Dr. Idris A. Rai

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Since 2004)
Computing Department
Lancaster University
Infolab21, South Drive
Lancaster
LA1 4WA

Phone: +44 1524 510376
e-mail: rai |at| comp,lancs,ac,uk

Education
 PhD in Networks and Computer Science (2004), Telecom Paris (ENST), France
 MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2000), Bilkent University, Turkey
 BSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1998), Bogazici University, Turkey.

Research Interests
Networking, Performance modelling and evaluation, Security, Large-scale distributed networks,
Scheduling, Quality of service (QoS),Wireless and mobile networks


Professional Activities

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Publications

Theses

  • Idris A. Rai. QoS support in edge routers. PhD thesis, Telecom Paris, Institut Eurecom, Sophia-Antipolis, France, September 2004. [pdf][ppt]

  • Idris A. Rai. Weighted round robin scheduling algorithms for input queued packet switches subject to deadline constraints. MSc. Thesis, Bilkent University, July 2000. [pdf]



Journals

  • A. Macquire, A. Brampton, I. A. Rai, and L. Mathy. Authentication in Stealth distributed hash tables. An invited paper for submission in the Special Issue of the Elsevier Journal on System Architecture, 2007

  • I. A. Rai, E. W. Biersack, and G. Urvoy-Keller. Size-based scheduling to improve the performance of short TCP flows. IEEE Network Magazine 2005 [pdf]. The extended version of the paper is available in research report RR-03-075

  • I. A. Rai, G. Urvoy-Keller, M. Vernon, and E. W. Biersack. Performance models for LAS-based scheduling disciplines in a packet switched network. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Vol 32 Issue. 1, 2004 [pdf]

  • I. A. Rai, Urvoy-Keller, and E. W. Biersack. LAS Scheduling approach to avoid Bandwidth hogging in heterogeneous TCP networks Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 3079, pp 179-190, 2004 [pdf]

  • I. A. Rai, G. Urvoy-Keller, and E. W. Biersack. Analysis of LAS scheduling for job size distributions with high variance. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Vol 31 Issue. 1, 2003 [pdf]

Conferences and Workshops

  • A. Brampton, A. Macquire, I. A. Rai, N. Race, L. Mathy, and M. Fry. Characterising user interactivity for sports Video-on-Demand, In the 17th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video, (NOSSDAV 2007), Urban-Champaign, IL, USA[pdf].

  • I. A. Rai, A. Brampton, A. Macquire, and L. Mathy. Performance modeling of Peer-to-Peer Protocols. In the Fourth International Workshop on Hot Topics in Peer-to-Peer Systems, (HotP2P'07), in conjection with IEEE IPDPS, 2007, Long Beach, California. [pdf]

  • A. Brampton, A. Macquire, I. A. Rai, N. Race, and L. Mathy. Stealth Distributed Hash Table: A robust and flexible super-peered DHT. In ACM conference on emerging network experiments and technologies (CoNEXT), 2006, Lisbon, Portugal [pdf]

  • A. Macquire, A. Brampton, I. A. Rai, and L. Mathy. Authentication in Stealth distributed hash tables. 32nd EUROMICRO CONFERENCE, Track on Multimedia & Telecommunications: Dependable Adaptive Systems, Aug. 2006, Croatia [pdf]

  • A. Macquire, A. Brampton, I. A. Rai, and L. Mathy. Performance Analysis of Stealth DHT with mobile nodes. 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing, March 2006, Pisa, Italy [pdf]

  • A. Brampton, A. Macquire, I. A. Rai, N. Race, and L. Mathy. Stealth Distributed Hash Table: Unleashing the potential of peer-to-peer. In ACM conference on emerging network experiments and technologies (CoNEXT), Workshop sessions 2005, France [pdf]

  • N. Nikaen, C. Bonnet, Y. Moret, and I. A. Rai. 2LQoS - Two-layered QoS model for reactive routing protocols for mobile ad-hoc networks. In Proc of SCI2002, USA, 2002 [pdf]

  • I. A. Rai, G. Urvoy-Keller, and E. W. Biersack. Size-based scheduling with differentiated services to improve response time of highly varying flow sizes. In ITC 15th Specialist Seminar, IP 2002, July 2002. [pdf]

  • I. A. Rai and M. Alanyali. Uniform weighted round robin scheduling algorithms for input queued switches. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'2001). June 2001. [ps]