NSERC Strategic Network

SMART APPLICATIONS ON VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE

2014 Annual General Meeting Agenda: Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Ø  8:45 / Welcome and AGM Overview Alberto Leon-Garcia
Ø  9:00 / Opening Remarks Zouheir Mansourati, TELUS
Ø  9:15 / Perspectives on OpenStack and its Impact on Cloud Computing
Joe Wigglesworth, IWD Architect, IBM Toronto Lab, IBM Canada
Ø  10:00 / Poster and Demo Session 1
Ø  11:00 / 5G Networks: Research Challenges and Global Initiatives
Pierre Boucher, Director Research, Ericsson Canada, Montreal
Edward Sich, Researcher Systems & Technology, Ericsson Canada, Ottawa
Ø  Noon / Poster and Demo Session 2
Ø  1:30 / Can Cyber-Countermeasures Really Work?
Tim Kline, Regional Director, Blue Coat Systems, Canada
Ø  2:15 / Poster and Demo Session 3
Ø  3:30 / Panel Discussion: Applications Roadmap for SAVI Al Leon-Garcia,
Hadi Bannazadeh, Walter Miron, Marin Litoiu, David Mann
Ø  4:15 / Closing Remarks

SAVI Testbed Workshop Topics: Monday, July 7, 2014 - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Ø  9:00 / Opening Remarks and Introduction to SAVI Testbed
Ø  10:45 / Monitoring and Measurements in SAVI testbed
Ø  Noon / Lunch
Ø  12:30 / Orchestration Service
Ø  1:45 / Big Data as a Service
Ø  3:15 / Big Data in Action
Ø  4:45 / Introduction to pWeb

Location: Bahen Building Room 1130, 40 St. George Street (Ground Floor)

Contact: Vladi Cirillo, Network Manager, (416) 946-3881, www.savinetwork.ca

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE ROSTER

THEME 1 - FUTURE APPLICATIONS

POSTERS
“Soda: A Case for Software-Defined Networking at the Application Layer” Younan Wang and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“Consistency Models in Distributed Controller Architectures for Software Defined Networks” Heng Xu, Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“Repairing Erasure Codes Cooperatively in Storage-Intensive Applications” Jun Li and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“Ready, Set, Go: Coalesced Offloading from Smart Applications to the Cloud” Liyao Xiang and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“Blossom: Content Distribution across Multiple Geographic Locations” Yangyang Li and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“Towards an Architecture for Mobile Social Video-Sharing Apps” Hu Zhang, Diego Serrano, Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta
“A Case Study on Multimedia Gaming Applications in Clouds” Preston Rodrigues, Ahmad Ferdous Bin Alam, Fariba Taheri, Roch Glitho, Université Concordia University
POSTER & DEMONSTRATION
“Smart Applications with Green Deployments” Andreas Bergen, Hausi A. Müller, University of Victoria
“Slicing Applications in the SAVI Pie” Przemek Lach, Ron Desmarais, Thiago Lima, Hausi Müller, University of Victoria
DEMONSTRATIONS
“MobileView: Optimized Mobile Video Conferencing over the SAVI Testbed” Zimu Liu and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“Bellini: a Software-Defined Application-Layer Networking Platform” Zimu Liu, Yangyang Li, Younan Wang, Baochun Li, University of Toronto
“GLINT - A Horizon based Image Distribution System” Ronald Desmarais, Colin Leavett-Brown, University of Victoria

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE ROSTER

THEME 2 - RESOURCE CONTROL & MANAGEMENT

POSTERS
“Task Assignment Across Clouds by Graph Partitioning” Ravneet Kaur, John Chinneck, Murray Woodside, Carleton University
“Simulation of Future Application-Aware Multi-Clouds” Derek Hawker, John Chinneck, Murray Woodside, Carleton University
“Relational Edge Caching for Edge-Aware Web Applications” Hemant Saxena, Kenneth Salem, University of Waterloo
“Optimal Service Replica Placement via Predictive Model Control” Hamoun Ghanbari, Przemyslaw Pawluk, Cornel Barna, Marin Litoiu, York University
“An Architecture for Mitigation Low and Slow Application DDoS Attacks” Mark Shtern, Roni Sandel, Vasileios Theodorou, Marin Litoiu, York University, Chris Bachalo, Juniper Networks
“Toward a Cost-Throughput Metric for Finding Effective Application Deployments in Cloud” Przemyslaw Pawluk, Mark Shtern, Rizwan Mian, Marin Litoiu, York University
“Model-driven Elasticity and DoS Attack Mitigation in Cloud Environments” Cornel Barna, Mark Shtern, Hamoun Ghanbari, Michael Smit, Marin Litoiu, York University
POSTER & DEMONSTRATION
“Cloud bursting for MapReduce jobs: A dream or a reality?” Rizwan Mian, Mark Shtern, Saeed Zareian, Marin Litoiu, York University
“Crowd-sourcing Sensor Data” Brad Simmons Saeed Zareian, Manish Garg, Mark Shtern, Rizwan Mian, Marin Litoiu, York University
DEMONSTRATIONS
“Mitigation of Low and Slow Application DDoS Attacks with SDI” Cornel Barna, Mark Shtern, Marin Litoiu, York University, Chris Bachalo, Juniper Networks

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE ROSTER

THEME 3 - SMART CONVERGED EDGE

POSTERS
“On Satisfying Green SLAs in Distributed Clouds” Ahmed Amokrane, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Qi Zhang, Rami Langar, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
“CQNCR: Optimal VM Migration Planning in Cloud Data Centers” Md. Faizul Bari, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Qi Zhang, Reaz Ahmed, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
“Design and Management of DOT: A Distributed OpenFlow Testbed” Arup Raton Roy, Md. Faizul Bari, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Reaz Ahmed, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
“A Simple Programming Model for Scalable SDN Control Applications” Soheil Hassas Yeganeh and Yashar Ganjali, University of Toronto
“FleXam: Flexible Sampling Extension for Monitoring and Security Applications in OpenFlow” Sajad Shirali-Shahreza and Yashar Ganjali, University of Toronto
“Dynamic Virtual Infrastructure Provisioning in Geographically Distributed Clouds” Qi Zhang and Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“Online Algorithms for Energy Cost Minimization in Cellular Networks” Ali Abbasi and Majid Ghaderi, University of Calgary
DEMONSTRATIONS
“Greenhead: Virtual Data Center Embedding Across Distributed Infrastructures” Aimal Khan, Ahmed Amokrane, Arup Raton Roy, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Maissa Jabri, Qi Zhang, Rami Langar, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
“DOT in Action” Arup Raton Roy, Md. Faizul Bari, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Reaz Ahmed, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo

THEME 4 - INTEGRATED WIRELESS/OPTICAL ACCESS

POSTERS
“Improving Throughput and Fairness in Virtualized 802.11 Networks through Association Control” Mahsa Derakhshani, Xiaowei Wang, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“QoS-Oriented Slice Provisioning in Wireless Virtualized Networks” Vikas Jumba, Saeideh Parsaei Fard, Mahsa Derakhshani, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE ROSTER


POSTERS Cont’d
“Management of Virtualized and Software-Defined Wireless Infrastructures: Issues, Requirements, Framework and Specifications” Prabhat Kumar Tiwary, Quang-Dung Ho, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University
“Aurora: A Virtualization and Software-Defined Infrastructure Framework for Wireless Networks” Prabhat Kumar Tiwary, Kevin Han, Hoai-Phuoc Truong, Quang-Dung Ho, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University
“Full-duplex WiFi Analog Signal Transmission with Digital Signal Downlink in Radio-over-Fiber System Employing RSOA-based WDM-PON Architecture” An T. Nguyen, Zhihui Cao, Leslie A. Rusch, Université Laval
“An Application of Aurora with 802.11 wireless networks and Flow-based Virtualization” Mahsa Hoai-Phuoc Truong, Kevin Han, Prabhat Kumar Tiwary, Quang-Dung Ho, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University

THEME 5 - APPLICATION PLATFORM TESTBED

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION
“Virtualized Reconfigurable Hardware in the SAVI Testbed” Stuart Byma, Hadi Bannazadeh, J. Gregory Steffan, Alberto Leon-Garcia, Paul Chow University of Toronto
“Real-time Enhancement of IMS Quality of Service using SAVI SDI” Lilin Zhang, Jieyu Lin, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“An Orchestration Service of SAVI Testbed; A Heat Approach” Honbin Lu, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“Big Data as a Service for SAVI Testbed” Honbin Lu, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“Cloud-RAN on SAVI; a GSM approach” Mohammad-Sina Tavoosi-Monfared, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“Monitoring and Measurement as a Service in SDI deployed on SAVI testbed” Jie Yu (Eric) Lin, Rajsimman Ravichandiran, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“Efficient Multicast algorithm on SAVI network” Sai Qian Zhang Lin, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“End-to-End Traffic Control in the SAVI Testbed” Thomas Lin, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
“L2/L3 Overlay Software Defined Network on SAVI Testbed” Khashayar Hoseinzadeh, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE

10:00 A.M. - SESSION 1: POSTERS

STN.NO. / POSTER TITLE
P1 / “Task Assignment Across Clouds by Graph Partitioning” Ravneet Kaur, John Chinneck, Murray Woodside, Carleton University
P2 / “Simulation of Future Application-Aware Multi-Clouds” Derek Hawker, John Chinneck, Murray Woodside, Carleton University
P3 / “Relational Edge Caching for Edge-Aware Web Applications” Hemant Saxena, Kenneth Salem, University of Waterloo
P4 / “Optimal Service Replica Placement via Predictive Model Control” Hamoun Ghanbari, Przemyslaw Pawluk, Cornel Barna, Marin Litoiu, York University
P5 / “An Architecture for Mitigation Low and Slow Application DDoS Attacks” Mark Shtern, Roni Sandel, Vasileios Theodorou, Marin Litoiu, York University, Chris Bachalo, Juniper Networks
P6 / “Toward a Cost-Throughput Metric for Finding Effective Application Deployments in Cloud” Przemyslaw Pawluk, Mark Shtern, Rizwan Mian, Marin Litoiu, York University
P7 / “Model-driven Elasticity and DoS Attack Mitigation in Cloud Environments” Cornel Barna, Mark Shtern, Hamoun Ghanbari, Michael Smit, Marin Litoiu, York University
P8 / “On Satisfying Green SLAs in Distributed Clouds” Ahmed Amokrane, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Qi Zhang, Rami Langar, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
P9 / “CQNCR: Optimal VM Migration Planning in Cloud Data Centers” Md. Faizul Bari, Mohamed Fatan Zhani, Qi Zhang, Reaz Ahmed, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
P10 / “Design and Management of DOT: A Distributed OpenFlow Testbed” Arup Raton Roy, Md. Faizul Bari, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Reaz Ahmed, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
P11 / “A Simple Programming Model for Scalable SDN Control Applications” Soheil Hassas Yeganeh and Yashar Ganjali, University of Toronto
P12 / “FleXam: Flexible Sampling Extension for Monitoring and Security Applications in OpenFlow” Sajad Shirali-Shahreza and Yashar Ganjali, University of Toronto
P13 / “Online Algorithms for Energy Cost Minimization in Cellular Networks” Ali Abbasi and Majid Ghaderi, University of Calgary

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE

10:00 A.M. - SESSION 1: POSTERS & DEMONSTRATIONS

STN.NO. / POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE
PD1 / “Cloud bursting for MapReduce jobs: A dream or a reality?” Rizwan Mian, Mark Shtern, Saeed Zareian, Marin Litoiu, York University
PD2 / “Crowd-sourcing Sensor Data” Brad Simmons Saeed Zareian, Manish Garg, Mark Shtern, Rizwan Mian, Marin Litoiu, York University

10:00 A.M. - SESSION 1: DEMONSTRATIONS

STN.NO. / DEMONSTRATION TITLE
D1 / “Mitigation of Low and Slow Application DDoS Attacks with SDI” Cornel Barna, Mark Shtern, Marin Litoiu, York University, Chris Bachalo, Juniper Networks
D2 / “Greenhead: Virtual Data Center Embedding Across Distributed Infrastructures” Aimal Khan, Ahmed Amokrane, Arup Raton Roy, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Maissa Jabri, Qi Zhang, Rami Langar, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo
D3 / “DOT in Action” Md. Faizul Bari, Raez Ahmed, Arup Raton Roy, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo

12:00 NOON - SESSION 2: POSTERS

STN.NO. / POSTER TITLE
P1 / “Improving Throughput and Fairness in Virtualized 802.11 Networks through Association Control” Mahsa Derakhshani, Xiaowei Wang, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
P2 / “QoS-Oriented Slice Provisioning in Wireless Virtualized Networks” Vikas Jumba, Saeideh Parsaei Fard, Mahsa Derakhshani, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University
P3 / “Management of Virtualized and Software-Defined Wireless Infrastructures: Issues, Requirements, Framework and Specifications” Prabhat Kumar Tiwary, Quang-Dung Ho, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University
P4 / “Aurora: A Virtualization and Software-Defined Infrastructure Framework for Wireless Networks” Prabhat Kumar Tiwary, Kevin Han, Hoai-Phuoc Truong, Quang-Dung Ho, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University
P5 / “Full-duplex WiFi Analog Signal Transmission with Digital Signal Downlink in Radio-over-Fiber System Employing RSOA-based WDM-PON Architecture” An T. Nguyen, Zhihui Cao, Leslie A. Rusch, Université Laval

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE

12:00 NOON - SESSION 2: POSTER & DEMONSTRATION

STN.NO. / POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE
PD1 / “Virtualized Reconfigurable Hardware in the SAVI Testbed” Stuart Byma, Hadi Bannazadeh, J. Gregory Steffan, Alberto Leon-Garcia, Paul Chow University of Toronto
PD2 / “Real-time Enhancement of IMS Quality of Service using SAVI SDI” Lilin Zhang, Jieyu Lin, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD3 / “An Orchestration Service of SAVI Testbed; A Heat Approach” Honbin Lu, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD4 / “Big Data as a Service for SAVI Testbed” Honbin Lu, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD5 / “Cloud-RAN on SAVI; a GSM approach” Mohammad-Sina Tavoosi-Monfared, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD6 / “Monitoring and Measurement as a Service in SDI deployed on SAVI testbed” Jie Yu (Eric) Lin, Rajsimman Ravichandiran, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD7 / “Efficient Multicast algorithm on SAVI network” Sai Qian Zhang, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD8 / “End-to-End Traffic Control in the SAVI Testbed” Thomas Lin, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto
PD9 / “L2/L3 Overlay Software Defined Network on SAVI Testbed” Khashayar Hoseinzadeh, Hadi Bannazadeh, Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto

12:00 NOON - SESSION 2: DEMONSTRATIONS

STN.NO. / DEMONSTRATION TITLE
D1 / “An Application of Aurora with 802.11 wireless networks and Flow-based Virtualization” Mahsa Hoai-Phuoc Truong, Kevin Han, Prabhat Kumar Tiwary, Quang-Dung Ho, Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University.

POSTER & DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE

2:15 P.M. - SESSION 3: POSTERS

STN.NO. / POSTER TITLE
P1 / “Soda: A Case for Software-Defined Networking at the Application Layer” Younan Wang and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
P2 / “Consistency Models in Distributed Controller Architectures for Software Defined Networks” Heng Xu, Baochun Li, University of Toronto
P3 / “Repairing Erasure Codes Cooperatively in Storage-Intensive Applications” Jun Li and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
P4 / “Ready, Set, Go: Coalesced Offloading from Smart Applications to the Cloud” Liyao Xiang and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
P5 / “Blossom: Content Distribution across Multiple Geographic Locations” Yangyang Li and Baochun Li, University of Toronto
P6 / “Towards an Architecture for Mobile Social Video-Sharing Apps” Hu Zhang, Diego Serrano, Eleni Stroulia, University of Alberta
P7 / “A Case Study on Multimedia Gaming Applications in Clouds” Preston Rodrigues, Ahmad Ferdous Bin Alam, Fariba Taheri, Roch Glitho, Université Concordia University
P8 / “Dynamic Virtual Infrastructure Provisioning in Geographically Distributed Clouds” Qi Zhang and Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto

2:15 P.M. - SESSION 3: POSTER & DEMONSTRATION

STN.NO. / POSTER & DEMONSTRATION TITLE
PD1 / “Smart Applications with Green Deployments” Andreas Bergen, Hausi A. Müller, University of Victoria
PD2 / “Slicing Applications in the SAVI Pie” Przemek Lach, Ron Desmarais, Thiago Lima, Hausi Müller, University of Victoria