Andrew K. Adams

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
akadams@psc.edu

Education:

M.S. in Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1991 (Magna Cum Laude)
B.S. in Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1989

Professional Experience:

1995 - present, Network Engineer, Networking, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
1993 - 1995, Application Programmer, Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh, PSC
1991 - 1993, Senior User Consultant, User Services, PSC

Professional Societies:

Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet Society
Usenix

Recent Publications:

"Experiences with NIMI,"V. Paxson, A. Adams, Symposium on Applications and the Internet 2002, Proceedings, February 2002.

"A System for Flexible Network Performance Measurement," A. Adams, M. Mathis, INET 2000, Proceedings, July 2000.

"The Use of End-to-end Multicast Measurements for Characterizing Internet Network Behavior," A. Adams, T. Bu, R. Caceres, N. Duffield, T. Friedman, J. Horowitz, F. Lo Presti, S.B. Moon, V. Paxson, D. Towsley, IEEE Communications, Vol.38, No.5, May 2000.

"Experiences with NIMI,"V. Paxson, A. Adams, M. Mathis, Passive and Active Measurement Workshop 2000, Proceedings, April 2000.

"Creating a Scalable Architecture for Internet Measurement," Andrew Adams, Jamshid Mahdavi, Matthew Mathis, and Vern Paxson, INET`96.

"An Architecture for Large-Scale Internet Measurement," Paxson, V., Mahdavi, J., Adams, A., and Mathis, M., IEEE Communications, Vol.36, No.8, pp 48-54, August 1998.

Synergistic Activities:

SAMI/NIMI (Aug. 1998 - Jul. 2005). Originally, a NSF funded collaborative project with LBNL, and ICIR, to architect and develop a method for building and managing measurement infrastructures, securely. The software suite, developed under FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and Solaris, allowed selected researchers to perform individual measurement studies using the "global" infrastructure. Later, funded under the National Middleware Initiative, the architecture was re-designed to use X.509 certificates over TLS for authentication, and Akenti for authorization to enable a broader range of researchers & communities access to the measurement infrastructure.

Web100 (Sept. 2000 - Apr. 2001). A NSF funded collaborative project with NCAR and NCSA to develop a software suite that will enable ordinary users to attain full network data rates without requiring help from networking experts. The software suite, initially developed for LINUX platforms, will automatically tune the end host network stack form the underlying network environment. The software suite will also provide network diagnostics and measurement information.

Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh (1993-1995). A collaboration between the Pittsburgh Public School District, the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, to incorporate network and computing technology into the curriculum within the school district. Provided technical expertise for defining, designing, implementing and supporting network and computing infrastructure based on the curriculum requirements within the school district.

Collaborators:

Networking staff at NSF Supercomputing Centers (PSC, SDSC, NCSA)
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