{"id":1513,"date":"2022-12-22T18:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perso.uclouvain.be\/tom.barbette\/?page_id=1513"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:25:55","slug":"ensg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perso.uclouvain.be\/tom.barbette\/ensg\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficiency of Networked Systems Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Efficiency of Networked Systems Group<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Upon joining UCLouvain in 2022, I established the Efficiency of Networked Systems Group to conduct research in the areas of programmable networks, SmartNICs, NFV, data-centers, and high-speed packet processing. The ENSG is part of the INGI<\/a> department, house of a team comprising 15 professors, over 50 PhDs, and post-doctoral researchers, advancing the realms of computer science and engineering. Our ICTEAM <\/a>research institute conducts cutting-edge research in information and communication technologies, electronics, and applied mathematics, encompassing both fundamental and practical investigations. Part of UCLouvain, the largest university in the French-speaking part of Belgium, including Brussels, our research catalyzes knowledge to a diverse student body of 34,000. UCLouvain is a unique concept, building a city around a University. Pay us a visit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nikita Tyunyayev<\/div><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cl\u00e9ment Delzotti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alessandro Maggi <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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El Mehdi Makhroute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maxime Vanliefde
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Soyong Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pr. Tom Barbette<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Open positions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team is full right now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also have a series of possible internal funding available at UCLouvain, such as teaching assistant positions and multiple grants, especially, but not only, for people in situations of mobility (living abroad and wanting to move here), others at the Belgium national research agency (twice a year for PhDs<\/a>, once a year for post-docs<\/a>) or you might apply to an EU MSCA funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you’re looking for research opportunities, just contact us! We also have open subjects for master’s thesis<\/strong> and internships<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Internet was designed at a time when computers were monolithic devices transferring data over a network of routers and switches. This paradigm does not match the reality of today\u2019s devices, which are composed of several elements of different natures (CPU cores, RAM, storage, NICs, GPU, etc).  Our group will study the fundamental challenges for the Internet to catch up with this shift of paradigm. Much like atoms were later refined into a set of particles, the aim of the group is to reconsider the communications of hosts to enable the next leap in the Internet evolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will use the newfound programmability of the network, i.e., P4 switches and Smart NICs, to enable sub-atomic communications over the Internet. The SmartNIC of a host may essentially act as a transparent multiplexer for the sub-devices of the host, bypassing unneeded CPU transfers, and saving time and energy. Smart switches will similarly act as coordinators of the streams. They will also lead the transfers toward the right particles among the increasingly disaggregated data center\u2019s resources that are serving a provider\u2019s content. To overcome ossification, they may expose information and negotiate a behavior for each particle\u2019s streams to reach one possible servicing entity through the best paths. It will be possible without going back to the \u201cends\u201d, and therefore enable particle-to-particle encryption as well as network efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Efficiency of Networked Systems Group Upon joining UCLouvain in 2022, I established the Efficiency of Networked Systems Group to conduct research in the areas of programmable networks, SmartNICs, NFV, data-centers, and high-speed packet processing. The ENSG is part of the INGI department, house of a team comprising 15 professors, over 50 PhDs, and post-doctoral researchers, … <\/p>\n

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