UNDERGRADUATE REU POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT ACIS LAB

 UNDERGRADUATE REU POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT ACIS LAB

The Advanced Systems and Computing Laboratory (ACIS), ECE department, is looking for a highly skilled and motivated student to conduct research and development (Research Experience for Undergraduates - REU) under the direction of Prof. Renato Figueiredo. Graduate assistants will conduct research and software development on the IP-over-P2P (IPOP)/SocialVPN projects, currently funded by the National Science Foundation. These are applied computer systems research projects with broad applications in cloud computing, user-centric software-defined networking, and privacy-preserving social networks. The projects have an active open-source code base, collaborations with researchers in Asia and Europe, and students will have opportunities to collaborate with external researchers and software developers.

IPOP (ipop-project.org) is an open-source user-centric software virtual network allowing end users to define and create their own virtual private networks (VPNs). IPOP virtual networks provide end-to-end tunneling of IP or Ethernet over “TinCan” links setup and managed through a control API to create various software-defined VPN overlays.

SocialVPN (socialvpn.org) is an open-source IPOP-based virtual network that connects your computers privately to your friends’ computers. It automatically maps online social network relationships using Jingle and  XMPP  to create your own user-defined peer-to-peer VPNs – with no hassle, and supporting unmodified TCP/IP applications. In the SocialVPN, each user is in control of who their VPN connects to. To scale to large online social networks, SocialVPN employs a unique dynamic IPv4 address allocation/translation approach that avoids conflicts with local networks and devices outside a user’s social network.

Ideal candidates will: (1) have strong computer programming skills, in particular Python and C++; (2) be able to work independently to solve problems; (3) have good foundation on computer networks and distributed computing; (4) be proficient in UNIX environments; and (5) have excellent writing and communication skills.

If interested, please send the following information to renato@acis.ufl.edu.

- Use “ACIS REU position application” as the subject

- In the body of your email, briefly (1 or 2 paragraphs) describe:

o Your study/career goals, department and program you are enrolled.

o What aspects of project(s) above are you most interested in.

- Attach a PDF file with your resume.