Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of network programmability and its impact on network performance. Rexford has an extensive background in Internet routing and software-defined networking (SDN), both with service providers such as AT&T and in academia.
Rexford is provost, professor of Computer Science and Gordon Y.S. Wu professor in engineering at Princeton University. She also is the 2024 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal recipient for "contributions to Internet wide-area routing and software-defined networking."
Rexford will receive the IEEE award at the 2024 IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit (IEEE VIC Summit) and Honors Ceremony on Friday, May 3, in Boston. She's also speaking at the event on a panel titled, "Evolution and Future of Networking Technologies."
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Here are a few topics we cover:
Background on Rexford's role at Princeton University, her IEEE affiliation and previous role at AT&T (02:54)
Rexford's work in routing and SDN (04:13)
Why service providers want more network programmability (06:42)
Rexford's work on the routing control platform (11:48)
The stakes are high for delivering network programmability in 5G access networks (13:57)
Improving access network performance to support low latency applications (16:24)
Rexford's work on cybersecurity (21:57)