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Pedro CASAS
Andreasgasse 5/4/5
1070 Vienna - Austria
contact number: +43-1-50-528-30-25
email: casas@ftw.at
http://www.ftw.at/about-us/team/∼/pcasas
SUMMARY
PhD in Computer Science, 8 years of experience in Networking Research & Development.
Published more than 30 Networking research papers (about 20 as main author) in major international
conferences andjournals(IEEENetworkMagazine, Computer Networks, TMA, ITC, IFIPNetworking),
participated in multiple national and international research and industrial projects in Networking (UY
PDT, FR ANR, AU COMET, EU FP7, ECOS-SUD, STIC-AmSud - some industrial partners include
Alcatel-Lucent, Telekom Austria, France Telecom, Mitsubishi Electric, ANTEL Telecommunications),
received 4 best conference paper awards: IEEE, IFIP, ACM, EuroNGI European Network of Excellence.
Expertise in Machine-Learning Applied to Networking Problems (Traffic Analysis and Classification,
Anomaly Detection and Network Security, Video and Audio Quality of Experience Assessment, Quality
of Service).
Experience in software development for Networking applications in Java.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Networking: IP Networks, L2/L3/L4Protocols, Network Security, NIDS/NIPS, Network Traffic Monitoring
(Distributed Traffic Analysis, Network-Wide Anomaly Detection, Network Tomography, Traffic
Classification, Large Scale Traffic Estimation and Forecasting), Traffic Engineering, Routing Optimization
in Virtual-Path Networks, Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) Automatic
Assessment.
Mathematics: Machine Learning (Supervised/Unsupervised Learning, on-line Learning, Features Extraction
and Selection, Multi-Dimensional Analysis, Sparsity and High-Dimensional Analysis), Pattern
Recognition, Knowledge Discovery, Signal Processing, Statistics, Random Variables, Stochastic Processes,
Probability.
Computer Programming and Prototyping: Java, Matlab, basic C/C++ knowledge, basic Tcl/Tk
knowledge.
Network Simulation/Emulation and Analysis: NS2, XORP, wireshark/tcpdump/libpcap, NetEm
(tc-iproute2), NetMate Flow Analyzer.
Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Windows.
Languages: proficient in English (Cambridge CAE, FCE), proficient in French, Spanish (native
speaker), basic German.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
11/2011 - current - Senior Researcher: The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW),
Donau-City-Straβe 1, A-1220 Vienna, Austria.
- network traffic monitoring and analysis, Quality of Experience, machine-learning in Networking.
- FP7 project DEMONS (http://fp7-demons.eu/), COMET project ACE 2.0 (http://ace.ftw.at/)
03/2010 - 08/2011 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow: LAAS-CNRS, National Scientific Research
Center, 7 avenue du Colonel Roche, 31077 Toulouse, France.
- network security, network intrusion detection systems, unsupervised analysis of network traffic, network
traffic classification, machine learning and knowledge discovery applied to anomaly detection
and traffic classification.
- FP7 project ECODE (http://www.ecode-project.eu/): development of knowledge-independent algorithms
for network security.
04/2003 - 02/2010 - Research & Teaching Assistant: Electrical Engineering Institute, Engineering
Faculty, University of the Republic (IIE-FING-UDELAR), Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, 11300
Montevideo, Uruguay.
08/2007 - 02/2010 - Co-advised PhD in Computer Science: Computer Science Department,
Telecom Bretagne, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, CS 83818 - 29238 Brest, France, and IIE-FING-UDELAR,
Montevideo, Uruguay.
- network anomaly detection, network tomography, large scale traffic estimation and forecasting, network
performance evaluation, traffic engineering, robust routing optimization, QoS/QoE assessment,
software development for Networking applications in Java, statistical traffic modeling and analysis.
- technical researcher in national andinternational research and industrial projects (European Community
projects, French national projects, France-Latin America projects, Uruguayan projects). Some
industrial partners: France Telecom, Mitsubishi Electric, ANTEL Telecommunications.
- software development: Traffic Matrix Estimation Algorithms (Matlab), 2009; GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Network Performance Analyzer (Java), 2007; End-to-End Quality of Service Estimation Tools (Java),
2006; Random Neural Networks in Java (Java), 2005; Multi-Media Streaming Platform (JMF-Java),
2005; Simple End-to-End Traffic Generator (Java), 2005; Perceived Quality of Service Evaluation
Toolbox (Java, C/C++), 2005 (most of these applications are provided for free “AS IS” software at
my webpage).
- participation in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses: “Software Engineering”, “Performance
Evaluation in Telecommunication Networks”, “Queuing Systems”, “Statistical Methods for
Traffic Matrix Estimation”.
03/2009 - 04/2009 - Networking Research Internship: Telecom ParisTech, 46 rue Barrault,
F-75634 Paris, France.
- technical researcher in European Community FP7 project Euro-NF (http://euronf.enst.fr): development
and evaluation of dynamic traffic engineering algorithms, QoS-based routing optimization.

01/2006 - 07/2006 - Networking Research Internship: Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France.
- technical researcher in academic-research French project DYNAMIT (Dynamical Traffic Engineering:
a Critical Analysis): research and development of robust routing mechanisms for intradomain traffic
engineering in ISP networks.
EDUCATION
2007/2010 - PhD in Computer Science, Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France.
- thesis: “Statistical Analysis of Network Traffic for Anomaly Detection and Quality of Service Provisioning”.
- expertise in network-wide anomaly detection, large-scale traffic matrix estimation, QoS-based routing
optimization, machine-learning for traffic estimation.
- co-advised PhD, Telecom Bretagne (France) and University of the Republic (Uruguay).
- thesis directors: Gerardo Rubino (INRIA-IRISA, France), Sandrine Vaton (Telecom Bretagne).
- thesis jury: Fabrice Guillemin (France Telecom R&D, reviewer), Steve Uhlig (Deutsche Telekom
Laboratories, reviewer), Stefano Giordano (University of Pisa), Pablo Belzarena (University of the
Republic), Hervé Kerivin (Clemson University).
1999/2005 - Electrical Engineering Degree, Telecommunications, Engineering Faculty, University
of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- thesis: “Perceived Quality of Service in Voice and Video over IP Services”.
- main subjects: telecommunications, networking, object-oriented programming, machine learning,
signal processing, control theory, electronics, statistics, linear algebra, physics.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
soccer, swimming, singing, playing guitar.
last update: February 2012