Byrav Ramamurthy
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engg.,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68588-0115
Office: 108, Schorr Center
Phone: (402) 472-7791
Fax: (402) 472-7767
E-mail: byrav_ramamurthy @ ieee.org
WWW: http://www.cse.unl.edu/~byrav
Teaching
Service
- JOURNALS and TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
- Guest Co-editor, IEEE Communications - Feature Topic: Multi-Domain Optical Networks: Issues and Challenges, June 2008.
- Vice Chair, IEEE Communication Society's Optical networking technical committee (ONTC), December 2007 - present.
- Secretary, IEEE Communication Society's Optical networking technical committee (ONTC), December 2005-2007.
- Online Content Chair, IEEE Communication Society's Optical networking technical committee (ONTC), December 2003-present.
- IEEE ComSoc Optical Networking Technical Committee Homepage (maintained by Byrav Ramamurthy).
- Associate Editor, OSA Journal on Optical Networking (JON), February 2008 - present.
- Associate Editor, IEEE Communications magazine's Optical Communication Supplement (OCS), 2004-2006.
- Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2006 - present
- CURRENT CONFERENCES
- General Co-chair, Broadnets 2008 Conference, September 8-11, 2008, London, UK.
- TPC Chair, ICCCN 2008 - 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, Aug. 2007, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, USA.
- RECENT CONFERENCES
- Miniconference TPC Co-Chair, INFOCOM 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008
- "Technical Program Vice Chair for Information Systems (EDAS)" INFOCOM 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008
(Guidelines page for TPC members)
- TPC Member, ONDM 2008 - The 12th International Conference on Optical Networking Design and Modeling, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain, March 12-14, 2008.
- TPC Member, Q2SWinet 2007, the 3-rd ACM* International Workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks, October 22 - 26, 2007, Chania, Crete Island, Greece.
- TPC Member, GC'07 ASNS - Globecom 2007 - Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, 26-30 November, Washington, DC, USA.
- TPC Member, GC'07 ONSS - Globecom 2007 - Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, 26-30 November, Washington, DC, USA.
- TPC Member, IMMERSCOM 2007, Bussolengo (Verona), Italy, October 2007.
- TPC Vice Chair, ICCCN 2007 - 16th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, Aug. 13 - 16, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii USA.
- TPC Co-Chair, INFOCOM 2007 High Speed Networking Workshop (HSN), Anchorage, Alaska, May 11, 2007
- TPC Member, ICC 2007 - Optical Networks & Systems Symposium, 24-28 June 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE INFOCOM 2007, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007
- TPC Co-chair, IEEE ICC 2006 Optical Systems and Networks symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-15 June 2006.
- TPC Co-chair, BROADNETS 2006 Optical Symposium, San Jose, California, October 2006. (Call for Papers) (Paper submission site).
- Sponsorships Chair, SecureComm 2006, Baltimore/Washington Area, September 2006.
- Registrations Co-chair, IEEE EIT Conference, (Lincoln, NE), May 22-25, 2005 (website)
- Workshops Co-chair, BroadNets 2005 Conference, (Boston, MA), October 3-7, 2005 (website)
- Chief Judge and Co-organizer, ACM Regional Programming Contest, November 2005
- Panels Co-chair, BroadNets 2004 Conference, (San Jose, CA), October 25-29, 2004 (website)
- Member, Technical Program Committee, "IEEE INFOCOM 2004 Conference", Hong Kong, March 7-11, 2004.
- Guest Co-Editor, IEEE Network -- Special issue on "Optical Communication Networks, Dec. 2000.
Research Interests
- Optical networks and Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM).
- Network Security and Secure Group Communications.
- Wireless mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks
- Assistive technologies
- Network support for high-bandwidth multimedia applications
- Collaborative technologies and Access Grid
Current Projects
Recent Projects
Research Publications
In the Spotlight
News and Events
- Lincoln's ABC affiliate KLKN TV aired a
two-part story on the topic of "War Driving" on its Channel 8 Eyewitness news
programs at 10pm on July 14 and 15, 2004. The programs featured interviews with
Prof. Byrav Ramamurthy who provides practical tips to secure your wireless
network. (Videos: Part-1 (43.5MB, AVI, Windows Media Player/RealPlay) and Part-2 (43.4MB, AVI, Windows Media Player/RealPlay))
- Video on Wireless Security Research at UNL by Dr. Byrav Ramamurthy, (11MB, MOV, Apple Quicktime player).
- Seminar on "Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs): Security Concerns and Solutions" at the Lincoln Downtown Tech Fair, April 22, 2004.
- Seminar on "Secure Group Communications" at the Nebraska Information Technology Security Day, Lincoln, Nebraska, November 30, 2004.
- Seminar on "Access Grid (AG) Node at UNL" at the PRISM Program of Excellence Open House, Lincoln, Nebraska, September, 2003.
Useful Links
byrav_ramamurthy @ ieee.org
Book - Design of Optical WDM Networks - LAN, MAN and WAN Architectures (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston MA, January 2001) (Official Page at Publisher's website (Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer)) (Purchase from Amazon.com) (Purchase from Barnes & Noble).
Book - Secure Group Communications Over Data Networks by
Xukai Zou, Byrav Ramamurthy, Spyros S. Magliveras (Official Page at Publisher's website (Springer)) (Purchase from Amazon.com) (Purchase from Barnes & Noble).