Optimising the Internet: Key topics in modern network algorithms

by Vic Grout

This book is a collection of twenty key research papers published between 2003 and 2007. These are drawn from various areas in optimisation and algorithm design but are unified by a common theme – attempting to make the Internet a better place! In this vein, the book deals with a number of major network optimisation topics: the topological design of wired and wireless networks, traffic measurement and simulation, traffic filtering and routing.

315 pages, Hardcover

Published July 10, 2009

About the author

Vic Grout is Professor of Computing Futures at Wrexham Glyndŵr University; previously Professor of Network Algorithms, Head of Computing, Associate Dean & Director of the Centre for Applied Internet Research. He serves on the National Committee of the Council of Professors & Heads of Computing, as Chair of CPHC Wales, & the British Computer Society Information Privacy Expert Panel & Information Security Specialist Group Committee. He is a European Commission Horizon 2020 Expert & Ethics consultant.

Vic has worked in senior positions in academia & industry for nearly 30 years and published over 300 research papers, patents & books. His research covers several areas of computational mathematics & artificial intelligence, including large-scale problems in Internet design, modelling, simulation, management & control. He is an experienced futurologist, with a particular focus on the ethical & moral dimensions of technological evolution: big data, big connectivity & Internet of Things.