Professor Nicholas Race

Professor of Networked Systems

Profile

Nicholas Race is Professor of Networked Systems at Lancaster University. His research focuses on developing future networking services built upon Software Defined Networks and Network Functions Virtualisation. This includes new techniques to enhance the Quality of Experience of media streaming and support for the detection and remediation of network anomalies. He leads NG-CDI - a EPSRC/BT funded project that aims to develop a future network that is “autonomic”, with the capability to react and reconfigure infrastructure accordingly with minimal human intervention.

Selected Publications

TENNISON: A Distributed SDN Framework for Scalable Network Security
Fawcett, L., Scott-Hayward, S., Broadbent, M.H., Wright, A., Race, N.J.P. 12/2018 In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 36, 12, p. 2805 - 2818. 14 p.
Journal article

Closing the gap: human factors in cross-device media synchronization
Mu, M., Fawcett, L., Bird, J., Trench-Jellicoe, J.M.E., Simpson, S., Stokking, H., Race, N.J.P. 02/2017 In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 11, 1, p. 180-195. 16 p.
Journal article

REF: Enabling Rapid Experimentation of Contextual Network Traffic Management using Software Defined Networking
Fawcett, L., Mu, M., Hareng, B., Race, N.J.P. 14/07/2017 In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 55, 7, p. 144-150. 7 p.
Journal article

Network service orchestration standardization: a technology survey
Rotsos, C., King, D., Farshad, A., Bird, J., Fawcett, L., Georgalas, N., Gunkel, M., Shiomoto, K., Wang, A., Mauthe, A.U., Race, N.J.P., Hutchison, D. 11/2017 In: Computer Standards and Interfaces. 54, 4, p. 203-215. 13 p.
Journal article

A scalable user fairness model for adaptive video streaming over SDN-assisted future networks
Mu, M., Broadbent, M., Farshad, A., Hart, N., Hutchison, D., Ni, Q., Race, N. 1/08/2016 In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 34, 8, p. 2168-2184. 17 p.
Journal article

Using software defined networking to enhance the delivery of video-on-demand
Georgopoulos, P., Broadbent, M., Farshad, A., Plattner, B., Race, N. 15/09/2015 In: Computer Communications. 69, p. 79-87. 9 p.
Journal article

TUDOR: Towards Ubiquitous 3D Open Resilient Network
01/02/2023 → 31/01/2025
Research

HTTP version 3 for unicast delivery of video services over the Internet
01/01/2023 → 31/03/2027
Research

ICASE: OBM Guarantee: Understanding how to deliver a high-quality Object-Based Media experience
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2027
Research

BBC Prosperity Partnership - Future Personalised Object-Based Media Experiences Delivered at Scale Anywhere
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2026
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BBC Prosperity Partnership - Future Personalised Object-Based Media Experiences Delivered at Scale Anywhere
01/10/2021 → 30/09/2026
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Future Places: A Digital Economy Centre on Understanding Place Through Pervasive Computing
01/10/2020 → 30/09/2025
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5G - Rural Connected Communities (MANY)
01/03/2020 → 30/06/2022
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5GRIT : 5G Rural Integrated Testbed
01/04/2018 → 30/09/2019
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NG-CDI : Next Generation Converged Digital infrastructure
01/11/2017 → 31/10/2023
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INITIATE : UK Interconnected Test Beds to support a research and innovation internet evironment
01/02/2017 → 31/01/2021
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MPAT: Multi-platform Application Toolkit
01/12/2015 → 31/12/2017
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Towards Ultimate Convergence of all Networks (TOUCAN)
11/08/2014 → 31/12/2020
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Fed4FIRE
01/12/2013 → 30/11/2014
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FI-Content2
01/11/2013 → 31/12/2014
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FP7: GN3plus: Cross-site Evaluation of an OpenFlow assisted Video-on-Demand Distribution Service
24/10/2013 → 31/03/2015
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FP7: FI Content 2: Future media Internet for large-scale CONTENT experimentation 2
01/04/2013 → 31/03/2015
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FP7: OFELIA open flow in Europe: Linking infrastructure & applications
01/09/2012 → 30/09/2013
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FP7: STEER; Social Telemedia Environment for Experimental research
01/09/2012 → 30/11/2014
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Telling Tales of Engagement: The Wray Broadband Project
01/06/2012 → 30/11/2013
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Towards socially aware content centric networking
01/10/2011 → 30/09/2014
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DART: Digital Advanced Rural Testbed
01/02/2011 → 31/07/2013
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FIRM
01/01/2010 → 30/06/2013
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FP7: P2P-NEXT
01/01/2008 → 30/04/2012
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Trials of mobile IP functionality and applications
01/12/2007 → 30/11/2008
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Towards robust attack detection in wireless mesh networks
01/11/2007 → 31/03/2008
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FP6: Content
01/07/2006 → 31/07/2012
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Wray Broadband Project
01/01/2004 → …
Research

  • Cyber Security Research Centre (Networking)
  • DSI - Foundations
  • SCC (Networking)
  • Security Lancaster
  • Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence)
  • Security Lancaster (Networks)
  • Security Lancaster (Systems Security)