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Telecommunications, Network Communications, Mobile Wireless, 

and Internet Technologies Expert 

Scientist, educator, and technologist with over 30 years of experience. He has co-authored 

over 25 scientific publications, journal articles, and peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Lavian served as 

an expert in network communications and telecommunications, including Internet protocols, 

streaming media, and mobile wireless technologies. He is an inventor of over 120 patents; 

over 60 prosecuted pro-se. He served as Principal Investigator (PI) for three US Department 

of Defense (DARPA) projects. 

EDUCATION 

x Ph.D., Computer Science specializing in networking and communications, UC Berkeley 

x M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University 

x B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science, Tel Aviv University 

EXPERTISE 

Network communications, telecommunications, Internet protocols, and mobile wireless: 

x Communication networks: Internet protocols; TCP/IP suite, TCP, UDP, IP, Ethernet, 

802.3, network protocols, network software applications, data link, network, and transport 

layers (L2, L3, L4), SNMP, network management, packet switching, network architecture 

x Mobile wireless: Wi-Fi, 802.11, Bluetooth, Wireless LAN (WLAN), MAC, PHY, ARQ, 

HARQ. Cellular systems, SMS, instant messaging (chat), mobile devices, smartphone 

x Internet/cloud: Internet Technologies, Web applications, HTTP, e-mail, SMTP, POP, 

IMAP, Java, C/C++, file transfer FTP, client-server, cloud computing, distributed computing 

x Routing/switching: LAN, WAN, VPN, routing protocols, RIP, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, 

multicast, DNS, QoS, queuing, traffic control, network infrastructure and architectures 

x VoIP/Streaming Media: PSTN, circuit switching, IP telephony, WebRTC, VoIP, SIP, RTP, 

SS7, SONET, TDM, video/audio conferencing, streaming media 

Dr. Lavian has extensive experience in software development of network protocols, design, 

architecture, configurations, installation, and networks testing. He has academic and hands-on 

experience in the above fields, including technology products from different companies, 

implementations, related standards, designs, hardware, systems, and software technologies. 

EXPERT WITNESS 

Dr. Lavian served as an expert witness in over 140 patent-related cases where he 

wrote expert reports and testified in over 80 depositions. He has testified in Federal courts, in 

front of judges and juries, USPTO PTAB IPR, and the ITC. The cases involved leading 

companies including Amazon, LinkedIn, Avaya, T-Mobile, AT&T, Ericsson, Sprint, Cisco 

Systems, Juniper Networks, Polycom, Motorola, HP, LG, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft, 

Google, Huawei, Facebook, Samsung, and Apple. 

Tal Lavian, Ph.D. 

https://TelecommNet.com

tlavian@TelecommNet.com

1640 Mariani Dr. 

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

(408)-209-9112

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

x Served as Principal Investigator (PI) for three US Department of Defense (DARPA) projects 

o Directed networking computation project for the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) 

o PI of a wireless research project for an undisclosed US federal agency 

x Led and developed the first network resource scheduling service for grid computing 

x Managed and engineered the first demonstrated transatlantic dynamic allocation of 10Gbs 

Lambdas as a grid service 

x Development and successful demonstration of the first wire-speed active network on 

commercial hardware 

x An inventor of over 120 patents, over 60 prosecuted pro-se in front of the USPTO 

x Created and chaired Nortel Networks’ EDN Patent Committee 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 2000-2019

UC Berkeley SkyDeck, Industry Fellow, Lecturer, Visiting Scientist, Ph.D. Candidate, 

Nortel’s Scientist Liaison 

Some positions and projects were concurrent, others sequential 

x UC Berkeley SkyDeck startups - advanced technology research, development, business, 

and market 

x Industry fellow and lecturer at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology 

(SCET). 

x Conducted research projects in data centers (RAD Labs), telecommunication infrastructure 

(SAHARA), and wireless systems (ICEBERG) 

x Acted as a scientific liaison between Nortel Research Lab and UC Berkeley, providing 

tangible value in advanced technologies 

x Developed long-term technology for the enterprise market, integrating communication and 

computing technologies 

x Studied network services, telecommunication systems and software, communications 

infrastructure, and data centers 

x Earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in communications and 

networking 

TelecommNet Engineering, Inc. Sunnyvale, California 2006-Present

Principal Scientist

x Consulting in the areas of network communications, telecommunications, Internet protocols, 

and smartphone mobile wireless devices 

x Providing system architecture and technology analysis for computer networks, mobile 

wireless devices, and Internet web technologies projects 

x Providing expert witness services in network communications’ patent infringement lawsuits 

CRadar.Ai, UC Berkeley, California 2018-2019

CTO / Principal Investigator 

x CRadar.Ai improves the Radar wireless RF signal phase noise purity by 100x 

x Accurate Radars are paramount for self-driving car safety. Radars “see” where Cameras 

and LiDars are “blind” (fog, rain, snow, direct sunlight, and darkness) 

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x The superior wireless RF signal quality provides a clean signal for high Radar accuracy 

x Improving Radar accuracy and resolution enables genuine redundancy, sensory fusion and 

puts the Radar into the sensory spearhead 

Aybell (VisuMenu Inc.), UC Berkeley, California 2016-Present

CEO/CTO 

x Aybell transforms smartphones into visual menu systems, making the phone a frictionless 

point for user interactions with all customer service platforms’ features. Empowers 

consumers to reach the right agents in call centers, overcoming customer service barriers. 

Aybell is a branding and marketing of VisuMenu advanced technologies. 

x Architecture, design, and implementation of a cloud data center for connecting any 

smartphone user to any company and service by digitizing interactive voice systems and 

exposing through cloud-service APIs to other applications 

x The system was deployed as a cloud networking and cloud computing service on Amazon 

Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 

x Technologies include Data Science analytics, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence 

(AI), and Statistical Learning (SL). Building an NLP Parser using Python, NLTK, SpaCy, 

and other NLP libraries and modules 

VisuMenu, Inc., Sunnyvale, California 2010-2016

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) 

x Led the software design and development of a visual IVR system for smartphones and 

mobile devices, based on an innovative use of wireless and network communications 

technologies 

x Design of a search engine for IVR / PBX using Asterisk, SIP, and VoIP 

x The system was deployed as a cloud networking and cloud computing service on Amazon 

Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). 

x VisuMenu advanced technologies rebranded as Aybell. 

Ixia, Santa Clara, California 2008 - 2008 

Network Communications Consultant 

x Researched and developed advanced network communications testing technologies: 

x IxNetwork/IxN2X —IP routing and switching devices and broadband access equipment. 

Provided traffic generation and emulation for the full range of protocols: OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, 

BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, unicast, multicast, broadcast, layer 2/3 VPNs, IPSec, carrier Ethernet, 

broadband access, and data center bridging. Tested and validated IEEE, ITU, and IETF 

RFC standards compatibility 

x IxLoad — quickly and accurately modeled high-volume video, data, and voice subscribers 

and servers to test the real-world performance of multiservice delivery and security 

platforms 

x IxCatapult — emulated a broad range of wireless access and core protocols to test wireless 

components and systems that, when combined with IxLoad, provides an end-to-end 

solution for testing wireless service quality 

x IxVeriWave — employed a client-centric model to test Wi-Fi and wireless LAN networks by 

generating repeatable large-scale, real-world test scenarios that are virtually impossible to 

create by any other means 

x Test automation — provide simple, comprehensive lab automation to help test engineering 

teams create, organize, catalog, and schedule execution of tests 

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Nortel Networks, Santa Clara, California 1996 - 2007 

Employed initially by Bay Networks, which was acquired by Nortel Networks 

Principal Scientist, Principal Architect, Principal Engineer, Senior Software Engineer 

Held scientific and research roles at Nortel Labs, Bay Architecture Labs, and in the office of the CTO 

Principal Investigator for US Department of Defense (DARPA) Projects 

x Conceived, proposed, and completed three research projects: active networks, DWDMRAM, and a networking computation project for Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) 

x Led a wireless research project for an undisclosed US federal agency 

Academic and Industrial Researcher 

x Analyzed new technologies to reduce risks associated with R&D investment 

x Headed research collaboration with leading universities and professors at UC Berkeley, 

Northwestern University, University of Amsterdam, and University of Technology, Sydney 

x Evaluated competitive products relative to Nortel’s products and technology 

x Proactively identified prospective business ideas, which led to new networking products 

x Predicted technological trends through researching the technological horizon and academic 

sphere 

x Designed software for switches, routers, and network communications devices 

x Developed systems and architectures for switches, routers, and network management 

x Researched and developed the following projects: 

 Data-Center Communications: network and server orchestration 2006-2007 

 DRAC: SOA-facilitated L1/L2/L3 network dynamic controller 2003-2007 

 Omega: classified wireless project for undisclosed US Federal Agency 2006-2006 

 Open platform: project for the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2005-2005 

 Network resource orchestration for Web services workflows 2004-2005 

 A proxy study between Web/grids services and network services 2004-2004 

 Streaming content replication: real-time A/V media multicast at edge 2003-2004 

 DWDM-RAM: US DARPA-funded program on agile optical transport 2003-2004 

 Packet capturing and forwarding service on IP and Ethernet traffic 2002-2003 

 CO2: content-aware agile networking 2001-2003 

 Active networks: US DARPA-funded research program 1999-2002 

 ORE: programmable network service platform 1998-2002 

 JVM platform: Java on network devices 1998-2001 

 Web-based device management: network device management 1996-1997 

Technology Innovator and Patent Leader 

x Created and chaired Nortel Networks’ EDN Patent Committee 

x Facilitated continuous stream of innovative ideas and their conversion into intellectual 

property rights 

x Developed intellectual property assets through invention and analysis of existing 

technology portfolios 

Aptel Communications, Netanya, Israel 1994-1995 

Software Engineer, Team Leader 

Start-up company focused on mobile wireless CDMA spread spectrum PCN/PCS 

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x Developed a mobile wireless device using an unlicensed band - Direct Sequence Spread 

Spectrum (DSSS); FCC part 15 - unlicensed transmitters

x Designed and managed a personal communication network (PCN) and personal 

communication system (PCS), which were the precursors of short text messages (SMS) 

x Designed and developed network communications software products in C/C++ 

x Invented and implemented a two-way paging product 

Scitex Ltd., Herzeliya, Israel 1990-1993

Software Engineer, Team Leader 

Software and hardware company acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) 

x Developed system and network communications in C/C++ 

x I provided IT services, System Administration, and network administration. 

x I worked on Unix systems, including IBM AIX, HP, and SUN Unix. 

x Invented Parallel SIMD Architecture 

x Participated in the Technology Innovation group 

Shalev, Ramat-HaSharon, Israel 1987-1990 

Start-up company 

Software Engineer 

x Developed real-time software and algorithms in C/C++ and Pascal 

 

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 

x IEEE senior member 

x IEEE CNSV co-chair, Intellectual Property SIG (2013) 

x President Next Step Toastmasters (an advanced TM club in the Silicon Valley) (2013-2014) 

x Technical co-chair, IEEE Hot Interconnects 2005 at Stanford University 

x Member, IEEE Communications Society (COMMSOC) 

x Member, IEEE Computer Society 

x Member, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society 

x Member, IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee (2012) 

x Member, ACM, ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOM) 

x Member, ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web (SIGWEB) 

x Member, IEEE Consultants’ Network (CNSV) 

x Global Member, Internet Society (ISOC) 

x President Java Users Group – Silicon Valley Mountain View, CA,1999-2000 

x Toastmasters International 

FORMER ADVISORY BOARDS POSITIONS 

x Quixey –search engine for wireless mobile apps 

x Mytopia – mobile wireless social games 

x iLeverage – Israeli Innovations 

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS 

x Top Talent Award – Nortel 

x Top Inventors Award – Nortel EDN 

x Certified IEEE-WCET - Wireless Communications Engineering Technologies (2012) 

x Toastmasters International - Competent Communicator (twice) 

x Toastmasters International - Advanced Communicator Bronze

PERSONAL 

x USA FIT – San Jose Marathon running club (2017-2020) 

x Hiking Bateva – hiking club 

x A dancer for 45 years 

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Patents and Publications

(Not an exhaustive list)

Patents Issued 

US 9,690,877 Systems and methods for electronic communications Link 

US 9,660,655 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link 

US 9,184,989 Grid proxy architecture for network resources Link 

US 9,521,255 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link 

US 9,083,728 Systems and methods to support sharing and exchanging in a network Link

US 9,021,130 Photonic line sharing for high-speed routers Link

US 8,762,963 Translation of programming code Link

US 8,762,962 Methods and apparatus for automatic translation of a computer program 

language code 

Link

US 8,745,573 Platform-independent application development framework Link

US 8,731,148 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,688,796 Rating system for determining whether to accept or reject objection raised by a 

user in social network 

Link

US 8,619,793 Dynamic assignment of traffic classes to a priority queue in a packet forwarding 

device 

Link

US 8,572,303 A portable universal communication device Link

US 8,553,859 Device and method for providing enhanced telephony Link

US 8,548,131 Systems and methods for communicating with an interactive voice response 

system 

Link

US 8,537,989 Device and method for providing enhanced telephony Link

US 8,341,257 Grid proxy architecture for network resources Link

US 8,161,139 Method and apparatus for intelligent management of a network element Link

US 8,146,090 Time-value curves to provide dynamic QoS for time-sensitive file transfer Link

US 8,078,708 Grid proxy architecture for network resources Link

US 7,944,827 Content-aware dynamic network resource allocation Link

US 7,860,999 Distributed computation in network devices Link

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US 7,734,748 Method and apparatus for intelligent management of a network element Link

US 7,710,871 Dynamic assignment of traffic classes to a priority queue in a packet forwarding 

device 

Link

US 7,580,349 Content-aware dynamic network resource allocation Link

US 7,433,941 Method and apparatus for accessing network information on a network device Link

US 7,359,993 Method and apparatus for interfacing external resources with a network element Link

US 7,313,608 Method and apparatus for using documents written in a markup language to 

access and configure network elements 

Link

US 7,260,621 Object-oriented network management interface Link

US 7,237,012 Method and apparatus for classifying Java remote method invocation transport 

traffic 

Link

US 7,127,526 Method and apparatus for dynamically loading and managing software services 

on a network device 

Link

US 7,047,536 Method and apparatus for classifying remote procedure call transport traffic Link

US 7,039,724 Programmable command-line interface API for managing operation of a network 

device 

Link

US 6,976,054 Method and system for accessing low-level resources in a network device Link

US 6,970,943 Routing architecture including a compute plane configured for high-speed 

processing of packets to provide application layer support

Link

US 6,950,932 Security association mediator for Java-enabled devices Link

US 6,850,989 Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a network switch Link

US 6,845,397 Interface method and system for accessing inner layers of a network protocol Link

US 6,842,781 Download and processing of a network management application on a network 

device

Link

US 6,772,205 Executing applications on a target network device using a proxy network device Link

US 6,564,325 Method of and apparatus for providing multi-level security access to a system Link

US 6,175,868 Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a network switch Link

US 6,170,015 Network apparatus with Java co-processor Link

US 8,687,777 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,681,951 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

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US 8,625,756 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,594,280 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,548,135 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,406,388 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,345,835 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,223,931 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,160,215 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,155,280 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,054,952 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,000,454 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

EP 1,905,211 A technique for authenticating network users Link

EP 1,142,213 Dynamic assignment of traffic classes to a priority queue in a packet forwarding 

device

Link

US 9,001,819 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,949,846 Time-value curves to provide dynamic QoS for time-sensitive file transfers Link

US 8,929,517 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,903,073 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,898,274 Grid proxy architecture for network resources Link

US 8,880,120 Device and method for providing enhanced telephony Link

US 8,879,703 System method and device for providing tailored services when a call is on-hold Link

US 8,879,698 Device and method for providing enhanced telephony Link

US 8,867,708 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link

US 8,787,536 Systems and methods for communicating with an interactive voice response 

system

Link

US 8,782,230 Method and apparatus for using a command design pattern to access and 

configure network elements

Link

CA 2,358,525 Dynamic assignment of traffic classes to a priority queue in a packet forwarding 

device

Link

CA 2,989,752 Ultra-low Phase Noise Frequency Synthesizer Link

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US 10,598,764 Radar target detection and imaging system for autonomous vehicles with ultralow phase noise frequency synthesizerLink

US 10,404,261 Radar target detection system for autonomous vehicles with an ultra-low phasenoise frequency synthesizerLink

US 10,348,313 Radar target detection system for autonomous vehicles with an ultra-low phasenoise frequency synthesizerLink

US 10,205,457 RADAR target detection system for autonomous vehicles with an ultra-low 

phase-noise frequency synthesizer 

Link

US 10,764,264 Technique for authenticating network users Link

EP 3,311,493 An ultra-low phase-noise frequency synthesizer Link

US 9,831,881 Radar target detection system for autonomous vehicles with ultra-low phase 

noise frequency synthesizer 

Link

US 9,762,251 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link

US 9,705,511 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link

 

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Patent Applications Published and Pending

(Not an exhaustive list)

US 20150058490 Grid Proxy Architecture for Network Resources Link

US 20150010136 Systems and Methods for Visual Presentation and Selection of IVR Menu Link

US 20140379784 Method and Apparatus for Using a Command Design Pattern to Access and 

Configure Network Elements

Link

US 20140105025 Dynamic Assignment of Traffic Classes to a Priority Queue in a Packet 

Forwarding Device

Link

US 20140105012 Dynamic Assignment of Traffic Classes to a Priority Queue in a Packet 

Forwarding Device

Link

US 20140012991 Grid Proxy Architecture for Network Resources Link

US 20130080898 Systems and Methods for Electronic Communications Link

US 20130022191 Systems and Methods for Visual Presentation and Selection of IVR Menu Link

US 20130022183 Systems and Methods for Visual Presentation and Selection of IVR Menu Link

US 20130022181 Systems and Methods for Visual Presentation and Selection of IVR Menu Link

US 20120180059 Time-Value Curves to Provide Dynamic QOS for Time Sensitive File 

Transfers 

Link

US 20120063574 Systems and Methods for Visual Presentation and Selection of IVR Menu Link

US 20110225330 Portable Universal Communication Device Link

US 20100220616 Optimizing Network Connections Link

US 20100217854 Method and Apparatus for Intelligent Management of a Network Element Link

US 20100146492 Translation of Programming Code Link

US 20100146112 Efficient Communication Techniques Link

US 20100146111 Efficient Communication in a Network Link

US 20090313613 Methods and Apparatus for Automatic Translation of a Computer Program 

Language Code 

Link

US 20090313004 Platform-Independent Application Development Framework Link

US 20090279562 Content-aware dynamic network resource allocation Link

US 20080040630 Time-Value Curves to Provide Dynamic QoS for Time Sensitive File Link

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Transfers 

US 20070169171 A technique for authenticating network users Link

US 20060123481 Method and apparatus for network immunization Link

US 20060075042 Extensible Resource Messaging Between User Applications and Network 

Elements in a Communication Network 

Link

US 20050083960 Method and Apparatus for Transporting Parcels of Data Using Network 

Elements with Network Element Storage 

Link

US 20050076339 Method and Apparatus for Automated Negotiation for Resources on a 

Switched Underlay Network 

Link

US 20050076336 Method and Apparatus for Scheduling Resources on a Switched Underlay 

Network 

Link

US 20050076173 Method And Apparatus for Preconditioning Data to Be Transferred on a 

Switched Underlay Network 

Link

US 20050076099 Method and Apparatus for Live Streaming Media Replication in a 

Communication Network 

Link

US 20050074529 Method and apparatus for transporting visualization information on a 

switched underlay network 

Link

US 20040076161 Dynamic Assignment of Traffic Classes to a Priority Queue in a Packet 

Forwarding Device 

Link

US 20020021701 Dynamic Assignment of Traffic Classes to a Priority Queue in a Packet 

Forwarding Device 

Link

WO 2006/063052 Method and apparatus for network immunization Link

WO 2007/008976 A technique for authenticating network users Link

WO2000/0054460 Method and apparatus for accessing network information on a network 

device 

Link

WO/2016/203460 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link 

WO/2005/033899 Method and apparatus for scheduling resources on a switched underlay 

network 

Link 

WO/2000/041368 Dynamic assignment of traffic classes to a priority queue in a packet 

forwarding device 

Link 

US 20140156556 A Time-variant rating system and method thereof Link 

US 20140156758 A Reliable rating system and method thereof Link 

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US 20170085708 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link 

US 20160373117 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link 

US 20170322687 Systems and methods for electronic communications Link 

US 20170302282 Radar target detection system for autonomous vehicles with ultra-low phase 

noise frequency synthesizer 

Link 

US 20180019755 Radar target detection system for autonomous vehicles with ultra-low phase 

noise frequency synthesizer 

Link 

US 20170289332 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Link 

US 20170269797 Systems and methods for electronic communication Link 

US 20170099058 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link 

US 20170099057 Ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer Link 

US 20190128998 Radar target detection and imaging system for autonomous vehicles with 

ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer

Link 

US 20190082043 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of ivr menu Link

US 20180146090 Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of ivr menu Link

US 20180130102 Reliable rating system and method thereof Link

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Publications

(Not an exhaustive list)

● “R&D Models for Advanced Development & Corporate Research” Understanding Six Models of 

Advanced R&D - Ikhlaq Sidhu, Tal Lavian, Victoria Howell - University of California, Berkeley. 

Accepted paper for 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition- June 2015 

● “Communications Architecture in Support of Grid Computing”, TalLavian, Scholar’s Press 

2013ISBN 978-3-639-51098-0. 

● “Applications Drive Secure Light-path Creation across Heterogeneous Domains, Feature Topic 

Optical Control Planes for Grid Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Vision.” Gommans 

L.; Van Oudenaarde B.; Dijkstra F.; De Laat C.; Lavian T.; Monga I.; Taal A.; Travostino F.; Wan 

A.; IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 44, no. 3, March 2006, pp. 100-106. 

● Lambda Data Grid: Communications Architecture in Support of Grid Computing. Tal I. Lavian, 

Randy H. Katz; Doctoral Thesis, University of California at Berkeley. January 2006. 

● “Information Switching Networks.” Hoang D.B.; T. Lavian; The 4th Workshop on the Internet, 

Telecommunications and Signal Processing, WITSP2005, December 19-21, 2005, Sunshine 

Coast, Australia. 

● “Impact of Grid Computing on Network Operators and HW Vendors.” Allcock B.; Arnaud B.; 

Lavian T.; Papadopoulos P.B.; Hasan M.Z.; Kaplow W.; IEEE Hot Interconnects at Stanford 

University 2005, pp.89-90. 

● DWDM-RAM: A Data Intensive Grid Service Architecture Enabled by Dynamic Optical 

Networks. Lavian T.; Mambretti J.; Cutrell D.; Cohen H.J; Merrill S.; Durairaj R.; Daspit P.; 

Monga I.; Naiksatam S.; Figueira S.; Gutierrez D.; Hoang D.B., Travostino F.; CCGRID 2004, 

pp. 762-764. 

● DWDM-RAM: An Architecture for Data-Intensive Service Enabled by Next Generation Dynamic 

Optical Networks. Hoang D.B.; Cohen H.; Cutrell D.; Figueira S.; Lavian T.; Mambretti J.; Monga 

I.; Naiksatam S.; Travostino F.; Proceedings IEEE Globecom 2004, Workshop on HighPerformance Global Grid Networks, Houston, 29 Nov. to 3 Dec. 2004, pp.400-409. 

● Implementation of a Quality of Service Feedback Control Loop on Programmable Routers. 

Nguyen C.; Hoang D.B.; Zhao, I.L.; Lavian, T.; Proceedings, 12th IEEE International 

Conference on Networks 2004. (ICON 2004) Singapore, Volume 2, 16-19 Nov. 2004, pp.578-

582. 

● A Platform for Large-Scale Grid Data Service on Dynamic High-Performance Networks. Lavian 

T.; Hoang D.B.; Mambretti J.; Figueira S.; Naiksatam S.; Kaushil N.; Monga I.; Durairaj R.; 

Cutrell D.; Merrill S.; Cohen H.; Daspit P.; Travostino F; GridNets 2004, San Jose, CA., October 

2004. 

● DWDM-RAM: Enabling Grid Services with Dynamic Optical Networks. Figueira S.; Naiksatam 

S.; Cohen H.; Cutrell D.; Daspit, P.; Gutierrez D.; Hoang D. B.; Lavian T.; Mambretti J.; Merrill 

S.; Travostino F; Proceedings, 4th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing 

and the Grid, Chicago, USA, April 2004, pp. 707-714. 

● DWDM-RAM: Enabling Grid Services with Dynamic Optical Networks. Figueira S.; Naiksatam 

S.; Cohen H.; Cutrell D.; Gutierrez D.; Hoang D.B.; Lavian T.; Mambretti J.; Merrill S.; 

Travostino F.; 4th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, 

Chicago, USA, April 2004. 

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● An Extensible, Programmable, Commercial-Grade Platform for Internet Service Architecture. 

Lavian T.; Hoang D.B.; Travostino F.; Wang P.Y.; Subramanian S.; Monga I.; IEEE 

Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics on Technologies Promoting Computational 

Intelligence, Openness and Programmability in Networks and Internet Services Volume 34, 

Issue 1, Feb. 2004, pp.58-68. 

● DWDM-RAM: An Architecture for Data-Intensive Service Enabled by Next Generation Dynamic 

Optical Networks. Lavian T.; Cutrell D.; Mambretti J.; Weinberger J.; Gutierrez D.; Naiksatam S.; 

Figueira S.; Hoang D. B.; Supercomputing Conference, SC2003 Igniting Innovation, Phoenix, 

November 2003. 

● Edge Device Multi-Unicasting for Video Streaming. Lavian T.; Wang P.; Durairaj R.; Hoang D.; 

Travostino F.; Telecommunications, 2003. ICT 2003. 10th International Conference on 

Telecommunications, Tahiti, Volume 2, 23 Feb.-1 March 2003 pp. 1441-1447. 

● The SAHARA Model for Service Composition Across Multiple Providers. Raman B.; Agarwal S.; 

Chen Y.; Caesar M.; Cui W.; Lai K.; Lavian T.; Machiraju S.; Mao Z. M.; Porter G.; Roscoe T.; 

Subramanian L.; Suzuki T.; Zhuang S.; Joseph A. D.; Katz Y.H.; Stoica I.; Proceedings of the 

First International Conference on Pervasive Computing. ACM Pervasive 2002, pp. 1-14. 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation in Silicon-Based Network Forwarding Engines. Lavian T.; 

Wang P.; Travostino F.; Subramanian S.; Duraraj R.; Hoang D.B.; Sethaput V.; Culler D.; 

Proceeding of the Active Networks Conference and Exposition, 2002. (DANCE) 29-30 May 

2002, pp. 65-76. 

● Practical Active Network Services within Content-Aware Gateways. Subramanian S.; Wang P.; 

Durairaj R.; Rasimas J.; Travostino F.; Lavian T.; Hoang D.B.; Proceeding of the DARPA Active 

Networks Conference and Exposition, 2002. (DANCE) 29-30 May 2002, pp. 344-354. 

● Active Networking on a Programmable Network Platform. Wang P.Y.; Lavian T.; Duncan R.; 

Jaeger R.; Fourth IEEE Conference on Open Architectures and Network Programming 

(OPENARCH), Anchorage, April 2002. 

● Intelligent Network Services through Active Flow Manipulation. Lavian T.; Wang P.; Travostino 

F.; Subramanian S.; Hoang D.B.; Sethaput V.; IEEE Intelligent Networks 2001 Workshop 

(IN2001), Boston, May 2001. 

● Intelligent Network Services through Active Flow Manipulation. Lavian T.; Wang P.; Travostino 

F.; Subramanian S.; Hoang D.B.; Sethaput V.; Intelligent Network Workshop, 2001 IEEE 6-9 

May 2001, pp.73 -82. 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation in Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engine. Lavian, T.; 

Wang, P.; Travostino, F.; Subramanian S.; Hoang D.B.; Sethaput V.; Culler D.; Journal of 

Communications and Networks, March 2001, pp.78-87. 

● Active Networking on a Programmable Networking Platform. Lavian T.; Wang P.Y.; IEEE Open 

Architectures and Network Programming, 2001, pp. 95-103. 

● Enabling Active Networks Services on a Gigabit Routing Switch. Wang P.; Jaeger R.; Duncan 

R.; Lavian T.; Travostino F.; 2nd Workshop on Active Middleware Services, 2000. 

● Dynamic Classification in Silicon-Based Forwarding Engine Environments. Jaeger R.; Duncan 

R.; Travostino F.; Lavian T.; Hollingsworth J.; Selected Papers. 10th IEEE Workshop on 

Metropolitan Area and Local Networks, 1999. 21-24 Nov. 1999, pp.103-109. 

● Open Programmable Architecture for Java-Enabled Network Devices. Lavian, T.; Jaeger, R. F.; 

Hollingsworth, J. K.; IEEE Hot Interconnects Stanford University, August 1999, pp. 265-277. 

● Open Java SNMP MIB API. Rob Duncan, Tal Lavian, Roy Lee, Jason Zhou, Bay Architecture 

Lab Technical Report TR98-038, December 1998. 

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● Java-Based Open Service Interface Architecture. Lavian T.; Lau S.; BAL TR98-010 Bay 

Architecture Lab Technical Report, March 1998. 

● Parallel SIMD Architecture for Color Image Processing. Lavian T. Tel – Aviv University, Tel –

Aviv, Israel, November 1995. 

● Grid Network Services, Draft-ggf-ghpn-netservices-1.0. George Clapp, Tiziana Ferrari, Doan B. 

Hoang, Gigi Karmous-Edwards, Tal Lavian, Mark J. Leese, Paul Mealor, InderMonga, Volker 

Sander, Franco Travostino, Global Grid Forum(GGF). 

● Project DRAC: Creating an applications-aware network. Travostino F.; Keates R.; Lavian T.; 

Monga I.; Schofield B.; Nortel Technical Journal, February 2005, pp. 23-26. 

● Optical Network Infrastructure for Grid, Draft-ggf-ghpn-opticalnets-1. Dimitra Simeonidou, Reza 

Nejabati, Bill St. Arnaud, Micah Beck, Peter Clarke, Doan B. Hoang, David Hutchison, Gigi 

Karmous-Edwards, Tal Lavian, Jason Leigh, Joe Mambretti, Volker Sander, John Strand, 

Franco Travostino, Global Grid Forum(GGF) GHPN Standard GFD-I.036 August 2004. 

● Popeye - Using Fine-grained Network Access Control to Support Mobile Users and Protect 

Intranet Hosts. Mike Chen, Barbara Hohlt, Tal Lavian, December 2000. 

● Open Networking - Better Networking through Programmability, Open Networking - Better 

Networking through Programmability 

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Presentations and Talks

(Not an exhaustive list)

● Lambda Data Grid 

● A Platform for Large-Scale Grid Data Service on Dynamic High-Performance Networks 

● Lambda Data Grid: An Agile Optical Platform for Grid Computing and Data-intensive 

Applications. 

● Workflow Integrated Network Resource Orchestration 

● DWDM-RAM: DARPA-Sponsored Research for Data-Intensive Service-on-Demand Advanced 

Optical Networks 

● Impact of Grid Computing on Network Operators and HW Vendors 

● Web Services and OGSA

● WINER Workflow Integrated Network Resource Orchestration. 

● A Grid Proxy Architecture for Network Resources

● Technology & Society

● Abundant Bandwidth and how it affects us?

● Active Content Networking (ACN)

● DWDM-RAM: Enabling Grid Services with Dynamic Optical Networks 

● Application-engaged Dynamic Orchestration of Optical Network Resources 

● DWDM-RAM: DARPA-Sponsored Research for Data-Intensive Service-on-Demand Advanced 

Optical Networks 

● An Architecture for Data-Intensive Service Enabled by Next Generation Optical Networks 

● A Platform for Data-Intensive Services Enabled by Next Generation Dynamic Optical Networks 

● A Platform for Data-Intensive Services Enabled by Next Generation Dynamic Optical Networks 

● Optical Networks 

● Grid Optical Network Service Architecture for Data-Intensive Applications 

● Optical Networking & DWDM 

● OptiCal Inc. 

● OptiCal & LUMOS Networks 

● Optical Networking Services 

● Optical Networks 

● Business Models for Dynamically Provisioned Optical Networks

● Business Model Concepts for Dynamically Provisioned Optical Networks

● Optical Networks Infrastructure

● Research Challenges in agile optical networks

● Services and Applications’ infrastructure for agile optical networks

● Impact on Society 

● Technology & Society 

● TeraGrid Communication and Computation 

● Unified Device Management via Java-enabled Network Devices 

● Active Network Node in Silicon-Based L3 Gigabit Routing Switch 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation (AFM) in Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engines 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation (AFM) in Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engines 

● Active Nets Technology Transfer through High-Performance Network Devices 

● Enabling Active Networks Services on A Gigabit Routing Switch 

● Programmable Network Node: Applications 

● Open Innovation via Java-enabled Network Devices 

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● Practical Considerations for Deploying a Java Active Networking Platform 

● Open Programmable Architecture for Java-enabled Network Devices 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation In Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engines 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation In Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engines 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation In Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engines 

● DWDM-RAM: DARPA-Sponsored Research for Data-Intensive Service-on-Demand Advanced 

Optical Networks 

● DWDM-RAM: DARPA-Sponsored Research for Data-Intensive Service-on-Demand Advanced 

Optical Networks 

● Open Programmable Architecture for Java-enabled Network Devices 

● Open Java-based Intelligent Agent Architecture for Adaptive Networking Devices 

● Edge Device Multi-unicasting for Video Streaming 

● Intelligent Network Services through Active Flow Manipulation 

● Java SNMP Oplet 

● Unified Device Management via Java-enabled Network Devices 

● Dynamic Classification in a Silicon-Based Forwarding Engine 

● Integrating Active Networking and Commercial-Grade Routing Platforms 

● Enabling Active Flow Manipulation In Silicon-based Network Forwarding Engines 

● Open Distributed Networking Intelligence: A New Java Paradigm 

● Open Networking Better Networking Through Programmability 

● Open Networking 

● Open Programmability 

● Active Networking On A Programmable Networking Platform 

● Open Networking through Programmability 

● Open Programmable Architecture for Java-enabled Network Devices 

● Popeye – Fine-grained Network Access Control for Mobile Users 

● Integrating Active Networking and Commercial-Grade Routing Platforms 

● Active Networking 

● Programmable Network Devices 

● Open Programmable Architecture for Java-enabled Network Devices 

● To be smart or not to be?

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