Resume

Jochen Behrens

Education:

9/92 - present:

Doctoral program in Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz. Dissertation work is on distributed routing algorithms for very large networks. This work involved design, development and performance evaluation of a new class of routing algorithms, which is refered to as link-vector algorithms, and an algorithm to validate link-state updates. Current work includes the application of these algorithms to hierarchical topologies and performance evaluation of the resulting protocol.

September 1992:

Diplom in Informatik (equivalent to Master's in Computer Science).
Overall grade: excellent

1987 - 1992

Studies in Informatik ( Computer Science) at RWTH Aachen

• Emphasis on software engineering and on parallel processing
• Minor: Operations Research
• Thesis work at research center KFA Juelich: Mathematical description of algorithms for nonlinear optimization and their implementation on Cray supercomputers.

Experience:

4/93 - present;

Research Assistant at UCSC. Worked on algebraic specification and on the deployment of a radio network in the Monterey bay region for REINAS. Extensive work on routing algorithms for large internetworks, currently on hierarchical routing protocols.

Fall 92, Winter 93, Fall 95

Teaching Assistant for one lower and two upper division Computer Science classes.

1/92 - 9/92

Research Assistant at Central Institute for Applied Mathematics (ZAM,) KFA Juelich

1987 -- 1992 and 1985

Work in parental perennials nursery

• Maintained business computer
• Applied sales and customer contact skills
• Supervised employees in sales and production.

10/85 - 12/86

Military Service: Hochgebirgsjaegerzug Edelweiss, Mittenwald. (Elite unit of German mountain troops.)

Skills:

Simulation Environments: Opnet, CPT

Programming Languages: Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Modula-2, Pascal, Prolog

Operating Systems: Unix, BSDI, Unicos, DOS/Windows, VM/MVS

Publications:

J. Behrens and J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, "Fast Dissemination of Link States Using Bounded Sequence Numbers with no Periodic Updates or Age Fields," to be published in ICDCS'97 International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, May 27 - 30, 1997.

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves and J. Behrens, "Distributed, scalable routing based on vectors of link states," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications," vol. 13, (no. 8):1383-95, October 1995.

J. Behrens and J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, "Distributed, scalable routing based on link-state vectors," (ACM SIGCOMM 94, London, Aug./Sept. 1994,) Computer Communication Review, October 1994, vol.24, (no.4):136-47.

Jochen Behrens, "Parallele Algorithmen zur nichtlinearen Optimierung -- Mathematische und algorithmische Beschreibung einiger Verfahren und ihre Implementation auf CRAY-Rechnern," Forschungszentrum Juelich, Bericht Juel-2705, Dezember 1992

Professional Affiliations:

Student Member of Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (GI), ACM, and IEEE

References:

Will be furnished upon request.