Home- Faculty Search- Faculty Directory- Vijay Ramachandran Colgate Directory FACULTY DETAIL < BACK TO RESULTS Vijay RamachandranAssistant Professor of Computer Science Computer Science , 305 McGregory Hall p 315 2287780vramachandran@colgate.edu Click here to schedule an appointment during office hours (requires a Google account). Degree Ph.D. (2005), M.Phil. (2003), M.S. (2001) in computer science, Yale University A.B. (2000) in mathematics, Princeton University Professional Experience Visiting researcher at DIMACS / Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Postdoc at DIMACS / Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Postdoc at International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley, CA Distinctions Department of Defense NDSEG Fellowship (2001-2004) CT InfoTech Scholarship (2001) NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention (2001) 1st place winner, AT&T Student Research Day (1999) External funding / Grants awarded for research: Mitigating Exploits of the Current Interdomain Routing Infrastructure, NSF (2007-2011) Nettle: Automated Configuration from High-Level Specifications, DARPA (2007-2010) Transformational IP Routing for Navy Afloat Networks, ONR (2008-2011) Tactical-Edge Interdomain Routing Protocol Development, ASD(R&E) funded collaboration with MIT-Lincoln Laboratory (2012-2013) Specialities Algorithms, data structures, e-commerce, game theory/economics and computation Teaching Experience Spring 2013: COSC 102: Introduction to Programming II COSC 302: Analysis of Algorithms UNST 360: Technology and Disruption (with J. Herbst) Fall 2012: COSC 102: Introduction to Programming II FSEM 139: Technologies for Electronic Commerce Previous courses have also included COSC 101: Introduction to Programming I, COSC 150: Contemporary Issues in Computer Science, and COSC 480: Topics - Algorithmic Game Theory. Interests Algorithmic foundations of the Internet, specifically the study of Internet routing protocols and tools / frameworks for design and analysis of methods for network management and configuration Publications Selected publications are listed below. For a complete list and links to abstracts, complete citations, and papers (if available) please click here. "Pathsift: A Library for Separating the Effects of Topology, Policy, and Protocols on IP Routing," SIMUTools 2012 "Incentive-Compatible Interdomain Routing," Distributed Computing 23(5-6), 2011 "The Impact of Communication Models on Routing-Algorithm Convergence," ICDCS 2009 "Rationality and Traffic Attraction: Incentives for Honest Path Announcements in BGP," SIGCOMM 2008 "Resolving Inter-Domain Policy Disputes," SIGCOMM 2007 "Robust Path-Vector Routing Despite Inconsistent Preferences," ICNP 2006 "Relating Two Formal Models of Path-Vector Routing," INFOCOM 2005 "Robustness of Class-Based Path-Vector Systems," ICNP 2004 "Design Principles of Policy Languages for Path Vector Protocols," SIGCOMM 2003