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Stefan Schmid

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Publications

Poisoning the Kad Network
Thomas Locher, David Mysicka, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
11th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), Kolkata, India, January 2010.
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A Peer Activity Study in eDonkey and Kad
Thomas Locher, David Mysicka, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer. (Invited paper)
International Workshop on Dynamic Networks: Algorithms and Security (DYNAS), Wroclaw, Poland, September 2009.
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Robust Live Media Streaming in Swarms
Thomas Locher, Remo Meier, Roger Wattenhofer, and Stefan Schmid.
19th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV), Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, June 2009.
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Speed Dating despite Jammers
Dominic Meier, Yvonne Anne Pignolet, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
5th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Marina del Rey, California, USA, June 2009.
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Combinatorial Agency with Audits
Raphael Eidenbenz and Stefan Schmid.
IEEE International Conference on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets), Istanbul, Turkey, May 2009.
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Distributed Computation of the Mode
Fabian Kuhn, Thomas Locher, and Stefan Schmid.
27th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Toronto, Canada, August 2008.
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Tight Bounds for Delay-Sensitive Aggregation
Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
27th ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Toronto, Canada, August 2008.
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On the Windfall of Friendship: Inoculation Strategies on Social Networks
Dominic Meier, Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
9th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC), Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 2008.
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Distributed Disaster Disclosure
Bernard Mans, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
11th Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (SWAT), Gothenburg, Sweden, Springer LNCS 5124, July 2008.
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Dynamics and Cooperation: Algorithmic Challenges in Peer-to-Peer Computing
Stefan Schmid.
PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich, Diss. ETH No. 17731, TIK-Schriftenreihe Nr. 96, ISBN 3-86628-205-216213, April 2008.
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Distributed Asymmetric Verification in Computational Grids
Michael Kuhn, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Miami, Florida, USA, April 2008.
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Structuring Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Networks
Stefan Schmid and Roger Wattenhofer.
14th Annual IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), Goa, India, Springer LNCS 4873, December 2007.
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Manipulation in Games
Raphael Eidenbenz, Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
18th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC), Sendai, Japan, Springer LNCS 4835, December 2007.
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Push-to-Pull Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming
Thomas Locher, Remo Meier, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
21st International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC), Lemesos, Cyprus, Springer LNCS 4731, September 2007.
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Rescuing Tit-for-Tat with Source Coding
Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
7th IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P), Galway, Ireland, September 2007.
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Mechanism Design by Creditability
Raphael Eidenbenz, Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
1st International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA), Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Springer LNCS 4616, August 2007.
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Dynamic Internet Congestion with Bursts
Stefan Schmid and Roger Wattenhofer.
13th Annual IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC), Bangalore, India, Springer LNCS 4297, December 2006.
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Free Riding in BitTorrent is Cheap
Thomas Locher, Patrick Moor, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
5th Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), Irvine, California, USA, November 2006.
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Cryptree: A Folder Tree Structure for Cryptographic File Systems
Dominik Grolimund, Luzius Meisser, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
25th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS), Leeds, United Kingdom, October 2006.
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eQuus: A Provably Robust and Locality-Aware Peer-to-Peer System
Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
6th IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P), Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 2006.
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A TCP with Guaranteed Performance in Networks with Dynamic Congestion and Random Wireless Losses
Stefan Schmid and Roger Wattenhofer.
2nd Annual International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON), Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 2006.
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When Selfish Meets Evil: Byzantine Players in a Virus Inoculation Game
Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
25th Annual Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2006.
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On the Topologies Formed by Selfish Peers
Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
25th Annual Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), Denver, Colorado, USA, July 2006.
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A Blueprint for Constructing Peer-to-Peer Systems Robust to Dynamic Worst-Case Joins and Leaves
Fabian Kuhn, Stefan Schmid, Joest Smit, and Roger Wattenhofer.
14th IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS), Yale University, New Haven, Connectitut, USA, June 2006.
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Havelaar: A Robust and Efficient Reputation System for Active Peer-to-Peer Systems
Dominik Grolimund, Luzius Meisser, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
1st Workshop on the Economics of Networked Systems (NetEcon), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, June 2006.
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Algorithmic Models for Sensor Networks
Stefan Schmid and Roger Wattenhofer. (Invited paper)
14th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems (WPDRTS), Island of Rhodes, Greece, April 2006.
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On the Topologies Formed by Selfish Peers
Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
5th International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS), Santa Barbara, California, USA, February 2006.
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A Robust Interference Model for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
Pascal von Rickenbach, Stefan Schmid, Roger Wattenhofer, and Aaron Zollinger.
5th International Workshop on Algorithms for Wireless, Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (WMAN), Denver, Colorado, USA, April 2005.
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A Self-Repairing Peer-to-Peer System Resilient to Dynamic Adversarial Churn
Fabian Kuhn, Stefan Schmid, and Roger Wattenhofer.
4th International Workshop on Peer-To-Peer Systems (IPTPS), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, Springer LNCS 3640, February 2005.
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Parallel Compilation of CMS Software
Shaun Ashby, Giulio Eulisse, Stefan Schmid, and Lassi Tuura.
Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics Conference (CHEP), Interlaken, Switzerland, September 2004.
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Some Talks

Dynamics, Non-Cooperation, and Other Algorithmic Challenges in Peer-to-Peer Computing
Oberseminar TU M�nchen.
Munich, Germany, December 2007.
Dynamics, Non-Cooperation, and Other Algorithmic Challenges in Peer-to-Peer Computing
Talk at Los Alamos National Laboratories.
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA, November 2007.
On the Impact of Malicious Players in Distributed Systems
1st Workshop on Dynamic Networks (Dynamo, COST Action 295).
Salerno, Italy, May 2007.
On Thieves and Terrorists in Peer-to-Peer Systems
Cornell Systems Lunch.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, March 2007.
Economics of P2P Networks
Harvard Economics and Computer Science Research Seminar.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, February 2007.
Taming Dynamic and Selfish Peers
Dagstuhl Seminar.
International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, March 2006.
Churn and Selfishness: Two Peer-to-Peer Computing Challenges
Invited Talk.
University of Berkeley, California, USA, March 2006.
Dynamic Hypercube Topology
16th Upper Rhine Algorithms Workshop (URAW).
University of Tuebingen, Germany, July 2005.

Theses & Labs

	title	type	contact/supervisor	assigned
available theses & labs

current theses & labs

	title	type	contact/supervisor	assigned	student(s)
past theses & labs

	title	type	supervisor	year	student(s)
	Jammers (report)	M	Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid	FS 08
	Crypto-Breaker Reloaded	S	Michael Kuhn, Stefan Schmid	HS 07
	BookCrossing Webcrawling Project	Project	Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid	SS 07	,
	Data Integrity in Pulsar	S	Remo Meier, Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	Dynamic Information Aggregation (report, assignment)	M	Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	eMule Revolutions! (bait, report)	M	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	Grid Computing Framework	S	Michael Kuhn, Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	Kangoo Content Distribution	M	Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	Recommender System and Scalable Server (report on demand only)	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	The Family Factor (report, assignment)	S	Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	World of PeerCraft (A P2P Game) (bait, report)	M	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 07
	Aggressive TCP for BitThief (report)	S	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	Implementing eQuus, A Robust P2P System (bait, report)	L	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	Kangoo Eco-System (report on demand only)	S	Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	Kangoo Groups and Social Networking (report on demand only)	M	Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	Kangoo Search (report on demand only)	L	Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07	, , , ,
	Mechanism Design and Game Potentials (report)	D	Yvonne Anne Oswald, Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	Recommender System (report on demand only)	M	Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	Simulation Framework for Malicious Game Theory	intern	Stefan Schmid	WS 06/07
	BitTorrent Fairness (report)	M	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	Byzantine Players in Game Theory	S	Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	Extending Kangoo by a Tit-for-Tat Mechanism (report on demand only)	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	Implementation of a Peer-to-Peer Reputation System (bait, report)	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	Kangoo PlanetLab Deployment (report on demand only)	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	Peer-to-Peer Streaming (report)	M	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	PlanetLab Measurements (report)	S	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	Reverse Engineering of eMule (bait, report)	S	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	SS 06
	File Abstraction, Transactions and Caching in Kangoo (report on demand only)	M	Stefan Schmid	WS 05/06
	Game-Theoretic Aspects of a Shirker Game (report)	S	Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid	WS 05/06
	Live Soccer Streaming (report)	M	Thomas Locher, Stefan Schmid	WS 05/06
	Redundancy Management and Reliability in Kangoo (report on demand only)	M	Stefan Schmid	WS 05/06
	A Locality Game for P2P Network Creation (report)	S	Thomas Moscibroda, Stefan Schmid	SS 05
	Freeriders and P2P Mechanism Design (report)	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 05
	Kangoo Lab (report on demand only)	L	Stefan Schmid	SS 05	,
	Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 05
	Robust and Locality-Aware P2P Computing (report)	M	Stefan Schmid	SS 05
	Spamato goes P2P (assignment, german report)	M	Keno Albrecht, Stefan Schmid	SS 05
	Study of P2P Attacks and Vulnerabilities (report)	S	Stefan Schmid	SS 05
	Dynamic Pancake Graph (report)	D	Fabian Kuhn, Stefan Schmid	WS 04/05
	Implementation of the Kangoo Distributed Hash Table (report on demand only)	S	Stefan Schmid	WS 04/05	,

Seminar

Improving Gnutella
Seminar in Distributed Computing (2005/06). Student: Willy Henrique Säuberli.

Secure Routing for Structured Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks
Seminar in Distributed Computing (2005/06). Student: Anna Wojtas.