Vinod Vokkarane
Associate Professor
Office: DION 307A
Phone: (508) 910-6692
Fax: (508) 999-9144
vvokkarane at umassd.edu |
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News
Received the 2011 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth "Scholar of the Year" Award.
On sabbatical leave for Fall 2011 @ MIT.
NSF grant awarded on
Bridging Reliability Analysis and Reality in Sensor Systems: Theories and Applications (PI: Dr. Xing).
Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2012 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Ottawa, Canada (CFP).
- IEEE Communication Magazine paper on Advance Reservation accepted.
- Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Houston, Texas (CFP).
- TPC Co-Chair, IEEE INFOCOM HSN 2011 Workshop, Shangai, China.
- DOE COMMON project funded (Multiple open positions - details below).
- Two journal papers on Manycasting published in IEEE/ACM TON and IEEE/OSA JOCN.
- Area Chair, IEEE ANTS 2010, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2010.
- TPC, IEEE INFOCOM 2011, Shangai, China
- Co-Chair, IEEE ICCCN 2010, Optical and Backbone Networks (OBN) Track, Zurich,
Switzerland
- IEEE Senior Member (Nov. 2009 - Present)
Student News
Congratulations to Jeremy Plante, Bharath Ramaprasad, and Arush Gadkar, for getting TWO papers accepted @ IEEE ICNC 2012.
Congratulations to Jeremy Plante, Arush Gadkar, and Joan Triay for getting THREE papers accepted @ IEEE GLOBEOM 2011.
Congratulations to Neal Charbonneau for publishing his Master's project work on Multicast Advance Reservation in the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
Congratulations to Arush Gadkar, Neal Charbonneau, Jeremy Plante, Joan Triay, Derek Rousseau for getting THREE papers accepted @ ICCCN 2011.
Research
- Optical Networks: WDM Networks, Optical Burst Switching, Wavelength Routing, Multi-layer QoS, Any/Manycasting, and Survivability
- Grid Networks: LambdaGrids, Workflow Optimization, Advance Reservation, Workflow QoS, and Workflow Survivability
- Wireless Networks: Fault
Tolerance, Service Differentiation, Energy-Efficient Routing, and Resource Optimization
Publications
Advanced Computer Networks Lab
Office Hours: Tue and Thu 11:30-12:30 (DION 307A)
Teaching
- Spring 2012
Previous Semesters
Funded Projects
NSF Bridging Reliability Analysis and Reality in Sensor Systems: Theories and Applications 
DOE Coordinated Multi-Layer Multi-Domain Optical Network (COMMON)
NSF Service-Oriented Optical Networks (SOON)
NSF Teaching Computer Networks Through Simulation Experiments and Animation Library (Net-SEAL)
USMC Manycast Architecture for Service-Oriented Tactical Operations (MASCOT)
Biography
Dr. Vinod Vokkarane is currently an Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth. He received the B.E. degree with Honors in
Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Mysore,
India in 1999, the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the
University of Texas at Dallas in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree in
Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2004.
Dr. Vinod Vokkarane joined the Computer
and Information Science department at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2004 as an Assistant Professor.
He is a recipient of the Texas Telecommunication Engineering
Consortium Fellowship 2002-03 and the University of Texas at
Dallas Computer Science Dissertation of the Year Award 2003-04.
Dr. Vokkarane is the co-author of a book, “Optical Burst Switched
Networks,” Springer, 2005. He is also serving as the Associate Editor
of IEEE Communication Letters. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and its Communication Society. His primary areas of
research include design and analysis of architectures and
protocols for optical and wireless networks.
Professional Service
Associate Editor
- IEEE Communication Letters
Conference/Workshop Chair
- Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE ICC 2012 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, Jun. 2012.
- Symposium Chair, GLOBECOM 2011 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Houston, TX, Dec. 2011.
- TPC Co-Chair, IEEE INFOCOM HSN 2011 Workshop, Shangai, China.
- Area Chair, IEEE ANTS 2010, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2010.
- IEEE
ICCCN 2010: 19th IEEE International Conference on Computer
Communications and Networks, Optical and Backbone Networks (OBN) Track, Zurich,
Switzerland
- GRID over Optical Burst Switching Networks (GOBS) 2008, Gosier,
Guadeloupe
- IEEE ICCCN 2007: 16th IEEE International Conference on Computer
Communications and Networks, Optical Network Symposium, Honolulu,
HI
- IEEE/CreateNet
WOBS 2005: Fifth International Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet
Switching, Boston, MA
Organizing Committee
- Website Chair, LANMAN 2011
- Publicity Chair, IEEE ANTS 2009, New Delhi, India
- Publicity Chair, IEEE ICCCN 2008, St. Thomas, USVI
- Student Travel Award Chair, IEEE INFOCOM 2008, Pheonix, AZ
- Student Travel Award Chair, IEEE/CreateNet BROADNETS 2006, San Jose, CA
Technical Program Committee Member
- 2012
- IEEE ICC 2011 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Ottawa, Canada
2011
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Houston, TX
- IEEE ICCCN 2011 - Optical Networks for Grid and Cloud Computing, Maui, Hawaii
- IEEE ICC 2011 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Kyoto, Japan
- IEEE INFOCOM High-Speed Networks (HSN) Workshop 2011, Shangai, China
- IEEE INFOCOM 2011, Shangai, China
- 2010
- IEEE ANTS 2010, Mumbai, India
- IEEE ICCCN 2010, Optical and Backbone Networks (OBN) Track, Zurich,
Switzerland
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Miami, Fl, USA
- IEEE ICC 2010 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Capetown, South Africa
- IEEE INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, CA
- 2009
- IEEE ANTS 2009, New Delhi, India
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 - Next-Generation Networking and Internet Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- IEEE ICCCN 2009: 18th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, Optical Network Symposium, San Francisco, CA
- IC3-2009: International Conference on Contemporary Computing, Noida, India
- UC-Sec 2009 - International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing Security, Las Vegas, NV
- BROADNETS 2009 - Optical Networking Symposium, Madrid, Spain
- Ninth International IEEE/CreateNet Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching (WOBS) 2009, Madrid, Spain
- IEEE ICC 2009 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Dresden, Germany
- 2008
- IEEE ANTS 2008, Mumbai, India
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, New Orleans, LA
- IEEE/CreateNet BROADNETS 2008 - Optical Networking Symposium, London, UK
- Eight International IEEE/CreateNet Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet
Switching (WOBS) 2008, London, UK
- IEEE
ICC 2008 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Beijing,
China
- 2007
- IEEE
GLOBECOM 2007 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium,
Washington, DC
- IEEE/CreateNet
BROADNETS 2007 - Optical Networking Symposium, Raleigh,
NC
- Seventh
International IEEE/CreateNet Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet
Switching (WOBS) 2007, Raleigh, NC
- IEEE
ICC 2007 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Glassgow,
Scotland, UK
- GRID over Optical Burst Switching Networks (GOBS) 2007,
Athens, Greece
- First International Conference on Access Networks (Accessnets) 2007,
Ottawa, CA
- Second International Workshop on eSafety and Convergence of Heterogeneous
Wireless Networks 2007, Phoenix, AZ
- 2006
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 - Advanced Technologies and Protocols for Optical Networks Symposium,
San Francisco, CA
- Sixth International IEEE/CreateNet Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching (WOBS) 2006, San Jose, CA
- IEEE/CreateNet BROADNETS 2006 - Optical Networking Symposium, San Jose, CA
- IEEE ICC 2006 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey
- First International Conference on Access Networks (Accessnets) 2006, Athens, Greece
- First International Workshop on eSafety and Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks 2006, Phoenix, AZ
- 2005
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2005 - Photonic Technologies for Communications Symposium, St Louis, MO
- IEEE/CreateNet BROADNETS 2005 - Optical Networking Symposium, Boston, MA
- IEEE WirelessCom 2005 - Network Management Symposium, Maui, HA
- IEEE ITCC 2005 - Wireless Ad Hoc/Sensor Nets and Network Security Symposium, Las Vegas, NV
- 2004
- BROADNETS 2004 - Third International Workshop on Optical Burst Switching (WOBS) 2004, San Jose, CA
Session Chair
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Optical Networking Symposium,
Maimi, FL
- IEEE ICCCN 2008, St. Thomas, VI
- IEEE/CreateNet BROADNETS 2007, Raleigh, NC
- IEEE ICCCN 2007, Honolulu, HI
- IEEE/CreateNet WOBS 2006, San Jose, CA
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2004, Optical Networking Symposium,
Dallas, TX
- IEEE GLOBECOM 2002, Optical Networking Symposium,
Taipei, Taiwan
Referee/Reviewer
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Journals: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Journal of Selected
Areas in Communications (JSAC), IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking, IEEE/LEOS Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Optical Communications Magazine, IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE/LEOS Photonics Communication Letters, SPIE/Kluwer Optical Network Magazine, Elsevier Computer Networks, and OSA Optics Express.
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Conferences: IEEE ICC, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, SPIE OptiComm 2002-2003, IFIP Networking 2004, BroadNets, WOBS, and IEEE HPSR .
Paper Deadlines
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