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SUMMARY:Managing the Network with Merlin - Nate Foster\, Cornell Universit
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DTSTART:20131002T130000Z
DTEND:20131002T140000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:This talk will introduce Merlin\, a new framework for managing
  software-defined networks. With Merlin\, administrators express high-leve
 l policies using programs in a declarative language based on regular expre
 ssions. The compiler automatically partitions these policies into componen
 ts that can be placed on a variety of devices including switches\, middleb
 oxes\, and end hosts. It uses a constraint solver based on parameterizable
  heuristics to determine allocations of network resources such as paths an
 d bandwidth. To facilitate management of federated networks\, Merlin also 
 provides mechanisms that allow sub-policies to be delegated and further co
 nstrained by tenants\, and tools for verifying that delegated sub-policies
  conform to the global policy. Overall\, Merlin simplifies the task of net
 work administration by providing high-level abstractions for specifying ne
 twork policies and scalable infrastructure for enforcing them. Merlin is j
 oint work with Shrutarshi Basu\, Robert Soulé\, Robert Kleinberg\, and Em
 in Gün Sirer.
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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