Disputas: Erek Göktürk

Prøveforelesning

Bedømmelseskomité

Associate Professor Olivier Dalle, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, Frankrike
Visiting Professor Jean-Pierre Briot, Departamento de Informatica, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Professor Stein Gjessing, Professor Stein Gjessing, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

Leder av disputas:  Dag Langmyhr

Veileder:  Naci Akkøk, Ellen Munthe-Kaas

Sammendrag

After just about 70 years since their conception as a semi-mechanical heavy equipment in research labs, computers today are becoming ubiquitous and networked. These network technologies are developed by researchers all over the world, trying to keep up with the rapid progression of technology, as demanded by the market forces. Among the key tools used by researchers working on networking technologies are simulators and emulators. Network simulators and emulators allow researchers to study the behavior of networks that do not yet exist, or to experiment on networks that are practically infeasible to set up in a laboratory environment.

Erek Göktürk's PhD research, carried out under supervision of Dr. Naci Akkøk and Dr. Ellen Munthe-Kaas from the Department of Informatics in the University of Oslo, addresses how network simulators and emulators can be built by composing instances of ready-made parts, which are called components. In his thesis, Göktürk presents the current state of art in two different areas: use of components in constructing software systems, and use of simulators and emulators in research on networks. Combining the background in the two areas of research, he has formulated a set of requirements which should be satisfied by a component-based approach in building network simulators and emulators. He has also developed an approach called MICA (Minimalistic Component-Based Architecture), which aims to satisfy these requirements, and built a proof-of-concept network emulator called DINEMO, which demonstrates the feasibility of using MICA. MICA aims to provide a development environment for the network researchers where they can make direct use of their component-based perception of the networks, in constructing their network simulators and emulators. Thereby MICA aims to cut down on learning time for using network simulators and emulators, to increase reuse of models developed by different researchers, and to make researchers job easier while they try to outrun the rapid progression of technology and stay on the lead.

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