Itamar Cohen

This was my academic homepage when I served as a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. For my updated homepage, please visit my personal site. My Research focuses on computer networks, especially Decision making under uncertainty Cooperative caching Buffering and scheduling Oblivious routing. My Ph.D. supervisor was Gabriel Scalosub. Ph.D. dissertation: Advanced Algorithms in Heterogeneous and Uncertain Networking Environments. My M.Sc. supervisor was Prof. Isaac Keslassy. M.Sc. thesis: T-Plots: A Novel Approach to Network Design.

Publications

Journals

• I. Cohen, Gil Einziger, R. Friedman, and G. Scalosub, "Access Strategies for Network Caching", IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 29(2), 2021, pp.609-622.
   
• I. Cohen, G. Scalosub, "Queueing in the Mist: Buffering and Scheduling with Limited Knowledge", Computer Networks, Vol. 147, 2018, pp.204-220.
   
• I. Cohen, O. Rottenstreich, I. Keslassy, "Statistical Approach to Networks-on-Chip", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 59, No. 6, 2010, pp. 748-761.
   

Pre-prints

• I. Cohen, Gil Einziger, and G. Scalosub, "On the Power of False Negative Awareness in Indicator-based Caching Systems", submitted to IEEE Transactions on Networking.
   
• I. Cohen, G. Einziger, M. Goldstein, Y. Sa’ar, G. Scalosub, and E. Waisbard, "Parallel Virtual Machine Deployment with Provable Guarantees", submitted, IEEE Transactions on Networking.
   

Confrences

• I. Cohen, G. Einziger, M. Goldstein, Y. Sa’ar, G. Scalosub, and E. Waisbard, "Parallel VM Deployment with Provable Guarantees", IFIP Networking 2021, pp. 1-9.
   
• I. Cohen, Gil Einziger, and G. Scalosub, "Self-adjusting Advertisement of Cache Indicators with Bandwidth Constraints", IEEE Infocom 2021, pp. 1-10. Video of presentation.
   
• I. Cohen, Gil Einziger, and G. Scalosub, "On the Power of False Negative Awareness in Indicator-based Caching Systems", accepted, IEEE ICDCS 2021, pp. 46-56.
   
• I. Cohen, G. Einziger, M. Goldstein, Y. Sa’ar, G. Scalosub, and E. Waisbard, "Parallel VM Placement with Provable Guarantees", IEEE Infocom Workshops 2020, pp.1298-1299.
   
• I. Cohen, Gil Einziger, R. Friedman, and G. Scalosub, "Access Strategies for Network Caching", IEEE Infocom 2019, pp.28-36.
   
• I. Cohen, G. Scalosub, "Queueing in the Mist: Buffering and Scheduling with Limited Knowledge", ACM/IEEE IWQoS 2017, pp.1-6.
   
• S. Wimer, I. Koren, I. Cohen, "Adaptive clock gating for shift register based circuits" IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel 2010, pp. 000374-000378.
   
• I. Cohen, O. Rottenstreich and I. Keslassy, "Statistical Approach to NoC Design" , ACM/IEEE NoCS '08, 2008, pp. 171-180.
   

Teaching

• Introduction to Computer Networks
• Queueing Theory
• Computer Organization & Design
• Logic Design
• CAD of VLSI
• Supervision of undergrad projects. Notable ex-students are Yosi Kanizo and ori Rottenstreich.

Revviewing

• IEEE Transactions on Networking
• IEEE Transactions on Communications
• PLOS ONE

Short Bio

I have a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (c.l., 2003) and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (2008), both from the Technion. I received my Ph.D. degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in 2020, and later spent one year as a post-doctoral researcher at BGU, followed by a post-doctoral research in the Telecommunication Networks Group, Politecnico di Torino. In 2003-2020 I worked as a lecturer and a teaching assistant in various affiliations, including the Technion, Bar-Ilan University, BGU, Azrieli College of Engineering and Jerusalem College of Technology. In 2006-2007 I worked as a chip designer in EZchip Technologies, focused on the design and test of network processor blocks. In 2005-2006 I worked as a research assistant in REMON, Israel 4G Mobile Consortium, where I developed Opnet simulations of handover mechanism at 802.16 (WiMax). In 2003-2004 I worked as a test engineer in Marvell, focused on electrical characterization, test definition and coverage.

Tikkun Olam

I’m a fan of Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem, a fan-owned football club that promotes co-existence of Jews and Arabs and fights racism and homophobia. My family and I are activists in Green Course, which fights for creating a more sustainable and healthier environment for our society. Our girls are educated in kindergartens and schools where secular and religious, Jews and non-Jews, veteran Israelis and new immigrants, learn together happily. My recommended readings include articles by Ben-Dror Yemini and books by Daniel Silva. If you don't have time, just watch this excellent gif.

Contact

E-mail:	ofanan (at) gmail.com