Year 2015
Publications and White Papers (most recent first)
An Overview of high-performance parallel Big Data transfers over multiple network channels with Transport Layer Security (TLS) and TLS plus Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS), Chin Fang, R (les) Cottrell, SSLAC-TN-15-002, May 2015
Talks (most recent first)
IP Address Expiration, Kent Reuber, Yee Ting Li, Les Cottrell, Presented by Les Cottrell to System Admins, May 12, 2015
Ultra-high Performance Parallel Big Data Transfer Software for Data-intensive Science, presentation by Chin Feng of Zettar at SLAC 3/4/2015 (only available to SLAC users)
Year 2014
Publications and White Papers (most recent first)
- Linked Open Data Publication Process: Application in Networking Performance Measurement Data, Renan Souza, Les Cottrell, Bebo White, M. Luiza Campos, Marta Mattoso, submitted to Stanford conference,May 2014, also SLAC-PUB-15950, also see Poster.
- International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2014 Report on Networking, compiled by Les Cottrell, Shawn McKee and Raja Asad on behalf of the working group, January 2014.
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- Network Highlights, presentation for PPA & SSRL, Nov 2014
- Replacement of database of Internet records at SLAC, presentation at Plan of Week
- Introducing NetDB: Stanford's Open Source IP management system, Kent Reuber, October 2012
- 100G Networking Upgrade for Science, presentation at Plan of Week meeting Oct 2014.
- Network Aspects of the SLAC Cyber Security Improvement Program, Les Cottrell, Hadas Niv, Ben Calvert presented at the NLIT Summit 2014 conference in San Francisco, June 29th - July 2nd, 2014
- PingER Project, presentation to Dave MacFarlane, associate Lab Director for PPA, SLAC, March 2014
- Monitoring the World's Networks, Les Cottrell et. al., presented by Prof Harvey Newman at the ICFA meeting CERN February 2014.
- Secure Wireless at SLAC, Guillaume Cessieux, presentation to the OCIO Operations teams,
Year 2013
Publications and White Papers (most recent first)
- Africa 'leapfrogs' to wider Internet access. Al Jazeera, Sept 2, 2013. Also appeared on SlashDot Front Page, Sept 3, 2013, referenced in SLAC Today as "SLAC expert weighs in on Internet access in Africa ", Sept 6, 2013
- PingER project data on the health of Africa’s Internet networks, Africa, April 15, 2013.
- Why continuous investment and improvement in African ICT infrastructure is important, contributed by Les Cottrell to EGy Africa News, Number4, February, 2013.
- Pinging Africa , R. Les Cottrell, IEEE Spectrum February 2013. Also see A Simple Tool for Measuring Digital Development , by R. Les Cottrell, IEEE Spectrum February 2013. This is derived from SLAC-PUB-15333.
- International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2013 Report on Networking, compiled by Les Cottrell, Shawn McKee and Anjum Naveed on behalf of the working group, January 2013.
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- Silicon Valley and Stanford, by Les Cottrell, Universiti Technologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, June 27th, 2013
- High Energy Physics Computing and Network Needs for Worldwide Collaborations, by Les Cottrell, Universiti Malaya, June 26th, 2013
- PingER: Research Opportunities and Trends, by Les Cottrell, PingER workshop , Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 26, 2013
- PingER: Navigating the Web Site and Mining the Data, by Les Cottrell, PingER workshop , Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 24th, 2013
- Survey of Patch management at ESCC Labs , by Les Cottrell, ESCC meeting LBL, July 15-16, 2012
- The Emergence of the Internet and Africa, by Les Cottrell, Monday SLAC-wide colloquium, May 6, 2013
- High performance network security at SLAC, odp, ppt, Antonio Ceseracciu, ESCC meeting LBNL January 2013.
Year 2012
Publications and White Papers (most recent first)
- PingER Workshop Brochure, UNIMAS, Malaysia Dec 13-14, 2012
- Submission to the Silicon Valley Tech Awards 2012, Nov 2012.
- ICSU Grant Progress Report, see section 3 on PingER.
- m-Learning in Classrooms and Research, by Les Cottrell, June 2012. Contribution to booklet released under the Creative Commons. The booklet is to promote the open book on Mobile Science (m-science)
- PingER status report Jun 2012, for eGYAfrica
- International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2012 Report on Networking, compiled by Les Cottrell, Shawn McKee and Amber Zeb on behalf of the working group, January 2012.
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- PingER Installation, Kashif Satar, notes from hands on session at the PingER Workshop at the University of Malaysia in Sarawak, December 13-17, 2012
- PingER: Navigating the web site and mining the data, Les Cottrell at the PingER Workshop at the University of Malaysia in Sarawak, December 13-17, 2012
- PingER in Pakistan, Kashif Satar, at the PingER Workshop at the University of Malaysia in Sarawak, December 13-17, 2012
- PingER: Actively measuring the worldwide Internet’s end-to-end performance Extended version, by Les Cottrell at the PingER Workshop at the University of Malaysia in Sarawak, December 13-17, 2012
- PingER Deployment for PERN Performance Monitoring, Anjum Navid, at the Malaysia National Research and Education (MYREN) meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 12, 2012.
- PingER: Actively measuring the worldwide Internet’s end-to-end performance, by Les Cottrell at the Malaysia National Research and Education (MYREN) meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 12, 2012.
- The World-wide Digital Divide and Africa, Les Cottrell presentation at the eGYAfrica 2012 Workshop, Better Internet Connectivity for Research and Education in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 24-26, 2012.
- Visiting Dignitories, Les Cottrell, presentation to CIO 8/22/2012.
- Network Roadmap, presented by Antonio Ceseracciu to OCIO management.
- PingER: getting a lot from a simple utility, Les Cottrell, Summer 2012 Joint Techs, Stanford CA, July 16, 2012
- SLAC Networking July 2012, Les Cottrell, presenttaion for the SLAC CIO, July 2012
- SLAC Telecommunications July 2012, Les Cottrell, presentation for the SLAC CIO, July 2012
- MOU between SLAC & the University of Malaysia in Sarawak (UNIMAS), presentation by Les Cottrell to SLAC CIO, June 15, 2012.
- ESnet VPN Survey Nov 2011, Les Cottrell and Guillaume Cessieux, presented at the ESCC Meeting, Baton Rouge, Jan 2012.
- SLAC Security Compromise - 1998, prepared by Les Cottrell for ESCC
Year 2011
Publications and White Papers (most recent first)
International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2011 Report on Networking, compiled by Les Cottrell, Shawn McKee and Zafar Gilani on behalf of the working group, January 2011.
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