Barun Saha's blog on AI and Networks

The 1 st ACM International Workshop on Future Industrial Communication Networks  (FICN) will be held in conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2018 at New Delhi, India. The tentative date of the workshop is either 29 October or 02 November, 2018 (to be confirmed very soon) . ACM FICN seeks original, novel, and previously unpublished (and currently not under consideration anywhere else) papers that address the challenges faced by modern industrial networks. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by the members of the Technical Program Committee where technical merit, novelty, timeliness, and relevance to the workshop shall be taken into consideration. Topics of interest to ACM FICN include, but are not limited to: Autonomous and intelligent intent-based networks Critical communication network and systems Industry 4.0 communication systems and related standards Green communication and battery-saving systems Large-scale sensor networks and industrial IoT (IIoT) applications...

In my previous articles, I have discussed about the Virtual Labs and IEEE WCM Feature Article on ns2web . Today, I would briefly discuss about ns2web with specific focus on one of its more general features -- data plotting utility. Ns2web is the core component of the Advanced Network Technology Virtual Labs. At a high level it has two basic jobs to perform: Execute the NS-2 simulations in a remote server based on the user input code. Help users perform different types of post-simulation analysis using the trace file generated. As such, ns2web itself becomes a sort of mini-project :) Currently, ns2web and the version of it used with the ANT VLab differ on a few minor aspects. The former offers a ``guided scenario generator'' to the users, and an option to export the graphs as external images. However, ns2web is not only for performing network simulations! The software provides a useful feature that might interest you if you want to quickly plot some nice line plots...

The Virtual Labs project was launched a year ago.  Currently, these labs are undergoing user trials. I have been involved with the development of two virtual labs -- Software Engineering (cse08) and Advanced Network Technologies (cse28) . Interested users may visit these labs. It would be further useful if you could provide feedback on one or more experiments. The feedback link is available in the navigation bar at the top.

[21 March 2015] Update: The original URLs for the Software Engineering and Advanced Network Technologies Virtual Labs are temporarily not working. You can access these labs here: vlssit.iitkgp.ernet.in/isad/isad/ and  vlssit.iitkgp.ernet.in/ant/ant/ The Virtual Labs project has been formally launched today. This is a day perhaps many of us have been waiting for long. The Virtual Labs is an ambitious project undertaken by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) program. This project, I believe, has the potential to bring considerable improvement in science and engineering education in India. The world has changed, and learning (or teaching) is no more confined to the traditional books. Rapid progress in technologies and increasing accessibility to Internet gives ample scope to gain clear understanding of the subject matter. However, something still lacked there. Co...