Daniel Merling

I'm a researcher and PhD student at the Chair of Communication Networks at the University of Tübingen. From 2012 to 2015 I studied Cognitive Science (B.Sc.) at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen. Afterwards, I changed my focus and graduated in November 2017 with a Master's degree in Informatics.

My current research areas include:

• Software-Defined Networks
• P4
• Network Resilience
• Multicast

• Winter term 2019/2020: Pentesting
• Winter term 2018/2019: Modellierung und Simulation I/II
• Winter term 2017/2018: Modellierung und Simulation I/II

Ongoing

1. Master thesis: P4-Based Implementation of Loop-Free Alternates with Loop Detection and Termination for Resilient Software-Defined Networking
2. Bachelor thesis: Design und Vergleich von Clustering-Algorithmen zur Verbesserung der Skalierbarkeit von BIER-basiertem Multicast in Kommunikationsnetzen

Concluded

1. Bachelor thesis: Strategien zur preis- und kostenabhängigen Gestaltung von Lastplänen in einem virtuellen Kraftwerk mit Leistungsgrenzen
2. Master thesis: Design and P4-Based Implementation of Scalable and Resilient BIER and BIER-TE for Large IP Multicast Networks
3. Bachelor thesis: Topologiepartitionierung durch maschinellem Lernen für skalierbares IP-Multicast basierend auf Bit Index Explicit Replication

Conference Papers

1. Daniel Merling, Steffen Lindner, and Michael Menth: Comparison of Fast-Reroute Mechanisms for BIER-Based IP Multicast, 7th Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS) 2020, Paris, France
2. Florian Heimgaertner, Sascha Heider, Thomas Stueber, Daniel Merling, and Michael Menth: Load Profile Negotiation in Day-Ahead Planning for Compliance with Power Limits, ETG Congress 2019, Esslingen, Germany
3. Wolfgang Braun, Daniel Merling and Michael Menth: Destination-Specific Maximally Redundant Trees: Design, Performance Comparison, and Applications, 14th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) 2018, Paris, France
4. Daniel Merling, Wolfgang Braun and Michael Menth: Efficient Data Plane Protection for SDN, 4th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) 2018, Montreal, Canada

Journal Papers

1. Daniel Merling, Michael Menth, Nils Warnke and Toerless Eckert: An Overview of Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER), IETF Journal, March 21st 2018, The Internet Society
2. Michael Menth, Habib Mostafaei, Daniel Merling, and Marco Haeberle: Implementation and Evaluation of Activity-Based Congestion Management Using P4 (P4-ABC), in Future Internet, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2019, MDPI

Posters

1. Daniel Merling, Wolfgang Braun, and Michael Menth: eLFA-LA: a Protection Method for Software-Defined Networking, PhD Day of the Department of Computer Science, Tuebingen, Germany, November 2017

Theses

1. Scalable Resilience for Software-Defined Networking using Remote Loop-Free Alternates with Loop Detection, Master-thesis, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Chair of Communication Networks, September 2017
2. Precise navigation of flying robots with GPS, Bachelor-thesis, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Cognitive Systems, August 2015