Prof. Andrei Gurtov

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Professor, University of Oulu
Centre for Wireless Communications
Principal Scientist, Aalto University (on leave currently)
PhD (University of Helsinki/ICSI Berkeley, 2004)
Head of Networking Research Group at HIIT
Adjunct Professor, CSE/Aalto and University of Helsinki
Co-chair of IRTF research group on HIP
In ICIR/ICSI Berkeley in 2003, 2005.
Contact information
Publications, also at Google Scholar
Recent travel and schedule
Books and chapters:
Email: gurtov at ee.oulu.fi
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Technology News

Canadian company Byres Security releases EndBox product for SCADA and Industrial Process Control Systems.
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Check out how Boeing is using HIP to assemble 777 airplanes.
New IEEE 802.15.9 Task Group for Key Management Protocol in 802.15 just chartered!

Awards and Achievements

Best paper award at IEEE Globecom'11 (1070 accepted papers).

Over 100 papers and 2000 citations on Google Scholar, h-index=18

Senior member, IEEE; professional member, ACM

Youngest member (at 28) of the Finnish Union of University Professors

Youngest PhD (25) at Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki (previously Vice-president of Aalto University, Heikki Mannila)

Received an award from Alumni Association of University of Helsinki jointly with Ms. Tarja Halonen (president of Finland)

Research award from Sonera Foundation

Earned two Master's degrees on CS (at 21) and Applied Math (at 22), average grade 5.0/5.0

Led the first PetrSU team at ACM Collegiate Programming Content that got 3rd degree diploma (nowadays Russian Universities often lead the world finals)

Graduated from high school at 16, silver medal, average grade 5.0/5.0

Research interests

Network security
Peer-to-peer communication
Applying Game Theory to computer networks and systems
Host Identity Protocol
Future Internet architecture
Multipath congestion control
Mobile, wireless, sensor networks
Femtocells

Ten selected publications

B. Nechaev, V. Paxson, M. Allman, A. Gurtov, On Calibrating Enterprise Switch Measurements, in Proc. of ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, November 2009
D. Korzun, A. Gurtov, A Diophantine Model of Routes in Structured P2P Overlays, ACM Performance Evaluation Review, 35(4), p. 52-61, March 2008.
A. Lukyanenko, A. Gurtov, Performance analysis of general backoff protocols, Journal of Communications Software and Systems, 4(1), March 2008.
A. Gurtov, D. Korzun, A. Lukyanenko, P. Nikander, Hi3: An Efficient and Secure Networking Architecture for Mobile Hosts, Computer Communications, 31 (2008), p.2457-2467.
A. Khurri, E. Vorobyeva, A. Gurtov, Performance of Host Identity Protocol on Lightweight Hardware, in Proceedings of ACM MobiArch, August 2007.
A. Gurtov, J. Korhonen, Effect of Vertical Handovers on Performance of TCP-Friendly Rate Control, ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review, 8(3):73-87, July 2004.
A. Gurtov, S. Floyd, Modeling Wireless Links for Transport Protocols, ACM CCR, 34(2):85-96, April 2004.
S. Floyd, T. Henderson, A. Gurtov, The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm, RFC 3782, April 2004. Proposed standard.
A. Gurtov, R. Ludwig, Lifetime Packet Discard for Efficient Real-Time Transport over Cellular Links, ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review, 7(4):32-45, October 2003.
A. Gurtov, R. Ludwig, Responding to Spurious Timeouts in TCP, In Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM'03, March 2003.
See also a complete list

Conferences

TPC member, ACM MSWiM'12
Opponent at doctoral defense of Seppo Heikkinen, TUT
TPC member for IFIP NETWORKING'12
TPC member for a workshop on Networking Games and Management
TPC member for FRUCT10 conference
Co-organizer of 2nd Mobile Linux Summit
TPC member for IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP)
Publication chair, ACCESSNETS'10.
Workshop on Trust and Security in the Future Internet (FIST'09) (TPC member)
HIP tutorial at EuroSys'09
HIP tutorial at MobiSec'09
Keynote speaker at The Second AsiaFI School on Mobile and Wireless Networks
Workshop "Networking Games and Management" (TPC member)
Tutorial "Introduction to HIP and its P2P applications" at P2P'08
ServiceWave'08 (TPC member)
IFIP NETWORKING'09 (TPC member)
IEEE P2P'08 (TPC member)
15th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'08) (TPC chair)
Dagstuhl Seminar 06441: Naming and Addressing for Next-Generation Internetworks (Co-chair)
Other reviewing

Projects

SEMOHealth. Academy Research Project. 2011-2013
MultiHIP. 2011
MEVICO (Responsible leader)
HIPv2 development grant by Google (PI)
EIFFEL Think Tank, EU FP7 (member)
Future Internet Graduate School (FIGS). (Board member)
Secure Peer-to-Peer Services Overlay Architecture (SPEAR), 2009-2011 (project leader)
Security and Privacy for Mobile Users in Decentralized Collaborative Wi-Fi Networks, 2009-2011 (project co-leader)
Berkeley-Finland Center on Future Internet Architecture, 2009-2013 (team leader)
ICT SHOK FI, 2009-2012 (team leader)

Finished:

CIMO fellowship (Supervisor)
Ranking models in structured P2P networks. Internal HIIT project. (co-PI)
CuteHIP, 2009-2010 (project leader)
NordicHIP, with SICS, Sweden, 2006-2010. (project leader)
Wiseciti, 2008-2010 (team leader)
Infrastructure for HIP II, 2006-2009 (project leader)
Trustworthy Internet, strategic project, 2006-2008 (leading scientist).
Multiaccess Experimentations in Real Converging Networks (MERCoNe), 2006-2007. Team leader.
Location Privacy and Authentication in Massively Distributed Systems (LPAMDS), with RWTH Aachen, 2006-2007. PI
Infrastructure for HIP, 2004-2006 (project manager)
Innovation prototyping for vertical handover (VHO)
Internet Research Needs Better Models
Software Emulator for Analyzing Wireless Network Data Transfers (Seawind), aka Mowgli-2
TCP performance enhancements for wireless links (IWTCP/IIP)

Teaching

Seminar on Internetworking Spring 2011, Aalto.
Cryptography and Network Security Spring 2011, University of Oulu.
T-110.5290 Seminar on Network Security , Fall 2010, Aalto.
Course on Securing Mobile Internet, May 2010, University of Oulu.
T-110.5290 Seminar on Network Security , Fall 2009.
HIP course for Cross-Border University summer school, August 2009.
Advanced Topics in Networking, Spring 2009.
T-110.5190 Seminar on Internetworking, Spring 2009.
T-110.6120 Introduction to HIP and its applications Fall 2008.
T-110.5190 Seminar on Internetworking (4 cr): Spring 2007
T-110.7290 Research Seminar on Network Security: Fall 2006
T-110.7190 Research Seminar on Datacommunications Software: Fall 2005
582429 Laudatur Project (4 cu): Summer 2005
T-110.557 Research seminar on telecommunications software: Fall 2004
58304114 Research Seminar on Measurements and Modeling of Wireless Networks: Spring 2004 (cancelled)
58127-1 C-programming: Fall 2002.
581384-9 Introduction to the use of computers: Spring 2000, 2001, 2002.

Students

Graduated students

Abhinav Pathak. IPv4 Support for Host Identity Protocol. Bachelor's thesis, IIT Kanpur, 2006.
Tobias Heer. LHIP: Lightweight Authentication for the Host Identity Protocol. Master's thesis, RWTH Aachen, 2006.
Chenxin Zhang. Test Automation of Short-Range Connectivity Components for a Symbian OS Mobile Phone. Master's thesis, TKK, 2007.
Ekaterina Vorobyeva. Performance Evaluation of Host Identity Protocol on Lightweight Hardware. Diploma thesis, PetrSU, 2007.
Teresa Finez Moral. Backwards Compatibility Experimentation with Host Identity Protocol and Legacy Software and Networks. Final project, TKK, 2008.
Theofanis Kilinkaridis. Usable Security for Mobile P2P VoIP. Master's thesis, TKK, 2009.
Rene Hummen. Secure Identity-based Middlebox Functions using the Host Identity Protocol. Master's thesis, RWTH Aachen, 2009.
Aleksi Toivonen. Usability Testing of Secure Device Pairing. Master's thesis, TKK 2009.
Antti Poikela. Messaging Service Interoperability in Mobile Domain. Master's thesis, TKK/TeliaSonera, 2009.
Olli Loikkanen. Mediation as part of operators' operational support system (OSS). Master's thesis, TKK/Comptel, 2009.
Andrei Khurri. Evaluating IP Mobility and Security on Lightweight Hardware. Licentiate of Technology, TKK. August 2009.
Teemu Kiviniemi. Implementation of an IPv4 to IPv6 Multicast Translator. Master's thesis, TKK/CSC, 2009.
Simo Bergman. IPsec Based Secure Mobile Networking Technologies: A Performance Comparison. Master's thesis, Nokia/TKK, 2009.
Cong Nie. Feasibility Study on WLAN-3GPP Mobile VPN Tunnel, Master's thesis, TKK/NSN, 2009.
Henrik Weckstrom, Wireless Electronic Shelf Labels. Master's thesis, Verkkokauppa/Aalto, 2010
Kimmo Rouhiainen. A Comparison of Java Enterprise Edition and .NET Framework for Enterprise Resource Planning System Web Development. Master's thesis, Digia/Aalto, 2010
Ismo Lehmus. Network Monitoring System: Architecture and Use in a Company. Master's thesis, Enfo/Aalto, 2010.
Jan Grondahl. Implementation and Evaluation of a Network Element Control Protocol. Master's thesis, Comnet/Aalto, 2010.

Doctoral students under supervision

Andrey Lukyanenko. Selfish resource sharing in distributed systems, UH. PhD granted!
Andrey Khurri. IP mobility and security on lightweight hardware, Aalto. D.Sc. granted!
Dmitry Kuptsov. Distributed authentication in computer networks, TKK.
Boris Nechaev. Security of distributed systems and LANs. TKK.
Joakim Koskela. Secure peer-to-peer communication system, TKK. Dissertation submitted!
Oleg Ponomarev. Deployable and efficient name resolution infrastructure, TKK.
Miika Komu. Secure cross-family handovers in IP networks, TKK.
Samu Varjonen. Trustworthy communication in distributed systems, UH.
Tatiana Polishchuk, Parallel algorithms in computer networks and systems, UH.

See also Networking Research Group at HIIT

Code

HIP on Linux
NS: generating delay spikes, the Eifel algorithm for TCP, etc.
Linux: TCP fixes
Win tracelook: shows graphical TCP traces on Windows
Durak: a card game.

Personal

I was born in Petrozavodsk, a capital of Russian Karelia. I went to study to Finland in 1996. My lovely ladies are Anastasia, Sofia and Julia.

For hobbies, I like a bit of extreme flavor

Sailing: Certified Skipper motor/sailing boats up to 24 meters (own boat s/y NorthSailor, Bavaria 31 cruiser). Destinations include Maarianhamina, Riga, Tallinn, Kotka. Member of TRIP. Third place in Helsinki-Tallinn race LYS2 (Summer 2011).
Diving: Certified PADI AdvancedOpenWaterDiver (Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Finland, Russia). E.g. "Paris" warship wreck 30 meters depth near Antalya.
Mountaineering. E.g, Fuji Mountain in Japan (3850 m), Yosemite, Miyajima.
Skydiving. Freefall from 3200 m.
Shooting: Shotgun trap, bow, crossbow, rifle. Member of OYM.
Astronomy. Member of Ursa and Arktos, Finnish Astronomical Associations. Key holder of Tahtitorni and Paavola observatories.