Title: Efficient Bandwidth Reservation Strategies for Data Transfers in High-Performance Networks

Abstract: Because of the deployment of large-scale experimental and computational scientific applications, large amounts of data, now frequently termed as “big data”, are generated. Such large amounts of data are usually generated at one data center and need to be transferred to geographically distributed scientific communities for collaborative data analysis and knowledge discovery. Bandwidth reservation services provided by dedicated high-performance networks (HPNs) have proved to be a promising solution for the large amounts of data transfer. These HPNs have dedicated high bandwidth links between sites and allow data flows to reserve bandwidth during certain time periods, thus guaranteeing predictive and reliable data transfer. In this talk, I first make an introduction to the background of large amounts of data transfer and the bandwidth reservation services, followed by the challenges. I then focus on two problems regarding data transfer using bandwidth reservation service in HPNs. Finally, I outline my current research progress and future research pl?ans.

Short Bio.: Dr. Liudong Zuo received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in August 2015. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Information Security from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2009. His research interests include Computer Networks, Algorithm Design and Application, and Big Data Management. His current research emphasizes data transfer with guaranteed performance by using the bandwidth reservation service in dedicated high-performance networks.