SUMMER INTERNSHIP - Congestion Management Research Intern
About The Position
Innovation at its Best: Join our Forward-Thinking Company At CableLabs we wake up every day to invent the future. CableLabs is a global, award-winning innovation and R&D lab dedicated to keeping people connected by building and orchestrating emergent technology and igniting co-innovation today for the broadband of tomorrow. The Congestion Management Research Intern position resides in the Advanced Technology Group at CableLabs. This department develops future solutions to today’s networking problems. Our team plays a crucial role in enabling seamless connectivity and delivering consistently high quality of experience to broadband customers worldwide. Interns at CableLabs experience the technology innovation process by living it. As part of the Advanced Technology Group, interns will learn real-world technology development by being part of a team of expert researchers, engineers and software developers, and they will learn some of the latest networking technologies. Are you ready to embark on a technology development adventure at a state-of-the-art research lab? CableLabs is on the lookout for a dynamic and talented intern to join our Advanced Technology Group. As a valued member of our team, you might even find your name etched on a patent or research paper. This is your chance to be part of a world-class innovation center that drives groundbreaking advancements in the broadband industry! Why This Internship Is Exciting You will play a part in researching state-of-the-art Internet congestion management methods that will shape the ultra-low latency and high throughput network experiences of the future.
Requirements
- Be enrolled in an engineering or computer science Ph.D. program with a research emphasis on networking protocols and technology
- Top-to-bottom familiarity with the Internet/OSI layer model for networks, with particularly strong understanding of L2/L3/L4.
- Excellent analytical skills, including statistical analysis and experimental design
- Strong programming abilities in C, C++, Python
- Understanding of network simulation methods
- Experience building and configuring small research networks
- A detail-oriented mindset and strong organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Nice To Haves
- Research interest and experience relating to congestion control algorithms
- Understanding of the L4S architecture
- Experience with end-to-end performance testing of networks and network protocols
- Experience with network simulation, particularly ns3
- Strong familiarity with layer 2 protocols
- An understanding of factors that influence quality of experience for networked applications
Responsibilities
- In conjunction with your mentor, design a set of experiments to study the impact that network congestion management methods have on application quality of service for a set of real-world applications and traffic conditions.
- Build a research network and configure nodes to conduct experiments
- Develop/configure network simulation models
- Develop test automation and data analysis software
- Investigate anomalies and explore design decisions and implementation tradeoffs
- Research novel methods for congestion management with an aim toward maximizing quality of experience
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
