[January 6th, 2024] The BACS application process for Spring 2024 for the Class of 2027 is now open. The following links can be used for the application process:
- Application via Google Forms
- FAQ
[January 6th, 2024] The BACS application process for Spring 2024 for the Class of 2027 is now open. The following links can be used for the application process:
[August 31st, 2023] A few general pieces of advising information for those in the BACS (Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science) program or those who are looking to join the program:
Otherwise, feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about the program and I would be happy to answer any questions.
[January 14th, 2023] New fact check is up on Politifact with regards to discussions of the recent usage of cellular location records with respect to the murders in Idaho versus the data from 2000 Mules.
[January 10th, 2023]
The application process for the BACS for the Class of 2026 is now open.
Application: https://forms.gle/NDT33PZLMocTrGez8
FAQ: http://sites.nd.edu/aaron-striegel/files/2023/01/FAQ-BACS-Spring-2023.pdf
Applications are due by Friday, March 10th, 2023 at 10 PM EST. Questions may be directed to the BACS Program Director at bacs@nd.edu.
[October 10, 2022] Looking ahead to the AY23-24 (academic year) recruiting cycle, our research group is aiming to recruit one or possibly two Ph. D students in the areas of wireless network measurement and wearables. Subject to funding, we may also have some work in network security, particularly blended 4G / 5G / WiFi. We do not envision having funding for post-docs for this coming year (CY23) and are unlikely to have post-doc funding for the next cycle (AY23-24).
In particular, we envision efforts on the following projects or offshoots of these efforts:
Short video: Platforms such as TikTok, Facebook Watch, Instagram Reels and others present fascinating challenges when it comes to QoE. Unlike traditional QoE, short video browsing is tempered by unique circumstances including QoE spanning multiple videos, varying periods of video watching (full or partial viewing), and highly dynamic network performance. We are interested in studying the underlying tradeoffs associated with how best to pre-stage, adapt quality, and handle various dynamics in such scenarios.
Network performance: One of the major thrusts of our research group over the past few years has been to study how to better measure the network through intentional, structured packet trains injected at the server to elicit a rapid, improved understanding of network performance characteristics. Newly emerging networks such as 5G, WiFi 6E, CBRS, and mmWave introduce intriguing new challenges for measurement.
Wearables and pervasive computing: The new capabilities of wearable devices continue to advance offering increased lifetime, sensing capabilities, and unobtrusive form factors. Our research group is interested on how COTS or COTS wearables plus enhancements can be better leveraged to bring robust quantitative measurement to previously unexplored aspects of human physiological and overarching social interactions.
If you might be interested in joining our research group, we encourage you to apply to join the graduate program at the University of Notre Dame. Depending on your area of interest, you might also want to check out the research groups of Spyros Mastorakis (networking – joining ND in January 2023), Toby Li (human computing interface / mobile apps), and Taeho Jung (security).
Many thanks to Lucy Li for the Twitter recommendation to post this to help new graduate students.
[May 12th, 2022] Our paper entitled “Swipe Along: A Measurement Study of Short Video Services” was accepted into MMSys 2022 that will be held in Ireland in June 2022. The paper focuses on the performance of various short video services and in particular how those services pre-load content to help improve interactivity. Great work by my student Shangyue and many thanks to our collaborators at AT&T Labs.
S. Zhu, T. Karagioules, E. Halepovic, A. Mohammed, A. Striegel, “Swipe Along: A Measurement Study of Short Video Services” to appear in MMSys 2022.
[September 27th, 2021] We are recruiting two positions this coming year in Computer Science and Engineering, one tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with a systems as a priority and one teaching position at the Assistant Teaching Professor level.
Tenure-Track: https://apply.interfolio.com/94576
Teaching: https://apply.interfolio.com/94216
[September 6, 2021] Office hours for the fall semester will be Monday at 1 PM, Wednesday at 9 AM, and Friday at 2 PM. Friday’s office hours will be held via Zoom. All in-person office hours are held in 211B Cushing Hall.
[February 1st, 2021] Office hours for the spring semester have been updated and can be found down below the fold.
Scheduled Office Hours
Tuesday: 2-3 PM
Wednesday: 2-4 PM
Friday: 12-1 PM
Help sessions for CSE 30341 and BACS application preparation are available on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7-9 PM. If you would like to join the help session, please let me know by 5 PM such that I make sure to have the virtual Zoom room ready to go / am monitoring for joins.
All office hours are virtual via the following Zoom link. As it is admit-based, please nudge me via e-mail if you are waiting too long. Note that only people with a valid ND NetID can join unless arranged in advance.
[January 20th, 2021] The ND BACS program is now accepting applications for the Class of 2024. Students must be a current ND freshmen. Full details can be found at the ND BACS website at https://bacs.nd.edu/
The application form can be found at https://forms.gle/X4iU1q52KJ26V4Fq8