RESUME James Martin
PERSONAL DATA
Associate Professor
School of Computing
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Phone: 864/656-4529
Email: abpauz@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1999, Electrical Engineering (dissertation topic:
end-to-end congestion avoidance for TCP)
M.S., Arizona State University, 1989, Computer Science
B.S., University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana), 1983, Electrical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clemson University, 2008-, Associate Professor of Computer Science.
Clemson University, 2002-2008, Assistant Professor of Computer Science.
Gartner Group, 2000 to 2002, telecommunications consultant for GartnerConsulting.
Engagements included the development of performance management tools, network
analysis studies, development of technical white papers.
IBM Corporation, 1991 to 2000, R&D staff engineer. Contributions included the
performance analysis of networking protocols and the design/development of network
security systems.
Filenet Corporation, 1989 to 1991, Unix kernel/application developer.
Motorola Government Electronics Division, 1983 to 1989, design engineer. Developed
hardware and software for military communications systems.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
CableLabs, 2012, Modeling and analyzing the DASH streaming protocol over cable
networks.
Cox Communications, 2010-2011, network performance analysis.
CableLabs, 2009-2010, analyzing effects of buffer management techniques operating at
upstream queues in a cable modem.
The South Carolina Educational Broadband Service Commission, 2008-, serving as a
technical expert to SC s statewide broadband wireless project.
CableLabs, 2006-2008, evaluated the impact of peer-to-peer traffic on Voice-over-IP in
broadband cable networks.
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South Carolina s Coalition for Mathematics and Science, South Carolina Department of
Education (Math and Science Unit), 2006, provided technical assistance to select and
deploy web collaboration tools.
CableLabs, 2005-2006, cable network traffic modeling and protocol evaluation.
MEMBERSHIPS
Member Association for Computing Machinery, ACM, (1989- ).
Member IEEE and IEEE Communications Society, (1989- ).
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters:
N. Shah, D. Kouvatsos, J. Martin, S. Moser, On the Performance Modeling and
Optimization of DOCSIS HFC Networks, Springerlink Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, vol. 5233, pp. 682-715 (2011).
Refereed Journal Publications:
J. Deng, R. Brooks, J. Martin, Assessing the Effect of WiMAX System Parameter
Settings on MAC-level Local DoS Vulnerability, International Journal of
Performability Engineering, (2012).
J. Westall, J. Martin, Performance Characteristics of an Operational WiMAX
Network, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 10 no. 7, pp. 941-953 (2011).
Zhou, Y., Chowdhury, M., Martin, J., Wang, K.C., Westall, J., Kang, X.Y., Field
Performance Study of a Regional WiMAX Network for Intelligent Transportation System
Applications, Journal of Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research
Board, Issue Number 2129, pp 121-128 (2009).
J. Martin, M. Westall, A Simulation Model of the DOCSIS Protocol, Simulation:
Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 83(2), 139-155
(2007).
Jiong Gong, David Reed, Terry Shaw, Daniel Vivanco, Jim Martin, QAM Resource
Allocation in Mixed-Format VoD Systems, Journal of Communications, 2(1), 1-9
(2007).
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, I. Rhee, Delay-based Congestion Avoidance for TCP,
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 11(3), 356-369 (2003).
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Conference Proceedings (Reviewed):
R. Amin, J. Martin, X. Zhou, Smart Grid Communication Using Next Generation
Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, to appear in the Proceedings of the Third IEEE
International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridCom), (Tainan
City, Taiwan, November 2012).
G. Hong, J. Martin, S. Moser, J. Westall, "Fair Scheduling on Parallel Bonded Channels
with Intersecting Bonding Groups", Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium
on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
(Mascots), (Washington DC, August 2012).
J. Martin, R. Amin, A. Eltawil, A. Hussien, Spectral Efficiency and Energy
Consumption Tradeoffs for Reconfigurable Devices in Heterogeneous Wireless
Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE WCNC2012 Conference, (Paris, France, April 2012).
R. R. Brooks, K.-C. Wang, J. Martin, K. Cameron, J. Deng, and L. Yu, WiMAX:
Bandwidth contention resolution Vulnerability to denial of service attacks,
Proceedings of the First GENI Research and Educational Experiment Workshop, (Los
Angeles, CA, March 2012).
A. Hussien, A. Eltawil, R. Amin and J. Martin, Energy Aware Task Mapping Algorithm
For Heterogeneous MPSoC Based Architectures, Proceedings of International
Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), (Montreal, Quebec, October 2011).
J. Martin, R. Amin, A. Eltawil, A. Hussien, Using Reconfigurable Devices to Maximize
Spectral Efficiency in Future Heterogeneous Wireless Systems, Proceedings of the
IEEE ICCCN 2011 Conference, (Maui, HI, July 2011).
J. Martin, R. Amin, A. Eltawil, A. Hussien, "Limitations of 4G Wireless Systems",
Proceedings of the Wireless Symposium @ Virginia Tech, (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
VA, June 2011.
J. Martin, J. Westall, J. Finkelstein, G. Hart, T. Shaw, G. White, R. Woundy, "Cable
Modem Buffer Management in DOCSIS Networks", Proceedings of the IEEE Sarnoff
2010 Symposium, (Princeton University, Princeton NJ, April 2010).
S. Moser, J. Martin, J. Westall, B. Dean, "The Role of Max-min Fairness in DOCSIS 3.0
Downstream Channel Bonding", Proceedings of the IEEE Sarnoff 2010 Symposium,
(Princeton University, Princeton NJ, April 2010).
J. Martin, B. Li, W. Pressly, J. Westall, WiMAX Performance at 4.9 GHz",
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference, (Big Sky, Montana, March 2010).
J. Martin, J. Westall, "Evaluating WiMAX for Public Safety", Proceedings of the
Wireless Symposium @ Virginia Tech, June 2010.
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M. Juang, K. Wang, J. Martin, A Measurement Study on Link Capacity of a High Stress
IEEE 802.11b/g Network, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on
Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2008), (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands,
August 2008).
M. Fenn, M. Murphy, J. Martin and S. Goasguen "An Evaluation of KVM for Use in
Cloud Computing", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Virtual
Computing Initiative, RTP, NC, May 2008 (ICVCI08).
W. Spearman, J. Gao, J. Martin, Traffic Prioritization for Lunar Surface Networking
Using an Adaptive 802.11e Algorithm, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Aerospace
Conference, (Big Sky, Montana, March 2008).
E. Harney, S. Goasguen, J. Martin, M. Murphy, M. Westall, The Efficacy of Live
Virtual Machine Migrations Over the Internet, Proceedings of the 2nd International
Workshop on Virtualization Technologies in Distributed Computing (VTDC 2007),
(Reno, Nevada, November 2007).
J. Gong, D. Vivanco, J. Martin, Simulation Study of the Spectral Capacity Requirements
of Switched Digital Broadcast, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Broadnets, (RTP, NC,
September 2007).
J. Martin, M. Westall, Assessing the Impact of BitTorrent on DOCSIS Networks,
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Broadnets, (RTP, NC, September 2007).
W. Spearman, J. Martin, A Distributed Adaptive Algorithm for QoS in 802.11e
Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Performance
Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS'07), (San Diego, CA,
July 2007), pp. 379-386.
J. Martin, M. Westall, Validating an 'ns' Simulation Model of the DOCSIS Protocol,
Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of
Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS'06), (Calguary, CA, July 2006), pp.
297-304.
J. Gong, D. Reed, T. Shaw, D. Vivanco, J. Martin, VoD QAM Resource Allocation
Algorithms, Proceedings of the IEEE/IFIP-Networking Conference, (Coimbra Portugal,
May 2006), pp. 268-280.
S. Kirtane, J. Martin, "Application Performance Prediction in Autonomic Systems",
Proceedings of the ACM SouthEast Conference, (Melbourne, Florida, March 2006), 566-
572.
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Scott Moser, Jim Martin, Assessing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in DOCSIS,
Proceedings of the ACM SouthEast Conference, (Melbourne, Florida, March 2006), pp.
337-342.
A. Swaminathan, J. Martin, Fairness Issues in Hybrid 802.11b/e Networks,
Proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, (Las
Vegas, NV, Jan 2006), pp. 50-54.
R. Geist, J. Martin, J. Westall, V. Yalla, Performance Tuning of Gigabit Network
Interfaces, Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the Computer
Measurement Group (CMG 2005), (Orlando, Florida, Dec 2005, v.2), pp. 687-696.
N. Shah, D. Kouvatsos, J. Martin, S. Moser, A Tutorial on DOCSIS: Protocol and
Performance Models, Proceedings of the International Working Conference on
Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Networks, (Ikley, UK, July,
2005), pp. T08/1-21.
J. Martin, M. Westall, V. Rajasekaran, "Virtual Machine Effects on Network Traffic
Dynamics, Proceedings of the IEEE International Performance, Computing, and
Communications Conference, (Phoenix, AZ, April 2005), pp. 233-238.
S. Howard, J. Martin, DOCSIS Performance Evaluation: Piggybacking versus
Concatenation, Proceedings of the ACM Southeast Conference, (Kennesaw State, GA,
March, 2005), pp. 43-48.
J. Martin, The Impact of the DOCSIS 1.1/2.0 MAC Protocol on TCP, Proceedings of
the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, (Las Vegas, NV, Jan
2005), pp. 302-306.
J. Martin, M. Westall, V. Rajasekaran, "On the Impact of Virtual Machine Overhead on
TCP Performance", Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on
Communication and Computer Networks, (Boston, MA, Nov, 2004), pp. 287-292.
J. Martin, H. Karlapudi, Web Application Performance Prediction, Proceedings of
the IASTED International Conference on Communication and Computer Networks,
(Boston, MA, Nov, 2004), pp. 281-286.
R. Geist, J. Martin, J. Westall, Small Aggregations of ON/OFF Traffic Sources,
Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Communication and Computer
Networks, (Boston, MA, Nov, 2004), pp 312-318.
S. Biyani, J. Martin, A Comparison of TCP-Friendly Congestion Control Protocols,
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers Communications and
Networks 2004, (Chicago, IL, October 2004), pp. 255 261.
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J. Martin, The Interaction Between the DOCISS 1.1/2.0 MAC Protocol and TCP
Application Performance, Proceedings of the International Working Conference on
Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Networks, (Ikley, UK, July,
2004), pp. P57/1-10.
J. Martin, Managing Best Effort IP Networks over Heterogeneous WANs, Proceedings
of the International Working Conference on Performance Modeling and Evaluation of
Heterogeneous Networks, (Ikley, UK, July, 2004), pp WP7/1-6.
J. Martin, N. Shrivastav, Modeling the DOCSIS 1.1/2.0 MAC Protocol, Proceedings
of the 2003 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks,
(Dallas TX, October 2003), pp. 205-210.
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, On Service Level Agreements for IP Networks, in Proceedings
of INFOCOM, (New York, New York, July 2002), pp. 855-863.
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, I. Rhee, The Incremental Deployability of RTT-based Congestion
Avoidance for High Speed TCP Internet Connections, in Proc. of ACM SIGMETRICS
2000, International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems
(ACM SIGMETRICS), (Santa Clara, CA, 2000), pp. 134-144.
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, On Congestion Avoidance for TCP/IP Networks, Proceedings
of the 15th IFIP World Computer Congress, (Budapest, 1998).
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, Congestion Control in HPR, in Proceedings of IEEE
GLOBECOM, (Phoenix, AZ, 1997).
Technical Reports:
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, A Comparison of RTP and TCP/Reno Transport Protocols, IBM
TR 29.2337, December 1997.
J. Martin, A. Nilsson, The Evolution of Congestion Control in TCP/IP networks, IBM
TR 29.2277, June 1997.
J. Martin, Optimal MultiLink Transmission Group Scheduling Algorithms, IBM TR
29.1967, August 1997.
PRESENTATIONS
Building Cooperative Heterogeneous Wireless Networks With Re-Configurable
Devices, Keynote at Workshop on Cooperative Heterogeneous Networks (coHetNet),
ICCCN 2011, August 2011.
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Limitations of 4G Wireless Systems, Wireless Symposium @ Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA, June 2011.
WiMAX Performance at 4.9 GHz, Wireless Symposium @ Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA, June 2010.
Evaluating IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless as a Communications Infrastructure for
Public Safety Activities, The International Association of Chiefs of Police 32nd Annual
Law Enforcement Information Management Training Conference, May 2008,
Nashville, TN.
Public Safety Requirements for WiMAX, WiMAX Forum, Application Architecture
Working Group, Washington DC, April 2007.
Modeling a MAC Scheduler: Experiences with a DOCSIS Cable Network Simulation
Model, WiMAX Forum, Application Architecture Working Group, San Deigo, CA, July
2006.
"Understanding the Impact of BitTorrent on Cable Networks, National Cable and
Telecommunication Association's National Show, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.
DOCSIS Performance Issues, National Cable and Telecommunication Association s
National Show, San Francisco, CA, April 2005.
PATENTS
An Optimal Multilink Scheduling Algorithm, United States, patent number 6178448,
granted 1/23/2001.
Adapting Receiver Thresholds to Improve Rate-Based Flow Control, United States,
patent number 6657954, granted 12/2/2003.
Optimal Link Scheduling for Multiple Links, United States, patent number 6862618,
granted 3/1/2005.
SPONSORED RESEARCH
Current Funding:
Assessing Perceived Quality of Dash-Based IPTV Broadcasts: Methods
and Human Factors, CableLabs Research Grant, Principal Investigator, (J. Gilbert Co-
PI), $50,000, (June 2012-December 2013).
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Developing the CyberInfrastructure to Support the Emerging Smart Grid, IBM Faculty
Award, Principal Investigator, $20,000, (September 2011 December 2012).
GENI Spiral 3 : GENI WiMAX at Clemson, NSF, Co-PI (KC Wang PI), $300,000,
(January 2011 December 2013).
Past Funding:
Broadcasting Video Content in Dense 802.11g Sports and Entertainment Venues,
Cisco Research Grant, Principal Investigator (M. Westall Co-PI), $95,000 (August 2010
December 2012).
Correlating the Perceived Quality of Networked Games to Broadband Cable Network
Design Parameters, CableLabs Research Grant, Principal Investigator, (J. Gilbert Co-
PI), $30,000, (May 2011-May 2012).
NSF Grant ECCS-0948132, Towards a Unified Wireless Network Involving
Reconfigurable Devices, NSF, Principle Investigator (September 2009 September
2011).
DOCSIS 3.0 Scheduling Algorithms, Cisco Research Grant, Principal Investigator,
(M.Westall Co-PI), $98,000, (August 2007 December 2011).
iTiger, internally funded CyberInfrastructure research project $150,000 plus equipment
donations from Cisco ($150,000) and Apple ($50,000), (Jan 2008 December 2009).
Evaluating IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless as a Communications Infrastructure for
Public Safety Activities, Department of Justice National Institute of Justice, Principal
Investigator, (M. Westall Co-PI), $300,000, (October 2006 October 2008).
CableLabs DOCSIS Research, CableLabs Corporation, Principal Investigator, $14,630,
(May 2007 December 2007).
Evaluation XEN and Microsoft Virtual Server, BMW Corporation, Principal
Investigator, (S. Goasguen Co-PI), $12,000, (January 2007- December 2007).
DELL Equipment Grant, $20,000, Co-PI (S. Goasguen PI), (December 2006).
Evaluating IEEE 802.11 and 802.16 Wireless MAC Protocols for use in Future NASA
Space Exploration Missions, NASA/South Carolina Space Grant REAP program,
Principal Investigator, $30,000, (May 1, 2006 December 2007).
Developing a Prediction-based Service Management System, IBM University
Partnership Proposal, Principal Investigator, $30,000, (August 2005-August 2006).
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Developing Application Level Prediction Services in a WebSphere and Globus Grid
Environments, IBM University Partnership Proposal, Principal Investigator, $40,000,
(August 2004-August 2005).
Equipment gift from Cisco, Principal Investigator (M. Westall Co-PI), $20,000 (January
2005).
IBM SUR Equipment Grant, $125,000, augmented by $100,000 with a cost matching
grant from the Provost, Co-PI (M. Westall Co-PI and R. Geist PI), (June 2004).
GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING
PhD Graduates
Scott Moser (PHDCS), Scheduling Algorithms in DOCSIS-based networks, (August
2011).
Masters Graduates
Eric Harney (MSCS), Modeling the Network Impacts of Live Migration in XEN,
(December, 2009).
Rob Johnson (MSCS), Evaluating the Use of SNMP as a Wireless Network Monitoring
Tool for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks, (May 2009).
Will Spearman (MSCS), Distributed Adaptive Algorithm for 802.11e QoE, (December
2007).
Vince Greene (MSCS), Using XEN for Education: Building Virtual Network Testbeds,
(August 2007).
Ben Sangster (MSCS), DoS Attacks in DOCSIS-based Networks, (August 2007).
John Paramore (MSCS), Adaptive MAC Parameters in DOCSIS Networks, (May
2006).
Tanuja Ingale (MSCS), Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in 802.11 LANs, (August
2005).
Prabu Surendra (MSCS), Modeling Packet Loss over the Internet, (August 2005).
Jeff Vales (MSCS), Mapping User Level Satisfaction to Network Measurables, (May
2005).
Kalyan Chintalapati (MSCS), A Tool for Rapid Model Parameterization and its
Applications, (December 2004).
Surekha Biyani (MSCS), Comparison of TCP-Friendly Congestion Control Protocols,
(August, 2004).
Himadeepa Karlapudi (MSCS), Web Application Performance Prediction, (August
2004).
Mayukh Mukherjee (MSCS), The Development of a New TCP-Friendly Transport
Protocol for Streaming, (August 2004).
Manigandan Natarajan (MSCS), Assessing Streaming Application Performance over the
TFRC Transport Protocol (August 2004).
Vinod Rajasekaran (MSCS), Impact of Virtual Machine Overhead on TCP
Performance, (August 2004).
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Shobhana Kirtane (MSCS), Predicting the Performance of the gridFTP Application over
Wide Area Grid Environments, (May 2004).
Current Graduate Advising
Rahul Amin (PHDECE), Resource Allocation in 5G Wireless Networks, (May, 2014).
Yunhui Fu (PHDCS), topic TBD, (May, 2015).
Gongbing Hong (PHDCS), Bandwidth Management in Broadband Access Networks,
(May 2015)
Sameer Sherwani (MSCS), Finding Optimal Application Level Forward Error
Correction Settings in WiFi Networks (August 2012).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught at Clemson:
CPSC 360, Distributed and Network Programming, Spring 2010-2012,Spring 2006-2007,
Spring/Fall 2004-2005.
CPSC 851, Software Systems for Data Communications, Fall 2012.
CPSC 852 (formerly CPSC 826), Internet Protocols, Fall 2011, Spring 2009-2011, Fall
2006-2008, Spring 2003-2005, Fall 2002.
CPSC 854 (formerly CPSC 881), Internet Performance Analysis, Spring 2007-2012, Fall
2003-2006.
New Course Development at Clemson:
CPSC 854, Internet Performance Analysis, Fall 2003-2009.
Courses Taught at North Carolina State University:
CSC/ECE 573, Internet Protocols, Spring 2001.
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Committees:
School of Computing, Faculty Search Committee, 2011-2012.
School of Computing, PhD Graduate Student Recruiting Committee, 2010-2011.
School of Computing, PhD Pre-Search Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2010-2011.
School of Computing, Graduate Affairs Committee, 2009-2010.
School of Computing PhD Curriculum Committee, 2008-2009.
Department Research Committee, 2003-2004.
Department Computing Facilities Committee, 2004-2007.
Other service:
*Clemson s Representative (joint with Dr Gilbert) to NSF s AccessComputing program,
May 2012, See http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/
*Winner of Department of Transportation s Connected Vehicle Technology Challenge,
June 2011, See http://connectedvehicle.challenge.gov/submissions
*NSF Future Heterogeneous Networks Workshop, Mountain View, CA, March 2011.
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*WiMAX Forum member, 2006-2009.
*IEEE ICCCN Program Committee Member, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012.
*Public safety communications technology outreach (collaborating with campus police
and fire departments on advanced wireless technology), 2009.
*Clemson s Emerging Scholars (an outreach program to provide rural South Carolina
high school students Computer Science and Internet skills), Summers 2005-2012.
*Undergraduate research (engage undergraduate students in research and service
projects), 2004-2012.
*NSF proposal review panel member, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011
*Program committee member, IEEE Broadnets, 2007.
*Advisory Board, International Conference on Performance Modeling and Evaluation of
Heterogeneous Networks, Ikley, UK, July 2005-2006.
August, 2012
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