ITR Collaborative Research: Peer-to-Peer Networking Theory

这项研究的基本前提是P2P网络将在未来十年内给互联网和计算带来革命性的变化。除了文件共享，P2P网络还有许多重要用途。P2P网络将把互联网从共享带宽基础设施转变为综合带宽/存储/计算基础设施，创建一个庞大的全球虚拟计算机系统，供世界各地的用户共享。与P2P中的工业部署和计算机科学系统研究相适应，该研究项目启动了P2P网络理论中的一项重大并行活动。它解决了两个基本的研究挑战：P2P系统极其复杂，并创建了一个与传统客户端/服务器模式显著不同的网络环境。通过在线实验和仿真来评估新的设计方案是困难的。因此需要在P2P网络理论中进行一次重大的活动。这项研究项目汇集了三个机构，创建了一个P2P理论中心。这项研究结合了计算机网络、互联网和分布式系统以及建模、随机网络、优化和分布式算法方面的专业知识。通常，这些拥有专业知识的“区域”会以自己的方式看待问题，而这些区域之间的互动有限。这一提议不仅将因为视角的结合而在P2P领域产生更深刻的结果，而且应该为这些“地区”提供机会，更多地了解彼此的方法和途径，促进未来在其他努力中的合作。该研究项目围绕三个主要轴线进行组织：可用性、效率和可用性。它包括安全和激励方面的主要活动。督导主任会在学年每月举办为期一天的工作坊。预计将有学术和工业研究人员的大量参与，以及业界对大部分研究的重大参与。将开发一套性能和模拟软件，并通过该中心的网站提供。通过拟议的研究获得的大部分知识将通过教科书和期刊文章的出版物传播给世界各地的学生。

The fundamental premise of the research is that P2P networking will revolutionize the Internet and computing over the next ten years. P2P networking has numerous important uses beyond file sharing. P2P networking will transform the Internet from a shared bandwidth infrastructure into a combined bandwidth/storage/computing infrastructure, creating a massive, global virtual computer system, which will be shared by users around the world. Commensurate with industrial deployments and computer science systems research in P2P, this research project launches a major parallel activity in P2P networking theory. It addresses two basic research challenges: P2P systems are enormously complex and create a networking environment that is significantly different from the traditional client/server model. It is difficult to evaluate new design proposals through online experimentation and simulation. Thus the need for a major activity in P2P networking theory. This research project brings together three institutions to create a center in P2P theory. The research combines expertise in computer networking, the Internet, and distributed systems along with modeling, stochastic networks, optimization and distributed algorithms. Often, these "regions" of expertise look at problems in their own way, and there is limited interaction between these regions. This proposal will not only produce more profound results in the P2P area because of the combination of perspectives, but should provide an opportunity for these "regions" to learn more about one another's methods and approaches, facilitating future collaborations in other endeavors. The research project is organized along three major axes: availability, efficiency, and usability. It includes major activities in security and incentives. The PIs will hold monthly one-day workshops during the academic years. A significant participation from both academic and industrial researchers is expected, as well as a significant industrial involvement in much of the research. A set of performance and simulation software will be developed and made available through the Center's site. Much of the knowledge gained through the proposed research will be disseminated to students worldwide through publications in text books and journal articles.