Photo of Sen Lin

Sen Lin

He/Him/His
林森
X GitHub Google Scholar dblp LinkedIn Instagram CV

I AM ON THE FALL 2025 JOB MARKET SEEKING RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING ROLES IN INDUSTRY.

Now TAing: COMP_SCI 340, Introduction to Computer Networking (W’25)

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Northwestern University. I work at Northwestern Networks Group under the supervision of Prof. Aleksandar Kuzmanovic. My research centers on cross-layer network traffic optimization, with an emphasis on enhancing end-user experience in media streaming and data center networks. I design and develop protocols and systems that aim to optimize network performance holistically.

News

  • May 2025
    I passed my PhD prospectus. ABD now!
  • Feb 2025
    I am elected to attend 2025 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women & Grad Cohort for IDEALS. Looking forward to visiting Denver!
  • Sep 2024
    I have been awarded Student Travel Grant from ICNP’24 for attending and presenting our work. Looking forward to visiting Belgium!
  • Jul 2024
    Our paper “Optimizing Traffic in Public-Facing Data Centers Amid Internet Protocols” is accpted by ICNP’24.
  • May 2024
    I will be joining Advanced Technology Group in Dolby Laboratories as a PhD Research Intern this summer.
  • Apr 2024
    Our paper Snatch won the Best Student Paper Award at EuroSys’24. Congrats to Yunming who leads the project!
  • Apr 2024
    I am attending NSDI’24 to present a poster on optimizaing traffic in public-facing data centers. Meet you in the Bay!
>> More

Selected Papers

  • [ICNP'24]
    Optimizing Traffic in Public-Facing Data Centers Amid Internet Protocols
    Sen Lin, Jianfeng Wang, Aleksandar Kuzmanovic
    The 32nd IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, Charleroi, Belgium, October 2024
    DOI / Paper
  • [EuroSys'24]
    Snatch: Online Streaming Analytics at the Network Edge
    Yunming Xiao, Yibo Zhao, Sen Lin, Aleksandar Kuzmanovic
    The 19th European Conference on Computer Systems, Athens, Greece, April 2024
    DOI / Paper Best Student Paper Award
  • [SoCC'22]
    QFaaS: Accelerating and Securing Serverless Cloud Networks with QUIC
    Kaiyu Hou, Sen Lin, Yan Chen, Vinod Yegneswaran
    The 13th ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing, San Francisco, CA, November 2022
    DOI / Paper / Slides / Code
  • [MobiCom'20]
    Towards 3D Human Pose Construction Using WiFi
    Wenjun Jiang, Hongfei Xue, Chenglin Miao, Shiyang Wang, Sen Lin, Chong Tian, Srinivasan Murali, Haochen Hu, Zhi Sun, Lu Su
    The 26th ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, London, UK, September 2020
    DOI / Paper / Demo Video

Eductaion

Logo of Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Sep 2020 - Present
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Logo of University at Buffalo - The State University of New York
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering
Logo of Yunnan University
Yunnan University
Sep 2014 - Jul 2018
B.E. in Software Engineering

Contact

Email: sen.lin@u.northwestern.edu
Office:
2233 Tech Drive Mudd Room 3416 Evanston, IL 60208 View Map