Balázs Vass | MTA-BME Lendület

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E-mail:: balazs_dot_vass_at_tmit_dot_bme_dot_hu
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Current Research

Regional Failures in Backbone Networks

Awards

Best Paper at Int. Conference on Networks and Network Applications (NaNA) 2016
Scientific Students’ Associations Conference
- 1st place, ELTE 2015
- Topic: Bounded Size Network Failure Enumeration

Publications

2022

B. Vass, Ádám. Fraknói, E. Bérczi-Kovács, and G. and Rétvári, “Compiling Packet Programs to dRMT Switches: Theory and Algorithms,” in Proceedings of the 5th P4 Workshop in Europe, New York, NY, USA, 2022, p. 1–7.
[Bibtex]

@inproceedings{vass2022compiling_drmt,
author = {Vass, Bal\'{a}zs and Frakn\'{o}i, \'{A}d\'{a}m and B\'{e}rczi-Kov\'{a}cs, Erika and and R\'{e}tv\'{a}ri, G\'{a}bor},
title = {Compiling Packet Programs to dRMT Switches: Theory and Algorithms},
year = {2022},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3565475.3569080},
doi = {10.1145/3565475.3569080},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th P4 Workshop in Europe},
pages = {1–7},
numpages = {7},
keywords = {reconfigurable switches, packet programs, pipeline embedding, constant approximations, algorithmic complexity, P4 compilation},
location = {Roma, Italy},
series = {EuroP4'22}
}

B. Vass, Regional Failure Events in Communication Networks: Models, Algorithms and Applications, Springer, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@BOOK{vass2022regional_book,
title = {Regional Failure Events in Communication Networks: Models, Algorithms and Applications},
publisher = {Springer},
series={Springer Theses},
year = {2022},
author = {B. Vass},
pages = {1--133},
isbn={9783031142550},
keywords = {regional failures, failure modeling, shared risk link group, SRLG, PSRLG},
url = {https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14256-7}
}

B. Vass, B. Brányi, B. É. Nagy, and J. Tapolcai, “On the Complexity of Disaster-Aware Network Extension Problems,” in Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), Compiegne, France, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2022complexity,
AUTHOR={Bal\'azs Vass and Bal\'azs Br\'anyi and Be\'ata \'Eva Nagy and J\'anos Tapolcai},
TITLE="{On the Complexity of Disaster-Aware Network Extension Problems}",
BOOKTITLE={Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM)},
ADDRESS="Compiegne, France",
DAYS=19-21,
MONTH=September,
YEAR=2022,
KEYWORDS="disaster-aware network extension"
}

B. Vass, C. Sarkadi, and G. Rétvári, “Programmable Packet Scheduling With SP-PIFO: Theory, Algorithms and Evaluation,” in IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Networking Algorithms (WNA), London, United Kingdom, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2022programmable,
AUTHOR={Bal\'azs Vass and Csaba Sarkadi and G\'abor R\'etv\'ari},
TITLE="{Programmable Packet Scheduling With SP-PIFO: Theory, Algorithms and Evaluation}",
BOOKTITLE={IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Networking Algorithms (WNA)},
ADDRESS="London, United Kingdom",
DAYS=1,
MONTH=May,
YEAR=2022,
KEYWORDS="programmable packet scheduling"
}

B. Vass and J. Tapolcai, “Essence of Geographically Correlated Failure Events in Communication Networks,” in IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@inproceedings{vass2022dissertationdigest,
author = {Bal\'azs Vass and J\'anos Tapolcai},
title={Essence of Geographically Correlated Failure Events in Communication Networks},
booktitle = {IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium},
year = {2022}
}

B. Vass, E. Bérczi-Kovács, Á. Barabás, Z. L. Hajdú, and J. Tapolcai, “Polynomial-Time Algorithm for the Regional SRLG-disjoint Paths Problem,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, London, United Kingdom, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2022polynomial,
AUTHOR={Bal\'azs Vass and Erika B\'erczi-Kov\'acs and \'Abel Barab\'as
and Zsombor L\'aszl\'o Hajd\'u and J\'anos Tapolcai},
TITLE="Polynomial-Time Algorithm for the Regional {SRLG-disjoint} Paths Problem",
BOOKTITLE={Proc. IEEE INFOCOM},
ADDRESS="London, United Kingdom",
DAYS=1,
MONTH=May,
YEAR=2022,
KEYWORDS="regional failures and topology"
}

2021

B. Vass, J. Tapolcai, and E. Bérczi-Kovács, “Enumerating Maximal Shared Risk Link Groups of Circular Disk Failures Hitting $k$ Nodes,” IEEE Transactions on Networking, 2021.
[Bibtex]

@ARTICLE{vass2021enumerating,
author={B. Vass and J. Tapolcai and Erika B\'erczi-Kov\'acs},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Networking},
title={Enumerating Maximal Shared Risk Link Groups of Circular Disk Failures Hitting $k$ Nodes},
year={2021},
}

A. Pašić, R. Girão-Silva, F. Mogyorósi, B. Vass, T. Gomes, P. Babarczi, P. Revisnyei, J. Tapolcai, and J. Rak, “eFRADIR: An Enhanced FRAmework for DIsaster Resilience,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 13125-13148, 2021. impact factor 4.98
[Bibtex]

@ARTICLE{pasic2021fradir3,
author={Alija Pa\v{s}i\'c and Rita Gir\~ao-Silva and Ferenc Mogyor\'osi and Bal\'azs Vass and Teresa Gomes and P\'eter Babarczi and P\'eter Revisnyei and J\'anos Tapolcai and Jacek Rak},
journal={IEEE Access},
title={eFRADIR: An Enhanced FRAmework for DIsaster Resilience},
year={2021},
volume={9},
pages={13125-13148},
doi={10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3050923},
KEYWORDS="regional failures and top",
url={https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9319646},
comment = {impact factor 4.98}
}

B. Vass, Modeling and Enumerating Geographically Correlated Failure Events in Communication Networks, 2021.
[Bibtex]

@MISC{vass2021thesis,
author = {Bal\'azs Vass},
title = {Modeling and Enumerating Geographically Correlated Failure Events in Communication Networks},
year = {2021},
comment = {Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Ph.D. Dissertation},
keywords = {disaster resilience, shared risk link group, SRLG, PSRLG, SRG}
}

B. Vass, J. Tapolcai, Z. Heszberger, J. Bíró, D. Hay, F. A. Kuipers, J. Oostenbrink, A. Valentini, and L. Rónyai, “Probabilistic Shared Risk Link Groups Modelling Correlated Resource Failures Caused by Disasters,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) – issue on Latest Advances in Optical Networks for 5G Communications and Beyond, 2021. impact factor 14.3
[Bibtex]

@ARTICLE{vass2021probabilistic,
author={B. Vass and J. Tapolcai and Z. Heszberger and J. B\'ir\'o and D. Hay and F. A. Kuipers and J. Oostenbrink and A. Valentini and L. R\'onyai},
journal={IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - issue on Latest Advances in Optical Networks for 5G Communications and Beyond},
title={Probabilistic Shared Risk Link Groups Modelling Correlated Resource Failures Caused by Disasters},
year={2021},
KEYWORDS="regional failures and top",
comment = {impact factor 14.3}
}

2020

B. Németh, Y. Pignolet, M. Rost, S. Schmid, and B. Vass, “Cost-Efficient Embedding of Virtual Networks With and Without Routing Flexibility,” in 2020 IFIP Networking Conference (Networking), 2020, pp. 476-484.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{nemeth2020cost,
author={Németh, Balázs and Pignolet, Yvonne-Anne and Rost, Matthias and Schmid, Stefan and Vass, Balázs},
booktitle={2020 IFIP Networking Conference (Networking)},
title={Cost-Efficient Embedding of Virtual Networks With and Without Routing Flexibility},
year={2020},
volume={},
number={},
pages={476-484},
doi={}}

B. Vass, E. Bérczi-Kovács, C. Raiciu, and G. Rétvári, “Compiling Packet Programs to Reconfigurable Switches: Theory and Algorithms,” in Proceedings of the 3rd P4 Workshop in Europe, New York, NY, USA, 2020, p. 28–35.
[Bibtex]

@inproceedings{vass2020compiling,
author = {Vass, Bal\'{a}zs and B\'{e}rczi-Kov\'{a}cs, Erika and Raiciu, Costin and R\'{e}tv\'{a}ri, G\'{a}bor},
title = {Compiling Packet Programs to Reconfigurable Switches: Theory and Algorithms},
year = {2020},
isbn = {9781450381819},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3426744.3431332},
doi = {10.1145/3426744.3431332},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 3rd P4 Workshop in Europe},
pages = {28–35},
numpages = {8},
keywords = {reconfigurable switches, packet programs, pipeline embedding, constant approximations, algorithmic complexity, P4 compilation},
location = {Barcelona, Spain},
series = {EuroP4'20}
}

J. Tapolcai, L. Rónyai, B. Vass, and L. Gyimóthi, “Fast enumeration of regional link failures caused by disasters with limited size,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2020. impact factor 3.315
[Bibtex]

@article{tapolcai2020fast,
title={Fast enumeration of regional link failures caused by disasters with limited size},
author={Tapolcai, J{\'a}nos and R{\'o}nyai, Lajos and Vass, Bal{\'a}zs and Gyim{\'o}thi, L{\'a}szl{\'o}},
journal={IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking},
year={2020},
publisher={IEEE},
KEYWORDS={regional failures and top},
comment = {impact factor 3.315}
}

T. Gomes, L. Martins, R. Girão-Silva, D. Tipper, A. Pašić, B. Vass, L. Garrote, M. Nunes Urbano J.and Zachariasen, and J. Rak, “Enhancing Availability for Critical Services,” in Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks, Springer, 2020, pp. 557-581.
[Bibtex]

@incollection{gomes2020enhancing,
title={Enhancing Availability for Critical Services},
author={Gomes, Teresa and Martins, L{\'u}cia and Gir{\~a}o-Silva, Rita and Tipper, David and Pa{\v{s}}i{\'{c}}, Alija and Vass, Bal{\'a}zs and Garrote, Lu{\'i}s and Nunes, Urbano J.and Zachariasen, Martin and Rak, Jacek},
booktitle={Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks},
pages={557--581},
year={2020},
publisher={Springer},
KEYWORDS={regional failures}
}

T. Gomes, D. Santos, R. Girão-Silva, L. Martins, B. Nedic, M. Gunkel, B. Vass, J. Tapolcai, and J. Rak, “Disaster-Resilient Routing Schemes for Regional Failures,” in Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks, Springer, 2020, pp. 483-506.
[Bibtex]

@incollection{gomes2020disaster,
title={Disaster-Resilient Routing Schemes for Regional Failures},
author={Gomes, Teresa and Santos, Dorabella and Gir{\~a}o-Silva, Rita and Martins, L{\'u}cia and Nedic, Boro and Gunkel, Matthias and Vass, Bal{\'a}zs and Tapolcai, J{\'a}nos and Rak, Jacek},
booktitle={Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks},
pages={483--506},
year={2020},
publisher={Springer},
KEYWORDS={regional failures}
}

B. Vass, J. Tapolcai, D. Hay, J. Oostenbrink, and F. Kuipers, “How to Model and Enumerate Geographically Correlated Failure Events in Communication Networks,” in Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks, J. Rak and D. Hutchison, Eds., Springer, 2020.
[Bibtex]

@INCOLLECTION{vass2020recodischapter,
author = {Bal\'azs Vass and J\'anos Tapolcai and David Hay and Jorik Oostenbrink and Fernando Kuipers},
title = {How to Model and Enumerate Geographically Correlated Failure Events in Communication Networks},
booktitle ={Guide to Disaster-Resilient Communication Networks},
editor={Rak, Jacek and Hutchison, David},
year={2020},
publisher={Springer},
chapter = 4,
KEYWORDS={regional failures},
}

B. Vass, L. Németh, and J. Tapolcai, “The Earth is Nearly Flat: Precise and Approximate Algorithms for Detecting Vulnerable Regions of Networks in Plane and on Sphere,” in Networks, Wiley, 2020, pp. 340-355. impact factor 1.23
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2019theearth,
AUTHOR="Bal\'azs Vass and L\'aszl\'o N\'emeth and J\'anos Tapolcai",
TITLE="The {Earth} is Nearly Flat: Precise and Approximate Algorithms for Detecting Vulnerable Regions of Networks in Plane and on Sphere",
BOOKTITLE={Networks, Wiley},
volume={75},
number={4},
pages={340--355},
year={2020},
KEYWORDS="regional failures",
comment = {impact factor 1.23},
}

2019

D. Haja, B. Vass, and L. Toka, “Towards making big data applications network-aware in edge-cloud systems,” in 2019 IEEE 8th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), 2019, pp. 1-6.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{haja2019towards,
author={Haja, D\'avid and Vass, Bal\azs and Toka, L\'aszl\'o},
booktitle={2019 IEEE 8th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet)},
title={Towards making big data applications network-aware in edge-cloud systems},
year={2019},
volume={},
number={},
pages={1-6},
doi={10.1109/CloudNet47604.2019.9064109}}

D. Haja, B. Vass, and L. Toka, “Improving Big Data Application Performance in Edge-Cloud Systems,” in 2019 IEEE 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), 2019, pp. 187-189.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{haja2019improving,
author={Haja, D\'avid and Vass, Bal\'azs and Toka, L\'aszl\'o},
booktitle={2019 IEEE 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD)},
title={Improving Big Data Application Performance in Edge-Cloud Systems},
year={2019},
volume={},
number={},
pages={187-189},
doi={10.1109/CLOUD.2019.00039}}

A. Valentini, B. Vass, J. Oostenbrink, L. Csák, F. A. Kuipers, B. Pace, D. Hay, and J. Tapolcai, “Network Resiliency Against Earthquakes,” in Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{valentini2019network,
AUTHOR="Alessandro Valentini and Bal\'azs Vass and Jorik Oostenbrink and Levente Cs\'ak and Fernando A. Kuipers and Bruno Pace and David Hay and J\'anos Tapolcai",
TITLE="Network Resiliency Against Earthquakes",
BOOKTITLE={Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM)},
ADDRESS="Nicosia, Cyprus",
DAYS={14-16},
MONTH=Oct,
YEAR=2019,
KEYWORDS="regional failures"
}

A. Pašić, R. Girao-Silva, B. Vass, T. Gomes, F. Mogyorósi, P. Babarczi, and J. Tapolcai, “FRADIR-II: An Improved Framework for Disaster Resilience,” in Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{pasic2019fradirii,
AUTHOR="Alija Pa\v{s}i\'c and Rita Girao-Silva and Bal\'azs Vass and Teresa Gomes and Ferenc Mogyor\'osi and P\'eter Babarczi and J\'anos Tapolcai",
TITLE="FRADIR-II: An Improved Framework for Disaster Resilience",
BOOKTITLE={Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM)},
ADDRESS="Nicosia, Cyprus",
DAYS={14-16},
MONTH=Oct,
YEAR=2019,
KEYWORDS="regional failures"
}

2018

J. Tapolcai, B. Vass, Z. Heszberger, J. Biró, D. Hay, F. A. Kuipers, and L. Rónyai, “A Tractable Stochastic Model of Correlated Link Failures Caused by Disasters,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Honolulu, USA, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{tapolcai2018tractable,
AUTHOR="J\'anos Tapolcai and Bal\'azs Vass and Zal\'an Heszberger and J\'ozsef Bir\'o
and David Hay and Fernando A. Kuipers and Lajos R\'onyai",
TITLE="A Tractable Stochastic Model of Correlated Link Failures Caused by
Disasters",
BOOKTITLE={Proc. IEEE INFOCOM},
ADDRESS="Honolulu, USA",
DAYS=15,
MONTH=apr,
YEAR=2018,
KEYWORDS="regional failures and top"
}

B. Vass, L. Németh, A. de Sousa, M. Zachariasen, and J. Tapolcai, “Vulnerable Regions of Networks on Sphere,” in Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), Longyearbyen (Svalbard), Norway, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2018vulnerable,
AUTHOR="Bal\'azs Vass and L\'aszlo Németh and Amaro de Sousa and Martin Zachariasen and J\'anos Tapolcai",
TITLE="Vulnerable Regions of Networks on Sphere",
BOOKTITLE={Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM)},
ADDRESS="Longyearbyen (Svalbard), Norway",
DAYS=27-29,
MONTH=aug,
YEAR=2018
}

A. Pašić, R. Girão-Silva, B. Vass, T. Gomes, and P. Babarczi, “FRADIR: A Novel Framework for Disaster Resilience,” in Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), Longyearbyen (Svalbard), Norway, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{pasic2018fradir,
AUTHOR="Alija Pa\v{s}i\'c and Rita Gir\~ao-Silva and Bal\'azs Vass and Teresa Gomes and P\'eter Babarczi",
TITLE="FRADIR: A Novel Framework for Disaster Resilience",
BOOKTITLE={Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM)},
ADDRESS="Longyearbyen (Svalbard), Norway",
DAYS=27-29,
MONTH=aug,
YEAR=2018
}

2017

B. Vass, E. Bérczi-Kovács, and J. Tapolcai, “Enumerating Shared Risk Link Groups of Circular Disk Failures Hitting k nodes,” in Proc. International Workshop on Design Of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), Munich, Germany, 2017.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2017drcn,
author = {Bal{\'a}zs Vass and Erika {B{\'e}rczi-Kov{\'a}cs} and J{\'a}nos Tapolcai},
title = {Enumerating Shared Risk Link Groups of Circular Disk Failures Hitting k nodes},
booktitle = {Proc. International Workshop on Design Of Reliable Communication
Networks (DRCN)},
year = {2017},
address = {Munich, Germany},
keywords = {regional failures}
}

J. Tapolcai, L. Rónyai, B. Vass, and László Gyimóthi, “List of Shared Risk Link Groups Representing Regional Failures with Limited Size,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Atlanta, USA, 2017.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{tapolcai2016srlg,
AUTHOR="J{\'a}nos Tapolcai and Lajos R{\'o}nyai and Bal{\'a}zs Vass and L{\'a}szló
Gyim{\'o}thi",
TITLE="List of Shared Risk Link Groups Representing Regional Failures with Limited
Size",
BOOKTITLE={Proc. IEEE INFOCOM},
ADDRESS="Atlanta, USA",
DAYS=1,
MONTH=may,
YEAR=2017,
KEYWORDS="regional failures and top"
}

2016

B. Vass, E. Bérczi-Kovács, and J. Tapolcai, “Enumerating Circular Disk Failures Covering a Single Node,” in Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), Halmstad, Sweden, 2016.
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{Vass2016enumerating,
AUTHOR="Bal{\'a}zs Vass and Erika {B{\'e}rczi-Kov{\'a}cs} and J{\'a}nos Tapolcai",
TITLE="Enumerating Circular Disk Failures Covering a Single Node",
BOOKTITLE="Int. Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM)",
ADDRESS="Halmstad, Sweden",
DAYS=12,
MONTH=sep,
YEAR=2016,
KEYWORDS={regional failures and dedicated protection}
}

B. Vass, E. Bérczi-Kovács, and J. Tapolcai, “Shared Risk Link Group Enumeration of Node Excluding Disaster Failures,” in Int. Conference on Networking and Network Applications (NaNA), 2016. winner of Best Paper Award
[Bibtex]

@INPROCEEDINGS{vass2016shared,
author = {Bal\'{a}zs Vass and Erika B\'erczi-Kov\'acs and J{\'a}nos Tapolcai},
title = {Shared Risk Link Group Enumeration of Node Excluding Disaster Failures},
booktitle = {Int. Conference on Networking and Network Applications (NaNA)},
year = {2016},
comment = {winner of Best Paper Award},
keywords = {regional failures and dedicated protection and top}
}

B. Vass, “Shared Risk Link Groups of Disaster Failures,” in IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Student Poster (INFOCOM Poster), 2016.
[Bibtex]

@inproceedings{vass16infocomposter,
title={Shared Risk Link Groups of Disaster Failures},
author={Bal\'{a}zs Vass},
booktitle={IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Student Poster (INFOCOM Poster)},
year={2016},
keywords = {regional failures and dedicated protection}
}