Welcome to Netlab!

In our lab, we conduct research on next generation, adaptive, and resilient networks.

We operate an experimental research laboratory comprising a fully virtualised networked infrastructure, programmable at all hardware and software layers of the network stack.

 

Research Themes

  • Network Resillience 

  • Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

  • Intelligent and Programmable Dataplanes

  • Network Optimisation

Projects and Funding

Here are some current projects and funding we have:

  • Glasgow Network Functions (GNF)

    Glasgow Network Functions (GNF; formerly known as GLANF) is an open-source, container-based Network Function Virtualization Framework. It allows transparent attachment of virtual Network Functions (NF)s to selected traffic in Software-Defined Networks.

  • Extending the matching abilities of OpenFlow

  • Intelligent Dataplanes

Publications

Read articles from our lab!

The Team

Netlab is led by Prof Dimitrios Pezaros and brings together ca. 10 researchers at any given time conducting research on next generation, adaptive, and resilient networks.

Facilities

The Netlab Testbed

We maintain a scaled version of a Data Center (DC) testbed for networking and systems research. Our lab currenly consists of servers and a fully programmable network topology.

Recent News

  • Paper at IEEE Globecom 2023

We're pleased to announce that the conference paper "Towards Latency-aware vNF Placement on Heterogeneous Hosts at the Network Edge. (Haruna Adoga & Dimitrios Pezaros) has been accepted for publication at the IEEE Globecom 2023 Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Congratulations to both Haruna and Dimitrios!

  • Paper at IFIP Networking 2023

We're pleased to announce that the conference paper "Galette: a Lightweight XDP Dataplane on your Raspberry Pi" (Kyle Simpson, Chris Williamson, Douglas Paul & Dimitrios Pezaros) has been accepted for publication at the IFIP Networking '23 Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Congratulations to the TruSDEd project staff!

  • RAEng Research Chair Award

Professor Dimitrios Pezaros has been awarded a prestigious 5-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Digital Resilience for Critical National Infrastructure, with the generous support of Dstl and CINIF.

Read more news!

Opportunities

Interested in doing a PhD in next generation networked systems?

Competitive scholarships are available for UK/EU students (and a very limited number for students from elsewhere).

Contact Prof Dimitrios Pezaros if you want to discuss any of the above projects further.

Details of how to apply can be found on the Postgraduate research opportunities page.