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ANT research group lunch

At the end of June we had an ANT research group lunch to celebrate four (!) recent PhD defenses in 2020 and 2021: Hang Guo, Calvin Ardi, Lan Wei, and Abdul Qadeer. Although not everyone could be there (Hang has already moved for his new job), and the ANT lab includes a number of people outside of L.A. who could not make it, us students, staff, and family in L.A. had a great time at Vista del Mar Park near the beach!

A big thanks to Basileal Imana and ASM Rizvi for coordinating delivery of Ethiopian food for lunch.

We are also very thankful that vaccine availability in the U.S. is widespread and we were able to get together face-to-face after a year of Covid limitations. I’m happy that we’ve been able to do good work throughout the pandemic with remote collaboration tools and occasional on-site access, but it was nice to see old friends face-to-face again and share a meal. We hope the fall’s in-person classes at USC go well.

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group lunch in honor of a departure and two arrivals

On November 14 we had a group lunch near ISI to celebrate the completion of Joao Ceron’s visit from the University of Twente as a visiting scholar, to welcome Asma Enayet to the group as a new PhD student, and to welcome Hang Guo’s son into the world. (Hang was understandably not able to make the lunch.) Happy Thanksgiving to all!

A group lunch in honor of Asma (left) and Joao (6th left).
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graduation lunch in honor of Liang Zhu

In October we had a ANT research group lunch to celebrate the PhD graduation of Liang Zhu.  Congratulations on his accomplishments and we all enjoyed tasty dim sum.

A going-away lunch for Liang Zhu (on the left), celebrating his PhD graduation, with the ANT lab and family members.
A going-away lunch for Liang Zhu (on the left), celebrating his PhD graduation, with the ANT lab and family members.

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thanks to visiting scholar Kensuke Fukuda (again!)

We would like to thank Kensuke Fukuda for joining us as a visiting scholar from April 2017 to February 2018.  This visit was his second to our group, and it was great having Fukuda-san back with us while he continues his work with  the National Institute of Informatics in Japan.

Kensuke’s first visit resulted in it development of DNS backscatter, a new technique that can detect scanners and spammers in IPv4.  On this visit he worked with us to understand how to adapt DNS backscatter to IPv6.  A paper about this work appears at ACM IMC 2018.

We had a going away lunch with Kensuke, his family, and part of the ANT lab in February 2018.  Because it was during the regular week, several lab members were unable to attend.

The going-away lunch for Kensuke Fukuda (on the left), with members of the ANT lab, celebrating his time here as a visiting scholar.
The going-away lunch for Kensuke Fukuda (on the left), with members of the ANT lab, celebrating his time here as a visiting scholar.

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thanks to visiting scholar Ricardo Schmidt

We would like to thank Ricardo Schmidt for joining us as a visiting scholar from October 2015 to February 2016.  Ricardo visited us from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and brought his passion for DNS and anycast.

A paper about some technical results from his visit will appear as a technical report shortly.

We sent him off in February 2016 with an ANT group lunch.

A going-away lunch for Ricardo Schmidt (at the head of the table), celebrating his time at USC/ISI as a visiting scholar, with the ANT lab and guests.
A going-away lunch for Ricardo Schmidt (at the head of the table), celebrating his time at USC/ISI as a visiting scholar, with the ANT lab and guests.

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thanks to visiting scholar Kensuke Fukuda

We would like to thank Kensuke Fukuda for joining us as a visiting scholar from September 2014 to January 2015.  It was great having Fukuda-san join us from the National Institute of Informatics in Japan and share is interest in network measurement and DNS.

Watch here for details about the technical results of his visit.  For now though, a photo of our going-away lunch with Kenuske, his family, and most of rest of the ANT lab taken in January 2015.

The going away lunch for Kensuke Fukuda (fifth from the right), celebrating his visiting as a scholar, with the ANT lab.
The going away lunch for Kensuke Fukuda (fifth from the right), celebrating his visiting as a scholar, with the ANT lab.

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ANT research group lunch

In early December we had a ANT research group lunch to celebrate recent PhD defenses (Xue Cai and Lin Quan) and graduates (Chengjie Zhang).  As a special treat alumnae Alefiya Hussain and and Genevieve Bartlett joined us.  A yummy lunch and a great occasion!

ANT Project members, Dec. 2013
ANT Project members, Dec. 2013