A study on fairness and latency issues over high speed networks and data center networks

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My most sincere gratitude and appreciation go to Dr. Seung-Jong Park as my major professor and committee chair. I thank him for introducing me to this fantastic world of scientific research. I thank him for his help on jumpstart of knowledge, his guidance, encouragement and support throughout my Ph.D. studies. This dissertation would not have been possible without him. My deepest appreciation also extends to Dr. Costas Busch and Dr. Feng Chen for taking their time to serve as my committee members. Their valuable feedback and comments have improved the quality of this research. I thank Dr. Mostafa Elseifi from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for serving on my committee as Dean's Representative. His suggestions and comments are highly appreciated. Platania, and all people who helped me with testbed setup and paper writing and constantly support me through all the stress. I deeply appreciate their time and help during my PhD study. Finally, I will be forever grateful to my parents, my wife Yi Liang and all my college friends. Without their support and help, this journey would not have been possible.