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Xiaowei Yang

Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science
Box 90129, Durham, NC 27708-0129
LSRC-D336, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Networking, systems, and security.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Computer Science · 2023 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Co-Director of Graduate Studies for the Master of Science in Economics and Computation Program · 2023 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies MS Program in the Department of Computer Science · 2023 - Present Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Tiered Cloud Routing: Methodology, Latency, and Improvement

Journal Article Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems · March 10, 2025 Large cloud providers including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud offer two tiers of network services to their customers: one class uses the providers' private wide area networks (WAN-transit) to carry a customer's traffic as much as possible, and the other use ... Full text Cite

Network Capabilities

Chapter · January 1, 2025 Full text Cite

Characterizing Anycast Flipping: Prevalence and Impact

Conference Lecture Notes in Computer Science · January 1, 2025 A 2016 study by Wei and Heidemann showed that anycast routing of DNS queries to root name servers is fairly stable, with only 1% of RIPE Atlas vantage points “flipping” back and forth between different root name server sites. Continuing this study longitud ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


CNS Core:Small: Optimizing IP Anycast Performance at Scale

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2026

CNS Core: Small: Collaborative Research: Improving the Reliability of Cable Broadband Networks with Proactive Network Maintenance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2004 Ph.D.
Tsinghua University (China) · 1996 B.S.E.

External Links


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