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 Networking, compiled by Shawn McKee and Les Cottrell on behalf of the working group, January 2016.
Talks (most recent first)
- Monitoring the World's Networks, PingER project, Les Cottrell et al, presentation for ICFA
Year 2015
Publications and White papers (most recent first)
Survey on Big Data Indexing strategies, also SLAC-PUB-16460, Fatima Bintu Adama, Adib Habbal, Suhaidi Hassan, R. Les Cottrell. Bebo White, Ibrahim Abdullahi, , submitted to NETAPPS 2015.
Worldwide Internet Performance Measurements Using Lightweight Measurement Platforms, also SLAC-PUB-16461,R. Les Cottrell, Thiago Barbosa, Bebo White, Johari Abdullah and Topher White, submitted to NETAPPS 2015.
- Applying Data Warehousing and Big Data Techniques to Analyze Internet Performance, also SLAC-PUB-16464, T. M. S. Barbosa, R. F. Souza, S. M. S. Cruz, M. L. Campos and R. L. Cottrell, submitted to NETAPPS 2015.
PingER Malaysia-Internet Performance Measuring Project: A Case Study, also see SLAC-PUB-16462, Saqib Ali, R. Les Cottrell, Anjum Naveed, submitted to NETAPPS 2015.
Adaptive Geolocation of Internet Hosts, also SLAC-PUB-16463, Raja A.A. Khan, Roger L.A. Cottrell, Anjum Naveed, SLAC-PUB-16360, submitted to NETAPPS 2015.
- International Committee for Future Accelerators - Standing Committee on Inter-Regional Connectivity (ICFA-SCIC) 2015 Report on Networking, compiled by Les Cottrell and Shawn McKee on behalf of the working group, January 2015.
Talks (most recent first)
- PingER Malaysia-Internet Performance Measuring Project: A Case Study, Saqib Ali, R. Les Cottrell, Anjum Naveed, presented at NetApps2015, Dec 2015
- Applying Data Warehousing and Big Data Techniques to Analyze Internet Performance, Thiago Barbosa, Renan Souza, Sergio Serra, R. Les Cottrell presented at NetApps2015, Dec 2015
- Worldwide Internet performance measurements using a Raspberry Pi, presented at NetApps2015, Dec 2015. Also a video.
- Adaptive Geolocation of Internet Hosts, Raja A. A. Khan, Anjum Naveed, R. Les Cottrell presented at NetApps2015, Dec 2015
- A Survey on Big Data Indexing Strategies, Fatima Binta Adama, Adib Habbal, Suharidi Hassan, R. Les Cottrell, Bebo White, Ibrahim Abdullahi, presented at NETAPPS2015, Dec 2015.
- Monitoring the World's Networks, Les Cottrell et. al., presented by Prof Harvey Newman at the ICFA meeting CERN February 2015.
- Also see the 2015 Reports and Presentation slide deck of the ICFA Standing Committee on Inter-regional Connectivity (SCIC) available at
The presentation to ICFA by SCIC is also available at
The executive summary is at:
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- PingER and Internet Performance in Malaysia case study, Saqib Ali, December 2014
- Seminar on Internet Performance Measurement and Monitoring, Kuala Lumpur 26 Nov, 2014
- Linked Open Data Publication Strategies: Application in Networking Performance Measurement Data, Renan Souza, Les Cottrell, Bebo White, M. Luiza Campos, Marta Mattoso, SLAC PUB 15960, SLAC-PUB 15950., May 2014.
- 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)
- PingER: Malaysia Initiative, Johari Abdullar, Presented at MYREN InternetWorks Research SIG presented Research Seminar on Internet Perfromance Measurement and Monitoring, Nov 26, 2014.
- Project PingER: Background and Future. Anjum Naveed, Presented at MYREN Research Seminar Nov 26, 2014
- Mobility, lecture prepared by Les Cottrell for the School on Space Weather, Koudougou University, Burkina Faso, November 15, 2014.
- Network Problem diagnosis for non-networkers, lecture prepared by Les Cottrell for the School on Space Weather, Koudougou University, Burkina Faso, November 15, 2014.
- The Internet: where did it come from, what are the challenges, lecture prepared by Les Cottrell for the School on Space Weather, Koudougou University, Burkina Faso, November 15, 2014.
- Africa and the Internet, talk prepared by Les Cottrell fort the School on Space Weather, Koudougou University, Burkina Faso, November 15, 2014.
- Linked Open Data Publication Strategies: Application in Networking PPerformance Measurement Data, Renan Souza, Les Cottrell, Bebo White, Maria Campos, Marta Mattoso, poster presented at the BigDataScience - Stanford conference, CA, USA May 27-31, 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.
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- 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)
- 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
- The Emergence of the Internet and Africa, by Les Cottrell, Monday SLAC-wide colloquium, May 6, 2013
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- 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)
- Verbal introduction to chapter 1 of “The Internet, Mobile Computing and Mobile Phones in Developing Countries”, June 12, 2012, text version
- 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.
- PingER: getting a lot from a simple utility, Les Cottrell, Summer 2012 Joint Techs, Stanford CA, July 16, 2012
- MOU between SLAC & the University of Malaysia in Sarawak (UNIMAS), presentation by Les Cottrell to SLAC CIO, June 15, 2012.
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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)
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Monitoring the World's Networks, prepared by Les Cottrell, Zafar Gilani, presented to ICFA by Harvey Newman, February 2011
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