Pulse Internet Measurement Forum, Spain
Are you interested in how the Internet works, how it is evolving, and its impact on society?
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The Internet Society Pulse Internet Measurement Forum (PIMF) provides an opportunity to learn about various projects that measure the development and resilience of the Internet, as well as how to use open data for research and reports on the challenges and opportunities for growing and securing the Internet.
This PIMF event will also feature the Internet Society Pulse Research Fellows, who will showcase the data-driven analysis and tools they have developed over the last three years.
Scroll down to view the agenda and see the links to the training and workshop scheduled for Wednesday, 10 December.
Agenda
Day 1
09:30–10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Introduction about Pulse Research focus and outcomes, including the Pulse Research Fellowship Program and partner projects.
10:00–10:40 IPv6
| Speaker(s) | Organisation | Title | Documents | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaishnavi Raghavajosyula | Max Planck Institute for Informatics | Measuring ICMPv6 Inconsistencies | - | |
| Sachin Kumar Singh | University of Utah | IPv6 Adoption, Performance, Security and Resilience of the Web Ecosystem | - |
10:40—11:10 Break
11:10–12:10 IXP and Peering
| Speaker(s) | Organisation | Title | Documents | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishant Acharya | University of California, Davis | Quantifying the Impact of IXP Shutdown | - | |
| Pedro Marcos | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande — FURG | IXPert | - | |
| Martin Thodi | University of Cape Town | Quantifying Local Internet Traffic – An Ensemble of Methods | - |
12:20–13:00 Internet Concentration
| Speaker(s) | Organisation | Title | Documents | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashna Kumar | Northwestern University | Concentration and Consolidation of the Internet | - | |
| Deepak Gouda | Georgia Tech | Who Owns the Internet? Analyzing market concentration in Global IP Address Space | - |
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00—15:30 Research Discussion
In this session, we will have several breakout groups focusing on potential new research topics around the health, evolution, and availability of the Internet. Each group will work on defining a research problem statement around measuring the Internet.
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00—17:30 Research Discussion
In this session, participants will further refine their research problem statement by creating a storyline and prepare to pitch their ideas on Day 2.
17:30—18:00 Recap and Preview of Day 2
18:30—21:00 Opening cocktail/dinner at the Social Hub Roof Top Bar
Day 2
09:30–10:30 Infrastructure
| Speaker(s) | Organisation | Title | Documents | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonios Chatzivasiliou | University of Crete | Internet infrastructure changes in the time of crisis | - | |
| Riya Ponraj | University of Oregon | Network-Physical Layer Mapping for Enhanced Internet Resilience and Security | - | |
| Tanya Shreedhar | TU Delft | Assessing Internet Infrastructure Resilience under Power Grid Failures | - |
11:00–11:30 Break
11:30–12:20 DNS Resilience
| Speaker(s) | Organisation | Title | Documents | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dipsy Desai | University of Southern California | Minimizing Unexpected Queries to DNS root servers | - | |
| Philip Paeps | NSRC | Measuring DNS resilience | - |
12:20–13:00 Privacy
| Speaker(s) | Organisation | Title | Documents | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Sumeer Ahmad | Stony Brook University | More Space, Less Privacy? Measuring Effectiveness of IP-based Website Fingerprinting in IPv6 | - | |
| Karthik Nishanth | The University of British Columbia | QUICensor: A Global Measurement Study of QUIC Blocking | - | - |
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Research Discussion
In this session, groups will pitch their research ideas from Day 1 to the audience to get feedback.
15:30–16:00 Break
16:00–17:30 — Panel Discussion
The 2025 Pulse Research Mentors will provide their feedback on the Fellowship and the project proposals.