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Jul 22, 2021

When it comes to network resilience, more is not always better

The Internet paradox: Can withstand nuclear attacks but not oversights. What can we do to make the network resilient? — The Internet is a paradox. Engineered to withstand nuclear attacks by determined adversaries, it is nevertheless routinely brought to its knees by small lapses by people responsible to keep it running smoothly. I have spent over a decade across academia and industry studying this paradox and developing technologies that make…

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Feb 20, 2018

Research ethos vs. startup ethos

On the face of it, research and high-tech startups should be similar worlds, driven by solutions to new problems or better solutions to… — On the face of it, research and high-tech startups should be similar worlds, driven by solutions to new problems or better solutions to existing ones. Yet, there are fundamental differences in their perspectives and culture. Almost a year ago, I quit my job as a researcher (at Microsoft Research) to…

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Ratul Mahajan

Ratul Mahajan

Ratul is a networking researcher on the faculty at the Univ. of Washington. He is also a co-founder of Intentionet, which develops network testing technology.

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