Computer Science Department Events

There will be a Colloquium on October 28 at 10:30 AM by Brian Cloteaux

Friday October 28

E&CS Building RM 2120

TIME: 10:30 AM

Title: Affiliation Networks

Speaker: Brian Cloteaux, NISTAbstract:

Since many of the common structures that we use everyday, such as theInternet, the power grid, and various software components, have complexnetworks embedded in them, being able to measure and model thesenetworks is essential to maintaining their reliability, safety and insome cases their security. One way to help understand the structure ofcertain networks is to examine what common group memberships (oraffiliations) the entities in the network share. Linking entities totheir common affiliations gives an alternative type of network commonlycalled an affiliation network. We will examine some of the usefulproperties of affiliation networks, and our efforts in using them innetwork modeling and analysis. In addition, I will spend a few minutestalking about opportunities at NIST, especially for undergraduate anddoctoral students.

Bio:

Brian Cloteaux is a staff researcher at the National Institute ofStandards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland in the Computing andCommunications Theory Group of the Information Technology Laboratory. Hereceived his PhD in Computer Science from New Mexico State University in2007 and has previously worked at ExxonMobil in both computing andresearch divisions.