Network administration and management tasks play an integral role in Information
Technology (IT) operations; which are utilized across a diverse set of organizations. The …

Anomaly detection in recent or historic traffic traces is a typical approach in applying network
forensics to analyze previous security incidents in networks, as well as for real-time network …

Management of Virtual LANs (VLANs) is a tedious, error-prone and time-consuming process
that can increase the operational cost (OPEX). Software-defined networking (SDN) on the …

Computer networks have grown significantly over the last several decades and play a
crucial role in connecting people, systems and data within the enterprise campus. As a result …

This dissertation explores the dynamics of technology industries, focusing on the
convergence of Enabling Technologies to create the Primary Innovation evolution. This …

Human operators are an important aspect of any computing infrastructure; however, human
errors in configuring systems pose reliability and security risks, which are increasingly …

Software upgrades, reconfiguration, and deployment of new services happen so frequently
in the carrier-grade VNF-based networks that operators need automated orchestration and …

Network operators rapidly adopt Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) and 5G technologies. This evolution brings strong softwarization and …

Network administration and management tasks play an integral role in Information
Technology (IT) since IT operations are critical and utilized across a diverse set of …