Theophilus A. Benson

Ph.D. Candidate
e-mail: tbenson{at}cs.wisc.edu

Application Materials (Last updated: Dec 16, 2011)

  • Curriculum Vitae [ PDF ]
  • Research Statement [ PDF ]
  • Teaching Statement [ PDF ]
  • Single file with papers 1-3 below [ Tar ]

Research Interests

My research interests lie in quantifying and mitigating the complexity of networked systems and improving the performance, reliability, and management of data centers and clouds.

Selected Publications

Full list of publications can be found here.

  1. Demystifying Configuration Challenges and Trade-offs in Network-based ISP Services  
    Theophilus Benson, Aditya Akella and Aman Shaikh (AT&T Research) 
    Proceedings of SIGCOMM, Toronto, Canada, Aug 2011

  2. Network Traffic Characteristics of Data Centers in the Wild Best Paper Award  
    Theophilus Benson, Aditya Akella and David Maltz (Microsoft Research) 
    Proceedings of the Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Melbourne, Australia, Nov 2010

  3. Unraveling the Complexity of Network Management
    Theophilus Benson, Aditya Akella, and David A. Maltz (Microsoft Research)
    Proceedings of the USENIX Networked Systems and Design Implementation (NSDI), Boston, MA, Apr 2009