Publications and Presentations
Papers
- J. Shafer, J. Conn, C. Lucas, J. Caffery, and K. Schug, “Network Acceleration and Time Synchronization for Data Acquisition Systems using Commodity Networks and Operating Systems”, The 61st International Instrumentation Symposium (IIS), Huntsville, AL (May 2015)
- A. Yee and J. Shafer, "HFAA: A Generic Socket API for Hadoop File Systems", Second Workshop on Architectures and Systems for Big Data (ASBD 2012), Portland, OR (June 2012)
- J. Shafer, B. Stephens, M. Foss, S. Rixner, A.L. Cox, "Axon: A Flexible Substrate for Source-routed Ethernet", ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2010), San Diego, CA (October 2010)
- J. Shafer, S. Rixner, A.L. Cox, “The Hadoop Distributed Filesystem: Balancing Portability and Performance”, IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS 2010), White Plains, NY (March 2010)
- J. Shafer, "I/O Virtualization Bottlenecks in Cloud Computing Today", Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV 2010), Pittsburgh, PA (March 2010)
- J. Shafer, M. Foss, S. Rixner, A.L. Cox, "The Axon Network Device: Prototyping with NetFPGA", Workshop on Architectural Research Prototyping (WARP 2009), Austin, TX, (June 2009)
- J. Shafer and S. Rixner, "RiceNIC: A Reconfigurable Network Interface for Experimental Research and Education", Workshop on Experimental Computer Science (ExpCS 2007), San Diego, CA, (June 2007).
- J. Shafer and S. Rixner, "RiceNIC: Prototyping Network Interfaces", Workshop on Architectural Research Prototyping (WARP 2007), San Diego, CA, (June 2007).
- P. Willmann, J. Shafer, D. Carr, A. Menon, S. Rixner, A. L. Cox, and W. Zwaenepoel, "Concurrent Direct Network Access for Virtual Machine Monitors", The International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2007) Phoenix, AZ, (February, 2007).
- J. Shafer and S. Rixner, "A Reconfigurable and Programmable Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Card", Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Report TREE0611, (December 2006).
- J. Shafer and F. Scarpino, "A Case for a Collaborative Computing Tool for Image Processing", The 2004 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2004), San Diego, CA, (January 18-23, 2004)
- J. Shafer, W. Smari, and F. Scarpino, "A Development Method for Reconfigurable Hardware Systems with Real-time Wavelet Image Compression Application", The 2nd International Conference on Information Systems and Engineering (ISE 2002), San Diego, CA, (July 14-18, 2002)
Presentations
- J. Shafer - "HFAA: A Generic Socket API for Hadoop File Systems", presented at ASBD 2012, Portland, OR (June 2012)
- J. Shafer - "Axon: A Flexible Substrate for Source-routed Ethernet", presented at ANCS 2010, San Diego, CA (October 2010)
- J. Shafer - "The Hadoop Distributed Filesystem: Balancing Portability and Performance", presented at ISPASS 2010, White Plains, NY (March 2010)
- J. Shafer - "I/O Virtualization Bottlenecks in Cloud Computing Today", presented at WIOV 2010, Pittsburgh, PA (March 2010)
- J. Shafer - "The Axon Network Device: Prototyping with NetFPGA", presented at WARP 2009, Austin, TX (June 2009)
- J. Shafer - Invited Talk - "Designing Network Devices for Research and Education", Texas A&M University - Computer Engineering Seminar, March 2008, College Station, TX
- J. Shafer - "RiceNIC: Prototyping Network Interfaces", presented at WARP 2007, San Diego, CA (June 2007)
- J. Shafer - "RiceNIC: A Reconfigurable Network Interface for Experimental Research and Education", presented at ExpCS 2007, San Diego, CA (June 2007)
- P. Willmann, J. Shafer - "Concurrent Direct Network Access for Virtual Machine Monitors", presented by Paul Willmann at HPCA 2007, Phoenix, AZ (February 2007)
- J. Shafer - Invited Talk - "Concurrent Direct Network Access for Virtual Machine Monitors", Hewlett Packard Labs, April 2006, Palo Alto, CA
Posters
Corporate Affiliates Day - Rice University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Computer Science
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- ACLD Workshop - Architectural Concerns in Large Datacenters - June 2009
- Datacenter Storage Architecture for MapReduce Applications
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- View associated abstract - PDF
- Corporate Affiliates Day - October 2008
- The Axon Ethernet Device - Routing at the Edge
- Winner of Best Demo Award!
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- Corporate Affiliates Day - September 2007
- Network Server Architectures and Virtual Machines
- Topics: RiceNIC, HyperNIC, and Concurrent Direct Network Access (CDNA) architecture for Virtual Machine Monitors
- Corporate Affiliates Day - September 2006
- RiceNIC: A Reconfigurable and Programmable Gigabit Network Interface Card
- Corporate Affiliates Day - September 2005
- RiceNIC
Theses
- J. Shafer, "Embedded Vector Processor Architecture for Real-Time Wavelet Video Compression", University of Dayton, Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2004
- J. Shafer, "A Storage Architecture for Data-Intensive Computing", Rice University, Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2010