Conferences

• On Ultra-Sharp Queueing Bounds
  F. Ciucu, S. Mehri, and A. Rizk, IEEE Infocom 2024 [pdf]

• On a Continuous-Time Martingale and Two Applications
  S. Mehri and F. Ciucu, ACM Mobihoc 2023 [pdf]

• On Ultra-Sharp Queueing Bounds
  F. Ciucu, S. Mehri, and A. Rizk, MAMA 2023

• Poly-Exp Bounds in Tandem Queues
  F. Ciucu and S. Mehri, Arxiv 2023

• Practical Analysis of Replication-Based Systems
  F. Ciucu, F. Poloczek, L. Chen, and M. Chan, IEEE Infocom 2021 [pdf]

• On the Throughput Optimization in Large-Scale Batch-Processing Systems
  S. Kar, R. Rehrmann, A. Mukhopadhyay, B. Alt, F. Ciucu, H. Koeppl, C. Binnig, and A. Rizk, IFIP Performance 2020

• Dealing with Dependence in Stochastic Network Calculus -- Using Independence as a Bound
  P. Nikolaus, J. Schmitt and F. Ciucu, International Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications (ASMTA) 2019

• Two Extensions of Kingman's GI/G/1 Bound
  F. Ciucu and F. Poloczek, ACM Sigmetrics / IFIP Performance 2019 [pdf]

• Queue and Loss Distributions in Finite-Buffer Queues
  F. Ciucu, F. Poloczek, and A. Rizk, ACM Sigmetrics / IFIP Performance 2019 [pdf]

• Distributed Resource Management across Process Boundaries
  L. Suresh, P. Bodik, I. Menache, M. Canini, and F. Ciucu, ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SoCC) 2017

• Stochastic Upper and Lower Bounds for General Markov Fluids
  F. Ciucu, F. Poloczek, and J. Schmitt, International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-28) 2016 [pdf]

• Contrasting Effects of Replication in Parallel Systems: From Overload to Underload and Back
  F. Poloczek and F. Ciucu, ACM Sigmetrics/Performance (extended abstract) 2016 [pdf]

• Randomized Load Balancing in Finite Regimes
  A. S. Godtschalk and F. Ciucu, IEEE ICDCS 2016 [pdf]

• Computable Bounds in Fork-Join Queueing Systems
  A. Rizk, F. Poloczek, and F. Ciucu, ACM Sigmetrics 2015 [pdf]

• Service Martingales: Theory and Applications to the Delay Analysis of Random Access Protocols
  F. Poloczek and F. Ciucu, IEEE Infocom 2015[pdf]

• On Multiplexing Flows: Does it Hurt or Not?
  F. Ciucu and F. Poloczek, IEEE Infocom 2015[pdf]

• Towards 48-Fold Cabling Complexity Reduction in Large Flattened Butterfly Networks
  M. Csernai, F. Ciucu, R.-P. Braun, and A. Gulyás, IEEE Infocom 2015[pdf]

• A QoE Perspective on Sizing Network Buffers
  O. Hohlfeld, E. Pujol, F. Ciucu, A. Feldmann, and P. Barford, ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2014 [pdf]

• Scheduling Analysis with Martingales
  F. Poloczek and F. Ciucu, IFIP Performance 2014 [pdf]

• Exact Analysis of TTL Cache Networks
  D. Berger, P. Gland, S. Singla, and F. Ciucu, IFIP Performance 2014 [Best Paper Award] [pdf]

• Exact Analysis of TTL Cache Networks - The Case of Caching Policies Driven by Stopping Times
  D. Berger, P. Gland, S. Singla, and F. Ciucu, ACM Sigmetrics (extended abstract) 2014 [pdf]

• On Capacity Dimensioning in Dynamic Scenarios: The Key Role of Peak Values
  F. Ciucu, F. Poloczek, and O. Hohlfeld, IEEE LANMAN 2014 [invited] [pdf]

• Sharp Per-Flow Delay Bounds for Bursty Arrivals: The Case of FIFO, SP, and EDF Scheduling
  F. Ciucu, F. Poloczek, and J. Schmitt, IEEE Infocom 2014 [pdf]

• Towards a System Theoretic Approach to Wireless Network Capacity in Finite Time and Space
  F. Ciucu, R. Khalili, Y. Jiang, L. Yang, and Y. Cui, IEEE Infocom 2014 [pdf]

• On the Catalyzing Effect of Randomness on the Per-Flow Throughput in Wireless Networks
  F. Ciucu and J. Schmitt, IEEE Infocom 2014 [pdf]

• Performance Modelling and Analysis of Unreliable Links with Retransmissions using Network Calculus
  H. Wang, J. Schmitt, and F. Ciucu, International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-25) 2013 [pdf]

• A Stochastic Network Calculus with Martingales
  F. Ciucu, F. Poloczek, and J. Schmitt, ACM Sigmetrics (extended abstract) 2013[pdf]

• Firming Solar Power
  Y. Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, S. Keshav, C. Rosenberg, and F. Ciucu, ACM Sigmetrics (extended abstract) 2013[pdf]

• Characterizing the Impact of the Workload on the Value of Dynamic Resizing in Data Centers
  K. Wang, M. Lin, F. Ciucu, A. Wierman, and C. Lin, IEEE Infocom (MC) 2013[pdf]

• Coding of Brownian Motion by Quantization of Exit Times
  F. Poloczek and F. Ciucu, Allerton 2012 [pdf]

• Longtime Behavior of Harvesting Spam Bots
  O. Hohlfeld, T. Graf, and F. Ciucu, ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2012 [pdf]

• A Leftover Service Curve Approach to Analyze Demultiplexing in Queueing Networks
  H. Wang, F. Ciucu, and J. Schmitt, ICST ValueTools 2012 [pdf]

• On  the Impact of Finite Buffers on Per-Flow Delays in FIFO Queues
  Y. Ghiassi-Farrokhfal and F. Ciucu, International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-24) 2012 [pdf]

• Perspectives on Network Calculus - No Free Lunch but Still Good Value, F. Ciucu and J. Schmitt
  ACM Sigcomm 2012 [pdf]

• Characterizing the Impact of the Workload on the Value of Dynamic Resizing in Data Centers
  K. Wang, M. Lin, F. Ciucu, A. Wierman, and C. Lin, ACM Sigmetrics/Performance (extended abstract) 2012 [pdf]

• On the Scaling of Non-Asymptotic Capacity in Multi-Access Networks with Bursty Traffic
  F. Ciucu, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2011 [pdf]

• On Expressing Networks with Flow Transformations in Convolution-Form
  F. Ciucu, J. Schmitt, and H. Wang, IEEE Infocom 2011 [pdf]

• On the Convergence to Fairness in Overloaded FIFO Systems
  F. Ciucu, O. Hohlfeld, and L. Chen, IEEE Infocom 2011 [pdf]

• On Revealing the ARQ Mechanism of MSTV
  O. Hohlfeld, B. Balarajah, S. Benner, A. Raake, and F. Ciucu, IEEE ICC 2011 [pdf]

• Non-Asymptotic Throughput and Delay Distributions in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
  F. Ciucu, O.  Hohlfeld, and P. Hui, Allerton 2010 [pdf]

• Non-Asymptotic Delay Bounds for Networks with Heavy-Tailed Traffic
  J. Liebeherr, A. Burchard and F. Ciucu, IEEE Infocom 2010 [pdf]

• On Computing Bounds on Average Backlogs and Delays with Network Calculus
  F. Ciucu and O. Hohlfeld, IEEE ICC 2010 [pdf]

• The Routerlab: Emulating Internet Characteristics in a Room
  A. Mehmood, O. Hohlfeld, D. Levin, A. Wundsam, F. Ciucu, F. Schneider, A. Feldmann, and R.-P. Braun, ITG  Symposium on Photonic Networks 2010 [pdf]

• End-to-End Delay Analysis for Networks with Partial Assumptions of Statistical Independence
  F. Ciucu, ICST ValueTools 2009 [pdf]

• The Stochastic Network Calculus: A Modern Approach to Queueing Using Inequalities
  F. Ciucu, Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) 2009 [pdf]

• Scaling of Buffer and Capacity Requirements for Voice Traffic in Packet Networks
  F. Ciucu and O. Hohlfeld, International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-21) 2009 [pdf]

• A Case for Decomposition of FIFO Networks
  F. Ciucu and J. Liebeherr, IEEE Infocom 2009 [pdf]

• Network Calculus Delay Bounds in Queueing Networks with Exact Solutions
  F. Ciucu, International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-20) 2007 [pdf]

• On Ω(HlogH) Scaling of Network Delays
  A. Burchard, J. Liebeherr, and F. Ciucu, IEEE Infocom 2007 [pdf]

• A Network Service Curve Approach for the Stochastic Analysis of Networks
  F. Ciucu, A. Burchard, and J. Liebeherr, ACM Sigmetrics 2005 [Best Student Paper Award] [pdf]

• On Multiplexing Gain for Networks with Deterministic Delay Guarantees
  F. Ciucu, B. Mark, and R. Simon, IEEE Globecom 2003 [pdf]

• The Partially Stopped Leaky Bucket: An Efficient Traffic Regulator with Constant Time Implementation
  F. Ciucu, B. Mark, and R. Simon, SPECTS 2002 [pdf]

• Disciple-COA: From Agent Programming to Agent Teaching
  M. Boicu, G. Tecuci, D. Marcu, M. Bowman, P. Shyr, F. Ciucu, and C. Levcovici, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2000 [pdf]

• Rapid Development of a High Performance Knowledge Base for Course of Action Critiquing
  G. Tecuci, M. Boicu, D. Marcu, M. Bowman, F. Ciucu, and C. Levcovici, 17^th Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2000 [pdf]

Journals

• Stochastic Bounds in Fork-Join Queueing Systems under Full and Partial Mapping
  A. Rizk, F. Poloczek, and F. Ciucu, Queueing Systems,  83:3-4 (261-291), 2016

• Minimizing Cache Hit Ratios by Variance Reduction
  D. Berger, S. Henningsen, F. Ciucu, and J. Schmitt, Performance Evaluation Review,  43:2 (57-59), 2015

• Characterizing the Impact of the Workload on the Value of Dyamic Resizing in Data Centers
  K. Wang, M. Lin, F. Ciucu, A. Wierman, and C. Lin, Performance Evaluation, 85-86 (1-18), 2015 [pdf]

• Solar Power Modelling: An Analytical Approach
  Y. Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, S. Keshav, C. Rosenberg, and F. Ciucu, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 6:1 (162-170), 2015 [pdf]

• Stochastic Bounds on Inter-Miss Times from TTL Caches
  D. Berger and F. Ciucu, Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation, 2014 [pdf]

• A Stochastic Power Network Calculus for Integrating Renewable Energy Sources into the Power Grid
  K. Wang, F. Ciucu, C. Lin, and S. Low, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Smart Grid Communications Series, 30:6(1037-1048), 2012 [pdf]

• Stochastic Bounds for Randomized Load Balancing
  A.S. Godtschalk and F. Ciucu, Performance Evaluation Review, 40:3 (74-76), 2012 [pdf]

• Delay Bounds in Communication Networks with Heavy-Tailed and Self-Similar Traffic
  J. Liebeherr, A. Burchard, and F. Ciucu, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 58(2):1010-1024, 2012 [pdf]

• On Superlinear Scaling of Network Delays
  A. Burchard, J. Liebeherr, and F. Ciucu, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 19(4):1043-1056, 2011 [pdf]

• Non-Asymptotic Analysis of Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
  F. Ciucu, Performance Evaluation Review, 39(1):359-360, 2011 [pdf]

• Viewing Impaired Video Transmissions from a Modelling Perspective
  O. Hohlfeld and F. Ciucu, Performance Evaluation Review, 37(2):33-35, 2009 [pdf]

• Exponential Supermartingales for Evaluating End-to-End Backlog Bounds
  F. Ciucu, Performance Evaluation Review, 35(2):21-23, 2007 [pdf]

• Scaling Properties of Statistical End-to-End Bounds in Network Calculus
  F. Ciucu, A. Burchard, and J. Liebeherr, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Joint Special Issue with IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 52(6):2300-2312, 2006 [pdf]

Technical Reports

• BufferBloat: How Relevant? A QoE Perspective on Buffer Sizing, O. Hohlfeld, E. Pujol, F. Ciucu, A. Feldmann, and P. Barford, TR 2012-11 TU Berlin, Nov. 2012 [pdf]

Ph.D. Thesis

• Scaling Properties in the Stochastic Network Calculus, F. Ciucu, University of Virginia, 2007 [pdf]