Year 2016
Publications and White Papers (most recent first)
- International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2016 Report on Network Monitoring, compiled by Shawn McKee, Marian Babik and Les Cottrell on behalf of the working group, January 2016
Talks (most recent first)
- Tightening the SLAC network perimeter, Les Cottrell, presentation given to Unix team, 2/2/2016.
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, SSLACSLAC-TN-15-002, May 2015
International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2015 Report on Networking, compiled by Les Cottrell, Shawn McKee on behalf of the working group, January 2015
Talks (most recent first)
Zettar Data Transfer Node Appliance Testing, given by Les Cottrell at ESCC Sept 2015
Confluence: Easy to use app for web content, presentation/demo for Kelly Gaffney by Les Cottrell 9/17/2015
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.
Talks (most recent first)
- 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.
Talks (most recent first)
- 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.
Talks (most recent first)
- PingER: Opportunities,Les Cottrell, University of Malaya, Dec 2013
- 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.
Talks (most recent first)
- Networking Retrospective presented by Les Cottrell at the 20 year HEPiX Anniversary Meeting, Vancouver, Oct 24-28, 2011.
- Network Roadmap & Re-architecture, Antonio Ceseracciu, presented at the SLAC Scientific Computing Subcommitte, October 6, 2011.
- Quantifying the worldwide Digital Divide: the emergence of Africa, Les Cottrell, ISPA/iWeek, Pretoria, S. Africa, Sep 21, 2011
- Table of Contents of Lectures by Les Cottrell at Ecole SIG on Nouvelles Technologiesen Democratic Republic Congo, 12-17 Septembre, Organisee par l’Universite de Kinshasa
- The Internet: where did it come from, what are the challenges (English, French)).
- Internet, how is it performing (English, French).
- Cell phones, how do they work (English, French).
- Smartphones and other mobile computers (English, French).
- Network Problem Diagnosis for non-networkers.
- Pinger Case Studies.
- IPv6 at SLAC Les Cottrell, August 2011
- SLAC Remote Access VPN over SSL Dan Sneddon Aug 2011.
- SLAC Computing Highlights presented by Les Cottrell to the Silicon Valley Tour Group, May 13, 2011.
- Quantifying the Worldwide Digital Divide: The Emergence of Africa, Presented by Les Cottrell at the American Physical Society annual meeting, Anaheim, April 30-May 2nd 2011
- Audio and Web Conferencing via ReadyTalk, presented by Les Cottrell at the SLAC IT division all hands, April 26, 2011.
- PingER end to end Internet measurements: what we learn, presented by Les Cottrell at the OARC/TechDay for the ICANN San Francisco March 7th, 2011
- PERN Network Analysis, 2010-1011, presented to PERN March 2nd 2011.
- SLAC's Networks, prepared by Les Cottrell for Kimberly Clarke visitors to SLAC, March 2011
- Monitoring the World's Networks, prepared by Les Cottrell, Zafar Gilani, presented to ICFA by Harvey Newman, February 2011.
- IP Address Management Survey, December 2011, Les Cottrell, ESnet meeting Clemson university February 2011.
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