Dr Nicholas Race

Reader in Networking

Research Overview

My research area is experimental networking and networked media. More specifically, this includes:

- Software Defined Networks (SDN), developing network-aware caching solutions that utilise emerging SDN technology (examples of this include the recent work on OpenCache).

- Networking Testbeds / Wireless Mesh Networking; particularly the associated technical platforms and management infrastructure. More recently the focus has been on issues relating to security, developing intrusion/anomaly detection techniques and appropriate remediation strategies (e.g. OpenLIDS presented at MobiCom 2009).

- Media Delivery (IPTV and Content Distribution); particularly studies of media consumption and system streaming behaviour patterns (e.g. recent work published at ACM Multimedia 2014).

I am currently the principal investigator at Lancaster of the FI-CONTENT2 EU project and the co-investigator of the EPSRC TOUCAN Programme Grant. Previously I was the principal investigator at Lancaster of the STEER, GN3plus, Fed4FIRE, OFELIA and P2P-Next EU projects.

Selected Publications Show all 80 publications

P2P-Based IPTV Services: Design, Deployment, and QoE Measurement
Mu, M., Ishmael, J., Knowles, W., Rouncefield, M., Race, N., Stuart, M., Wright, G. 1/12/2012 In: IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 14, 6, p. 1515-1527. 13 p.
Journal article

Social TV: The impact of social awareness on content navigation within IPTV systems
Mitchell, K., Jones, A., Ishmael, J., Race, N.J.P. 1/11/2011 In: Computers in Entertainment (CIE). 9, 3, 29 p.
Journal article

OpenLIDS: a lightweight intrusion detection system for wireless mesh networks
Hugelshofer, F., Smith, P., Hutchison, D., Race, N.J.P. 2009 In: Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2009). New York : ACM p. 309-320. 12 p.
Paper

Deploying rural community wireless mesh networks
Ishmael, J., Bury, S., Pezaros, D., Race, N. 07/2008 In: IEEE Internet Computing. 12, 4, p. 22-29. 8 p.
Journal article