Murtaza Motiwala

I am a third year graduate student in the Networking and Telecommunications Group. I work with Prof Nick Feamster

I completed my under-grad in Computer Science and Engg. at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. There I worked with Prof Timothy Gonsalves for my under-graduate project.

My online profile is here .

I spent Summer '10 at Google, Mountain View and was hosted by Vijay Gill

I spent Summer '08 at Microsoft Research, Redmond working with Ming Zhang

I spent Summer '07 at Princeton University, as part of the VINI Summer Camp

Courses

• Fall 2010

  • MATH 6014 - Graph Theory
  • ISYE 6661 - Linear Optimization

• Spring 10

  • ISYE 6662 - Discrete Optimization

• Spring 09

  • CS 7641 - Machine Learning

• Spring 08

  • CS 8803 - Game Theory and Computer Science

• Fall 07

  • CS 6262 - Network Security

• Spring 07

  • CS 7260 - Internet Architecture and Protocols
  • CS 8802 - Algorithms for Complex Networks

• Fall 06

  • CS 6210 - Advanced Operating Systems
  • CS 7001 - Introduction to Graduate Studies

Projects

• NANO

NEW! Download NANO Agent Code

• Path Splicing
• VINI
• Secure Orchid

Publications

• Realizing a Narrow Waist for Multipath Routing
  Murtaza Motiwala, Bilal Anwer, Nick Feamster, David Andersen
  In Submission (copy available on request)
  
  
• Towards a Cost Model for Network Traffic
  Murtaza Motiwala, Amogh Dhamdhere, Nick Feamster, Anukool Lakhina
  To Appear in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 42, Number 1. Jan 2012
  
  
• SwitchBlade: A Platform for Rapid Deployment of Network Protocols on Programmable Hardware
  Bilal Anwer, Murtaza Motiwala, Mukarram bin Tariq, Nick Feamster
  Proc. ACM SIGCOMM 2010, New Delhi, India. August 2010
  
  
• Detecting Network Neutrality Violations using Causal Inference
  Mukarram bin Tariq, Murtaza Motiwala, Nick Feamster, Mostafa Ammar
  Proc. ACM CoNext 2009, Rome, Italy. December 2009
  
  
• Network and End-System Support for Transparent Use of Multiple Paths
  Murtaza Motiwala, Megan Elmore, Yogesh Mundada and Nick Feamster
  SIGCOMM 2009 (Demo), Barcelona, Spain. August 2009
  
  
• Trellis: A Platform for Building Flexible, Fast Virtual Networks on Commodity Hardware
  Sapan Bhatia, Murtaza Motiwala, Wolfgang Muhlbauer, Yogesh Mundada, Vytautas Valancius, Andy Bavier, Nick Feamster, Larry Peterson and Jennifer Rexford
  3rd International Workshop on Real Overlays & Distributed Systems (ROADS), Madrid, Spain. December 2008
  
  
• NANO: Network Access Neutrality Observatory
  Mukarram bin Tariq, Murtaza Motiwala and Nick Feamster
  Proc. ACM SIGCOMM Hotnets Workshop, Calgary, Canada. October 2008
  
  
• Path Splicing
  Murtaza Motiwala, Megan Elmore, Nick Feamster and Santosh Vempala
  Proc. ACM SIGCOMM, Seattle, WA. August 2008
  
  
• Hosting Virtual Networks on Commodity Hardware
  Sapan Bhatia, Murtaza Motiwala, Wolfgang Muhlbauer, Vytautas Valancius, Andy Bavier, Nick Feamster, Larry Peterson and Jennifer Rexford
  Georgia Tech Computer Science Tech Report GT-CS-07-10
  
  
• Path Splicing: Reliable Connectivity with Rapid Recovery
  Murtaza Motiwala, Nick Feamster and Santosh Vempala
  ACM SIGCOMM Hotnets Workshop, Atlanta, GA. November 2007
  
  
• Better Interdomain Path Diversity with BGP Path Splicing
  Murtaza Motiwala, Nick Feamster and Santosh Vempala
  PRESTO Workshop May 2007, Princeton (Position Paper)
  
  
• Network Troubleshooting: An In-band Approach
  Murtaza Motiwala, Andy Bavier and Nick Feamster
  NSDI April 2007, Boston (Poster)
  
  
• Network Troubleshooting on Data Plane Coattails
  Murtaza Motiwala and Nick Feamster
  WIRED Workshop October 2006, Atlanta (Position Paper)

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Last Modified: Dec. 1, 2011