NSF Workshop on Programmable Networks

NSF 可编程网络研讨会

• 批准号: 1833483
• 负责人: Anirudh Sivaraman Kaushalram
• 金额: $ 7万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833483&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Workshop; Programmable; Networks

Programmable networks---networks whose functionality can be changed by a network operator---are emerging to fundamentally change the way computer networks are designed, built, and managed. Programmable networks have been a holy grail for networking research, and such devices (such as network interface cards and switches) as well as new advanced network applications are coming to market. Due to the requirement of providing fast packet processing, programmable network devices have a limited amount of high-speed memory and can perform only a small amount of computation on every packet. This award supports a workshop addressing a grand challenge in this space: to rethink the full software stack of networks, from developing new algorithms and data structures to efficiently realize network applications with limited resources, to developing high-level programming frameworks to simplify programming. This requires the efforts of multiple research communities: networking, algorithms, programming languages, and computer architecture.This workshop aims to bring together these different research communities to survey the state of the art in programmable networks, to identify key research challenges going forward, and to exchange ideas. The primary goal is to stimulate discussion between different communities engaged in research on programmable networks and to broaden the research community working on programmable networks. As a concrete output from the workshop, participants will produce a report that will be published as an editorial in ACM SIGCOMM's online magazine, Computer Communication Review. This report will cohesively summarize the workshop's discussions, outline a set of research themes for future research in the area, and make recommendations on infrastructure support to aid research in programmable networks.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

可编程网络--其功能可以由网络运营商改变的网络-正在出现，以从根本上改变计算机网络的设计、构建和管理的方式。可编程网络一直是网络研究的圣杯，这样的设备(如网络接口卡和交换机)以及新的高级网络应用正在进入市场。由于提供快速分组处理的要求，可编程网络设备具有有限的高速存储器，并且只能对每个分组执行少量的计算。该奖项支持一个研讨会，以解决该领域的一个重大挑战：重新思考网络的整个软件堆栈，从开发新的算法和数据结构以利用有限的资源高效地实现网络应用，到开发高级编程框架以简化编程。这需要多个研究社区的努力：网络、算法、编程语言和计算机体系结构。本次研讨会旨在将这些不同的研究社区聚集在一起，调查可编程网络的最新发展，确定未来的关键研究挑战，并交流想法。主要目标是促进从事可编程网络研究的不同社区之间的讨论，并扩大致力于可编程网络的研究社区。作为研讨会的具体成果，与会者将编写一份报告，作为社论发表在ACM SIGCOMM的在线杂志《计算机通信评论》上。这份报告将连贯地总结研讨会的讨论，概述该领域未来研究的一系列研究主题，并就基础设施支持提出建议，以帮助可编程网络的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。