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2018
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Increasing Network Resiliency via Data-Centric Offloading. To appear in Proceedings of the Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Limassol, Cyprus, Oct. 2018
Thiago Teixeira, Rajvardhan Deshmukh, and Michael Zink.

SABR: Network Assisted Content Distribution for QoE-driven Adaptive Bitrate Video Streaming. Accepted for publication in ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing,Communications and Applications, Special Issue on SI: QoE Management for Multimedia Services. 14(2), 2018
Divyashri Bhat, Amr Rizk, Michael Zink, Ralf Steinmetz.

An Evaluation of SDN and NFV Support for Parallel, Alternate Protocol Stack Operations. To appear in Proceedings of the IEEE ICC 2018 Communications Software, Services, and Multimedia ApplicationsSymposium, Kansas City, MO, May 2018.
Bhushan Suresh, Divyashri Bhat, and Michael Zink.



2017
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Design and Analysis of QoE-Aware Quality Adaptation for DASH: A Spectrum-BasedApproach.ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications.13, 3s, Article 45 (July 2017), 24 pages. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3092839
Cong Wang, Divyashri Bhat, Amr Rizk, and Michael Zink.

Where are the Sweet Spots? A Systematic Approach to Reproducible DASH Player Comparisons. In Proceedings of ACM Multimedia2017, Mountain View, CA, Oct. 2017.
Denny Stohr, Alexander Frömmgen, Amr Rizk, Michael Zink, Ralf Steinmetz, Wolfgang Effelsberg.

An Information Centric Networking Approach for Sensor to Vehicular Network Communication in Disasters. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief, Rome, Italy, Oct. 2017.
Rajvardhan Deshmukh and Michael Zink.

Efficient Crowd Sensing Task Distribution Through Context-aware NDN-based Geocast.InProceedings of the IEEE Conference onLocal Computer Networks (LCN), Oct. 2017, Singapore
The An Binh Nguyen, Pratyush Agnihotri, Christian Meurisch, Manisha Luthra, Rahul Dwarakanath, Jeremias Blendin, Doreen Böhnstedt, Michael Zink, Ralf Steinmetz.

Model-based Design and Analysis of Cache Hierarchies. In Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2017
Amr Rizk, Michael Zink, Ramesh Sitaraman.

Not so QUIC: A Performance Study of DASH over QUIC. In Proceedings of the 27th Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV’17). Taipei, Taiwan, June 2017
Divyashri Bhat, Amr Rizk, and Michael Zink.

Network Assisted Content Distribution for Adaptive Bitrate Video Streaming.In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Multimedia Systems (MMSys 2017),Taipei, Taiwan, June 2017
Divyashri Bhat, Amr Rizk, Michael Zink, Ralf Steinmetz.

Virtualizing Closed-loop Sensor Networks: A Case Study.In Proceedings of SENSORNETS 2017, Porto, Portugal, February 2017.
Priyanka Kedalagudde and Michael Zink.



2016
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SQUAD: A Spectrum-based Quality Adaptation for Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP. In Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (accepted for publication), 2016.
Cong Wang, Amr Rizk, and Michael Zink.

Measurement-based Flow Characterization in Centrally Controlled Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications INFOCOM (accepted for publication), 2016.
Zdravko Bozakov, Amr Rizk, Divyashri Bhat, and Michael Zink.

A walk through the geni experiment cycle. In Rick McGeer, Mark Berman, Chip Elliott, and Rob Ricci, editors, The GENI Book, chapter 10, pages 266–290.Springer, Springer Switzerland, 2016.
Thierry Rakotoarivelo, Guillaume Jourjon, Olivire Nehani, Max Ott, and Michael Zink.

QoE Analysis of DASH Cross-Layer Dependencies by Extensive Network Emulation. In Proceedings of the 2016 workshop on QoE-based Analysis and Management of Data Communication Networks, Florianopolis, Brazil, August 2016.
Denny Stohr,Alexander Frömmgen,Jan Fornoff,Michael Zink,Alejandro Buchmann,Wolfgang Effelsberg.



2015
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Cache-centric Video Recommendation: An Approach to Improve the Efficiency of YouTube Caches. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications. 11(4),48:1-48:20, 2015.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, M. Zink, C. Griwodz, P. Halvorsen.

Future Internets Escape the Simulator. Communications of the ACM. 58(6), 78-89, 2015.
Mark Berman, Piet Demeester, Jae Woo Lee, Kiran Nagaraja, Michael Zink, Didier Colle, Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Henning Schulzrinne, Ivan Seskar, Sachin Sharma.

Optimizing Parallel HPC Applications for Green Energy Sources. In Proceedings of the sixth Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, Las Vegas, USA, December 2015.
Cong Wang, Michael Zink, and David Irwin.

A load balancing approach for adaptive bitrate streaming in Information Centric networks. In Proceedings of Workshop on Multimedia Streaming in Information Centric Networks. Torino, Italy, July 2015.
Divyashri Bhat, Cong Wang, Amr Rizk, Michael Zink.

Optimizing the Video Transcoding Workflow in Content Delivery Networks. In proceedings of the 6th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys), 37-48, Portland OR, USA, February 2015.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Michael Zink, and Ramesh Sitaram.



2014
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iSPUW: A Vision for Integrated Sensing and Prediction of Urban Water for Sustainable Cities. To appear in Proceedings of DyDEES, Boston, MA, USA, November 2014.
Seo D.J. , B. Kerke, M. Zink, N. Fang, J. Gao, X. Yu.

Future Internets Escape the Simulator. Communications of the ACM. Accepted for publication.
Mark Berman, Piet Demeester, Jae Woo Lee, Kiran Nagaraja, Michael Zink, Didier Colle, Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Henning Schulzrinne, Ivan Seskar, Sachin Sharma.

Towards Seamless Application Delivery using Software Defined Exchanges. In Proceedings of Workshop onFederated Future Internet and Distributed Cloud Testbeds (FIDC), Karlskrona, Sweden, September 2014.
Divyashri Bhat, Niky Riga, Michael Zink.

Adaptive Wireless Mesh Networks: Surviving Weather Without Sensing It. Elsevier Computer Communications.Vol. 54,120-130, 2014.
Nauman Javed, Eric Lyons, Michael Zink, Tilman Wolf.

On the Feasibility of DASH Streaming in the Cloud, In Proceeding of NOSSDAV 2014, Singapore, March 2014.
Cong Wang, Michael Zink



2013
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Mobile User Experience for DASH and WebRTC Video Services. In International Packet Video Workshop 2013, San Jose, CA, USA, December 2013.
Fraida Fund, Cong Wang, Yong Liu, Thanasis Korakis, Michael Zink, Shivendra Panwar.

DASHing YouTube: An Analysis of Using DASH in YouTube Video Service. In IEEE LCN 2013, Sydney, Australia, October 2013.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Divyashri Bhat, and Michael Zink.

CloudCast: Cloud Computing for Short-term Weather Forecasts. IEEE Computing Science in Science & Engineering Magazine. 15(4), 30-37, September 2013.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Eric Lyons, David Irwin, and Michael Zink.

What should you Cache? A Global Analysis on YouTube Related Video Caching. In Proceeding of NOSSDAV ’13, Oslo Norway, February 2013.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Michael Zink, Carsten Griwodz.

Cache-centric Video Recommendation: An Approach to Improve the Efficiency of YouTube Caches. In Proceeding of the Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’13), Oslo, Norway, February 2013.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Michael Zink, Carsten Griwodz, Pål Halvorsen.

GreenCache: Augmenting Off-the-Grid Cellular Towers with Multimedia Caches. In Proceeding of the Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’13), Oslo, Norway, February 2013.
Navin Sharma, Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, David Irwin, Michael Zink, Prashant Shenoy.



2012
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CloudCast: Cloud Computing for Short-term Mobile Weather Forecasts. In Proceedings of the IEEE IPCCC 2012, Austin, TX, USA, December 2012.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Eric Lyons, David Irwin, and Michael Zink.

Radar Networking in Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of Atmosphere: State of the Art and Research Challenges. In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshop on Radar and Sonar Networks (RSN), Anaheim, CA, USA, December 2012.
Dilum Bandara, Anura Jayasumana, Michael Zink.

Network Capabilities of Cloud Services for a Real Time Scientific Application. In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Clearwater, FL, USA, October 2012.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Eric Lyons, David Irwin, and Michael Zink.

QoS Featured Wireless Virtualization Based on 802.11 Hardware. In Proceedings of the 2012 International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), Paris, France, August 2012.
Cong Wang, and Michael Zink.

Compute Cloud bases Weather Detection and Warning System. In Proceedings oft he 2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, July 2012.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Eric Lyons, David Irwing and Michael Zink.

MultiSense: Proportional-Share for Mechanically Steerable Sensor Networks. Multimedia Systems Journal, July 2012.
Navin Sharma, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Michael Zink.

Design and Operation of Infrasound Stations for Hazardous Weather Detection. In Proceedings of the European Geosciences General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2012.
Dave Pepyne, Sean Klaiber, Jerry Brotzge, and Michael Zink.

Watching User Generated Videos with Prefetching. International Journal on Signal Processing: Image Communication. 27(4), 343-359, April 2012.
Samamon Khemmarat, Renjie Zhou, D. Krishnappa, Lixin Gao, and Michael Zink.



2011
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Dense Radar Networks for Low-Flyer Surveillance. In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), Boston, MA, USA, November 2011.
David Pepyne, David McLaughlin, David Westbrook, Eric Lyons, Eric Knapp, Steve Frasier, and Michael Zink.

Planet YouTube: Global, Measurement-based Performance Analysis of Viewer’s Experience Watching User Generated Videos. In Proceedings of 6th IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements, Bonn, Germany, October 2011.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Samamon Khemmarat, and Michael Zink.

Agent-mediated Multi-step Optimization for Resource Allocation in Distributed Sensor Networks. In Proc. of 10th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems – Innovative Applications Track (AAMAS 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011.
Bo An, Victor Lesser, David Westbrook, and Michael Zink.

Off-the-Grid Weather Radar Network for Precipitation Monitoring in Western Puerto Rico. In Proceedings of the International Symposium in Weather Radar and Hydrology, Exeter, United Kingdom, April 2011.
J.M. Trabal, G.A. Pablos-Vega, J.G. Colom-Ustariz, J.A. Ortiz, S. Cruz-Pol, D.J. McLaughlin, M. Zink, and V. Chandrasekar.

On the Feasibility of Prefetching and Caching for Online TV Services: A Measurement Study on Hulu. In Proceedings of Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM’11), Atlanta, GA, March 2011.
Dilip Kumar Krishnappa, Samamon Khemmarat, Lixin Gao, and Michael Zink.

Watching User Generated Videos with Prefetching. . In Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’11), San Jose, CA, February 2011
Samamon Khemmarat, Renjie Zhou, Lixin Gao, and Michael Zink.

MultiSense: Fine-grained Multiplexing for Steerable Camera Sensor Networks. In Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys’11), San Jose, CA, February 2011.
Navin Sharma, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Michael Zink.

An Integrated Radar Infrasound Network for Meteorological Infrasound Detection and Analysis. In Proceeding of the 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011.
David Pepyne, Michael Zink, Jerald Brotzge, Eric Knapp, Alexander Mendes, Brian McCarthy, Sean Klaiber, and Bettina Benito‐Figueroa.



2010
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Automated Negotiation with Decommitment for Dynamic Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing. In Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS’10), Montreal, Canada, May 2010.
Bo An, Victor Lesser, David Irwin, and Michael Zink.

Towards a Virtualized Sensing Environment. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST) by Springer, Berlin, Germany, May 2010.
David Irwin, Navin Sharma, Michael Zink, and Prashant Shenoy.

Resource Management in Data-Intensive Clouds: Opportunities and Challenges. In Proceedings of the 17th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), Long Branch, NJ, USA, May 2010.
David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, Emmanuel Cecchet, and Michael Zink.



2009
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Separation of Sensor Control and Data in Closed-Loop Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE SECON 2009, Rome, Italy, June 2009
Victoria Manfredi, Jim Kurose, Naceur Malouch, Chun Zhang, and Michael Zink.

FloorNet: Deployment and Evaluation of a Multihop Wireless 802.11 Testbed.
Pablo Serrano, Carlos Bernardos, Antonio de la Oliva, Albert Banchs, Ignacio Soto, Michael Zink.
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.

Short-Wavelength Technology and the Potential for Distributed Networks of Small Radar Systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. April 2009.
David McLaughlin, David Pepyne, V.Chandrasekar, Brenda Philips, James Kurose, Michael Zink.

Separation of Sensor Control and Data in Closed-Loop Sensor Networks. To appear in SECON 2009.
Victoria Manfredi, Jim Kurose, Naceur Malouch, Chun Zhang, Michael Zink.

Assessing the fidelity of COTS 802.11 sniffers. In Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, April 2009.
Pablo Serrano, Michael Zink, Jim Kurose.

Capturing Data Uncertainty in High-Volume Stream Processing. In Proceedings of the Fourth biennial Conference on Innovative Data Systems, Pacific Grove, CA, January 2009.
Yanlei Diao, Boduo Li, Anna Liu, Liping Peng, Charles Sutton, Thanh Tran, Michael Zink.

Incorporating emergency management needs in the development of weather radar networks. Journal of Emergency Management, 7(1), 45-52, March 2009.
Ellen Bass, Leigh Baumgart, Brenda Philips, Kevin Kloesel, Kathleen Dougherty, Havidán Rodriguez, William Donner, Jenniffer Santos, Walter Diaz, Michael Zink.

Characteristics of YouTube Network Traffic at a Campus Network - Measurements, Models, and Implications.
Michael Zink, Kyoungwon Suh, Yu Gu, and Jim Kurose.
Elsevier Computer Networks. Vol. 53, No. 4, March 2009.

Closed-loop Architecture for Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere: Meteorological Command & Control. International Journal for Sensor Networks (IJSNET)(Vol.6 No.4). In print.
Michael Zink, Eric Lyons, David Westbrook, Jim Kurose, and David Pepyne.



2008
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OTGsim: Simulation of an Off-the-Grid Radar Network with High Sensing Energy Cost. In Proceeding of IEEE SECON 2008. Technical Report version of the paper.
Brian Donovan, David McLaughlin, Michael Zink, Jim Kurose.

Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensor Networks for Remote Sensing Applications.
Dave Pepyne, David Westbrook, Brenda Philips, Eric Lyons, Michael Zink, and Jim Kurose.
In Proceedings of American Control Conference, June 2008.

Watch Global Cache Local: YouTube Network Traces at a Campus Network - Measurements and Implications.
Michael Zink, Kyoungwon Su, Yu Gu, and Jim Kurose.
In Proceedings of MMCN 2008, San Jose, CA, USA, Jan 2008. Best Paper Award!



2007
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Multi-user Data Sharing in Radar Sensor Networks.
Ming Li, Tingxin Yan, Deepak Ganesan, Eric Lyons, Prashant Shenoy, Arun Venkataramani, and Michael Zink.
In Proceedings of The 5th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys 2007), Sydney, Australia, Nov 2007

The Impact of Directional Antenna Orientation, Spacing, and Channel Separation on Long-distance Multi-hop 802.11g Networks: A Measurement Study. In Proceedings of the third International Workshop on Wireless Network Measurements (WiNMee), Limassol, Cyprus, April 2007.
Timothy Ireland, Adam Nyzio, Michael Zink, Jim Kurose.



2006
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A Distributed Algorithm for Joint Sensing and Routing in Wireless Networks with Non-Steerable Directional Antennas. In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP’06), November, 2006.
hun Zhang, Jim Kurose, Yong Liu, Don Towsley, and Michael Zink.



2005
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Meteorological Command and Control: An End-to-end Architecture for a Hazardous Weather Detection Sensor Network. In Proceedings of the Workshop on End-to-End, Sense-and-Respond Systems, Applications, and Services, Seattle, WA, USA, June 2005.
Michael Zink, David Westbrook, Sherief Abdallah, Bryan Horling, Vijay Lakamraju, Eric Lyons, Victoria Manfredi, Jim Kurose, and Kurt Hondl.