June 20, 2024 | Victor Bahl

Software-driven wide area network (SWAN) enables central management and control of network infrastructure to improve reliability and efficiency. A Microsoft researcher describes its journey from a research idea to a foundational system for Microsoft Azure.

June 13, 2024 | Gretchen Huizinga and Behnaz Arzani

Behnaz Arzani loves hard problems and the freedom to explore. That makes research a great fit! She discusses her work in network management, including the potential role of LLMs in the field; the challenges that excite her; and how storytelling…

April 16, 2024 | Ranveer Chandra

Microsoft at NDSI 2024: Discoveries and implementations in networked systems Topics range from 5G, space, datacenters, and wide-area networking to applications in artificial intelligence, security, video conferencing, and gaming. Learn more about the discoveries and advances we're making with networked…

April 16, 2024 | Gretchen Huizinga and Tusher Chakraborty

Tusher Chakraborty talks about the paper “Spectrumize: Spectrum-efficient Satellite Networks for the Internet of Things,” including a method for supporting communication between a large IoT-satellite constellation and devices on Earth within a limited spectrum.

October 19, 2023 | Johannes Gehrke and Ranveer Chandra

You may know tech, but how well do you know the people behind the advances? Ranveer Chandra talks about growing up in India, his work in systems and networking, and finding joy in your job in the first episode of…

September 14, 2023 | Ranveer Chandra, Eashan Gupta, Ilias Marinos, Anuj Kalia, Francis Y. Yan, Rohan Gandhi, Venkat Padmanabhan, Sreangsu Acharyya, Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla, and Dave Maltz

Editor’s note, Sept. 19, 2023 – The number of papers accepted at SIGCOMM was updated to correct a factual error. Modern applications heavily rely on robust network infrastructure, requiring continuous innovation. In this evolving landscape, Microsoft is at the forefront,…