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• Information on current seminars is available on the new website.

• Friday, December 2, 2005, 2pm in MR5:
  • Dirk Helbing (University of Dresden): A unifying approach to the dynymics of production, supply and traffic networks.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, November 21, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Dina Papagiannaki (Intel): Self Organization of Interfering 802.11 Wireless Access Networks.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, November 14, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Jean-Yves Le Boudec (EPFL, Lausanne): Simulation of Random Trip Mobility Models: Stationarity, Perfect Simulation and Long Range Dependence. [Slides]
  • Discussion.

• Monday, October 17, 2005, 2pm in MR13:
  • Laurent Massoulié (Microsoft): From distributed flow control to global network performance.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, September 26, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Jeroen Wieland (Vodafone): Clustering of Radio Cells in Vodafone NL.
  • Anthony Metcalfe (Trinity College Dublin): Large Deviations and Watermarking.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, June 27, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Marco Kouwenhoven (RAND Europe): Reliability of travel times on the Dutch highways.
  • Guy Nason (University of Bristol): Multiscale decompositions of networks with applications to transportation.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, May 30, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Richard Steinberg (Judge Institute): A Contract and Balancing Mechanism for Sharing Capacity in a Communication Network.
  • Peter Whittle (Statslab): Optimal Networks.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, April 25, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Ayalvadi Ganesh (Microsoft): Connectivity and routing in Poisson small world networks.
  • Laurent Massoulie (Microsoft): The effect of network topology on the spread of epidemics.
  • Milan Vojnovic (Microsoft): Coupon replication systems: are user altruism and replication strategy critical?
  • Discussion.

• Thursday, April 21, 2005, 2pm in MR12:
  • Nevil Brownlee (University of Auckland): Some Observations of Stream Lifetimes for Internet Traffic.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, March 7, 2005, 2pm in MR13:
  • Richard Weber (Statslab): Public Good Models for Wireless LANs and File Sharing.
  • David Hodge (Statslab): A Problem of Dynamic Yield Management.
  • Richard Steinberg (Judge Institute): A Contract and Balancing Mechanism for Sharing Capacity in a Communication Network. (Cancelled)
  • Discussion.

• Monday, February 28, 2005, 3pm in MR13:
  • Jon Crowcroft (Computer Laboratory): Opportunistic Networks: Introduction.
  • Pan Hui (Computer Laboratory): Opportunistic Networks: Data Analysis.
  • Augustin Chaintreau (Intel): Opportunistic Networks: Modeling.
  • Christophe Diot (Intel): Opportunistic Networks. (Cancelled)
  • Discussion.

• Monday, December 6, 2004, 2pm in MR12:
  • Andrew Daly (RAND Europe): Value of Time.
  • Richard Gibbens (Computer Laboratory): Experiences with Road Traffic Data.
  • Frank Kelly (Statslab): Speed-flow Relationships on Motorways.
  • Discussion.

• Friday, October 29, 2004, 10am in MR14:
  • Gaurav Raina (Statslab) & Damon Wischik (UCL): Buffer Sizing for Internet Routers - Queueing Theory and Congestion Control.
  • Tom Voice (Statslab): Congestion Control and Routing.
  • Discussion.

• Monday, October 18, 2004, 2pm in MR12:
  • Moez Draief (Statslab): Exponential Graphs and the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm.
  • Jochen Mundinger (Statslab): Analysis of a Robust Reputation System for Self-Organized Networks.
  • Teymur Tahseen (Statslab): Repeated Coordination Games.
  • Discussion.