medhi, “Periodicity in TCP session arrivals
in Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Network,” IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, vol. 3, pp. 2092-2095,May’05. ·
D.
Huang, A. Sinha, D. Medhi,
“A Key Distribution Scheme for Double Authentication in Link State
Routing Protocol,” IEEE International
Performance Computing and Communications Conference, pp. 19-24,
Apr’05. ·
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Sinha, K.Mitchell, D.Medhi,
“Flow-Level UpstreamTraffic Behavior in
Broadband Access Networks: DSL versus Broadband Fixed Wireless,” Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on IP
Operations and Management, pp. 135-141, Oct’03. ·
D.
Huang, A. Sinha, D. Medhi,
“A Double Authentication Scheme To Detect Impersonation Attack In Link
State Routing Protocols,” Proceedings
of IEEE International Conference On Communications (ICC2003), vol. 3, pp.
1723-1727,May’03. Under Review: · Amit Sinha, Ken Mitchell, “The Effect of Broadband Technologies on Traffic Behavior in Access Networks: A Comparative Study.” In Progress: · Amit Sinha, Ken Mitchell, Deep Medhi, “Modeling the last-mile for Network Game Traffic.” · Amit Sinha, Jean-Laurent Costeux (France Telecom), Patrick Brown (France Telecom), “Slow-action game traffic on ADSL Access Network.” · Amit Sinha, Dijiang Huang, Deep Medhi, Tian Li, “Ensuring Resource Availability for Critical Services: Approaches and Issues.” |
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COURSES |
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· Traffic Analysis and Performance Modeling: Teletraffic Source Modeling, Advanced Teletraffic Modeling, Introduction to Queueing Theory · Network Design: Survivable Network Design, Optimization in Computer Networks, Computer Network Planning, Design and Analysis · Network Protocols and Architecture: Network Routing Algorithms, IP Telephony, Network Architecture, Client/Server Programming · Others: Computer Security, Lossless Data Compression Technique, ISDN, Advanced Telecommunications Networks, Design and Analysis of Algorithms |
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ACADEMIC HONORS |
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· Awarded the Student Travel Grant by ACM SIGCOMM and USENIX Association for Internet Measurement Workshop 2002, France. ·
Recipient of University Merit Scholarship at
IIT-Roorkee (formerly ·
Vice-Chairperson of Civil Engineering
Consortium, IIT-Roorkee (formerly · Life Time Fellow of United Writers' Association, a non-political, non-profit body of writers from around the world · Best Student of the School award in high school |
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REFERENCES |
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Furnished upon request. |
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