Federico Parola

Ph.D Student in Computer Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

Biography

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, sponsored by TIM S.p.A. I obtained both my BSc and MSc (cum laude) in Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.

My reasearch focuses on high performance packet processing, with particular attention to the XDP and AF_XDP technolgies powered by eBPF and the Linux kernel.

Interests

• Computer Networks
• Network Function Virtualization
• Programmable Packet Processing
• Linux Kernel
• eBPF/XDP

Education

• MSc in Computer Engineering, 2020

  Politecnico di Torino

• BSc in Computer Engineering, 2017

  Politecnico di Torino

Experience

 

 

 

 

 

Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

Nov 2020 – Present Italy

 

 

 

 

 

Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

Sep 2017 – Jun 2020 Italy

Final degree mark: 110/110 cum laude

 

 

 

 

 

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

Sep 2014 – Oct 2017 Italy

Final degree mark: 110/110 cum laude

Publications

Comparing User Space and In-Kernel Packet Processing for Edge Data Centers

Federico Parola, Roberto Procopio, Roberto Querio, Fulvio Risso

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Creating Disaggregated Network Services with eBPF: the Kubernetes Network Provider Use Case

Federico Parola, Leonardo Di Giovanna, Giuseppe Ognibene, Fulvio Risso

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Assessing the performance of XDP and AF_XDP based NFs in edge data center scenarios

Federico Parola, Roberto Procopio, Fulvio Risso

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Providing Telco-oriented Network Services with eBPF: the Case for a 5G Mobile Gateway

Federico Parola, Fulvio Risso, Sebastiano Miano

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A proof-of-concept 5G mobile gateway with eBPF

Federico Parola, Sebastiano Miano, Fulvio Risso

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