List of Publications of Mario Baldi

[Chrnological] [Books] [Journals] [Book Chapters] [Magazines] [Conferences and Workshops] [A/V] [Patents] [Misc]

Books

M. Baldi, P. Nicoletti, "Internetworking," Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, June 2004, ISBN 88 386 6154-5.

M. Baldi, P. Nicoletti, "Switched LAN," McGraw-Hill Companies, July 2002, ISBN 88 386 3426-2.

M. Baldi, P. Nicoletti, "Internetworking," McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, April 1999, ISBN 88 386 0780-X.

Journals

F. Wu, H. H. Song, J. Yin, L. Gao, M. Baldi, N. Anand, " NEMA: Automatic Integration of Large Network Management Databases," IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), Nov. 2020, ISSN: 1932-4537, doi:10.1109/TNSM.2020.3036414.

M. Trevisan, I. Drago, M. Mellia, H. H. Song, M. Baldi, "AWESoME: Big Data for Automatic Web Service Management in SDN," IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 2018, doi:10.1109/TNSM.2017.2785878, ISSN: 1932-4537.

M. Baldi, A. Sapio, " Network Function Modeling and Performance Estimation," International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), Vol 8, No 5, doi:10.11591/ijece.v8i5, Oct. 2018, pp. 3021-3037.

A. Sapio, M. Baldi, F. Risso, N. Anand, A. Nucci, "Packet Capture and Analysis on MEDINA, a Massively Distributed Network Data caching platform," Parallel Processing Letters, World Scientific, 2017.

R. Bonafiglia, A. Sapio, M. Baldi, F. Risso, P. C. Pomi, "Enforcement of Dynamic HTTP Policies on Resource-constrained Residential Gateways," Computer Networks (COMNET), Vol. 123, Elsevier, Aug 2017, pp. 169-183, doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2017.05.016.

J. Stein, H. H. Song, M. Baldi, J. Li, "On the Most Representative Summaries of Network User Activities," Computer Networks (COMNET), Vol. 113, Elsevier, Feb 2017, pp. 205-217 doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2016.12.014.

J. Yin, Y. Liao, M. Baldi, L. Gao, A. Nucci, "GOM-Hadoop: A Distributed Framework for Efficient Analytics on Ordered Datasets," Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 83, Sep 2015, pp. 58-69, doi:10.1016/j.jpdc.2015.05.003.

M. Baldi, G. Marchetto, "Design of a Deterministic Service Switch for Avionics Networks," Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol.11, No. 6, June 2014, pp. 386-396.

M. Baldi, A. Vesco, "Blocking Probability in Pipeline Forwarding Networks," Journal of Communications Software and Systems, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2014.

M. Baldi, G. Marchetto, "Time-Driven Priority Router Implementation: Analysis and Experiments," IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 62, No. 5, May 2013, pp. 1017-1030. Appendixes with proofs of theorems.

M. Baldi, M. Corr�, G. Fontana, G. Marchetto, Y. Ofek, D. Severina, O. Zadedyurina, "Scalable Fractional Lambda Switching: a Testbed," OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 3, No. 5, 2011, pp. 447-457.

M. Baldi, G. Marchetto, "Pipeline Forwarding of Packets based on a Low Accuracy Network-distributed Common Time Reference," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 17,  No. 6,  2009, pp. 1936 - 1949.

M. Baldi, R. Giacomelli, G. Marchetto, "Time driven Access and Forwarding for industrial wireless multi-hop networks," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, special section on Wireless Technologies in Factory and Industrial Automation, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 2009, pp. 99-112.

E. Masala, A. Vesco, M. Baldi, J-C. De Martin, "Optimized H.264 Video Encoding and Packetization for Video Transmission over Pipeline Forwarding Networks," IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 11, No. 5, 2009, pp. 972 - 985.

M. Baldi, J-C. De Martin, E. Masala, A. Vesco, "Quality-oriented Video Transmission with Pipeline Forwarding," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Special issue on Quality Issues in Multimedia Broadcasting, Vol. 54, No. 3, part 2, Sep. 2008, pp. 542-556.

M. Baldi, G. Marchetto, Y. Ofek, "A Scalable Solution for Engineering Streaming Traffic in the Future Internet," Computer Networks (COMNET), Vol. 51, No. 14, Oct. 2007, pp 4092-4111.

F. Risso, M. Baldi, "NetPDL: An Extensible XML-based Language for Packet Header Description," Computer Networks (COMNET), Vol. 50, No. 5, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 688-706.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Fractional Lambda Switching - Principles of Operation and Performance Issues," SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 80, No. 10, Oct. 2004, pp. 527-544.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Comparison of Ring and Tree Embedding for Real-time Group Multicast," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 11, No. 3, June 2003, pp. 451-464. (earlier version in gzipped postscript and PDF format)

M. Ajmone Marsan, M. Baldi, A. Bianco, R. Lo Cigno, M. Munaf�, "Performance of Transport Protocols over ATM Networks," SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Special Issue on on Performance Modeling and Simulation of ATM Systems and Networks, Part 2, Vol 78, No. 4, Apr. 2002, pp. 219-230.

M. Baldi, A. Macii, E. Macii, M. Poncino, "VHDL Simulation: A Flexible Approach to Verification and Performance Analysis of Communication Protocols," Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation, Vol. 42, No. 6, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Reading, UK, June 2002, pp. 925-937.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "End-to-end Delay Analysis of Videoconferencing over Packet Switched Networks," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 8, No. 4, Aug. 2000, pp. 479-492.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, B. Yener "Adaptive Group Multicast with Time-Driven Priority," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 8, No.1, Feb. 2000, pp. 31-43.

M. Baldi, A. Macii, E. Macii, M. Poncino, "Application of symbolic FSM Markovian analysis to protocol verification," IEE Proceedings on Computers and Digital Techniques, Vol. 146, No. 5, Sep. 1999, pp. 221-226.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, S. Gai, D. Malagrin�, "CLIMAX: CeLl-Interleaved Merged ATM ConneXions," Telecommunication Systems, Vol. 12, No. 1, Baltzer Science Publishers, 1999.

M. Baldi, G. P. Picco, F. Risso, "Designing a Videoconference System for Active Networks," Springer Journal on Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1998, pp. 75-84. Also in the Proceedings of Second International Workshop on Mobile Agents 98 (MA '98).

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, E. Guarene, "Scelte architetturali per reti telefoniche a commutazione di pacchetto. Architectural Choices for Packet Switched Telephone Networks," CSELT Technical Reports, Vol. 25, No. 5, Oct. 1997, pp. 941-960.

Book Chapters

L. Grimaudo, H. Song, M. Baldi, M. Mellia, M. Munaf�, "TUCAN: Twitter User Centric ANalyzer," in Online Social Media Analysis and Visualization, Jalal Kawash (Editor), Lecture Notes on Social Networks (LNSN), Springer, 2014, pp. 63-79, ISBN: 9783319135892.

M. Baldi, "Multi-Protocol Label Switching," Chapter 18 in Convergence of Mobile and Stationary Next Generation Networks, Krzysztof Iniewski (Editor), John Wiley & Sons, 2010, pp. 541-579, ISBN: 9780470543566.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, L. Torrero, "NAT Traversal," Chapter 13 in SIP Handbook: Services, Technologies, and Security of Session Initiation Protocol, Mohammad Ilyas (Editor), CRC Press, 2008, ISBN 9781420066036.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Lambda and Sub-lambda Switching," Chapter 48 in The Handbook of Computer Networks, Hossein Bidgoli (Editor), John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 978-0471784616.

M. Baldi, F. Corno, M. Rebaudengo, M. Sonza Reorda, G. Squillero, "GA-Based  Verification of Network Protocols Performance," in Telecommunications Optimization: Heuristic and Adaptive Computation Techniques, David Corne (Editor) - George Smith - Martin J. Oates, Wiley, 2000, ISBN 0471988553, pp. 185-198.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, M. L. Jaccheri, P. Lago, "Object Oriented Software Process Model Design in E3," in Software Process Modeling and Technology, A. Finkelstein, J. Kramer and B.A. Nuseibeh (eds.), Advanced Software Development Series, Research Studies Press/John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-86380-169-2, 1994, pp. 279-292.

Magazines

M. Baldi, M. Maggiora, "Servizi distribuiti nei Data Center," Cabling&Wireless, Sep. 2020.

H. Metwalley, S. Traverso, M. Mellia, S. Miskovic. M. Baldi, "CrowdSurf: Empowering Informed Choices in the Web," ACM Computer Communication Review, 2015. Selected for the best paper of the year award and presentation to SIGCOMM 2016.

Q. Xu, Y. Liao, S. Miskovic, M. Baldi, Z. Mao, T. Andrews, A. Nucci, "FLOWR: A Self-Learning System for Classifying Mobile Application Traffic," ACM Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, June 2014.

S. Rallapalli, Q. Ma, H. Song, M. Baldi, S. Muthukrishnan, L. Qiu, "Modeling the value of information granularity in targeted advertising," ACM Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, Mar. 2014.

D. Serpanos, M. Baldi, R. Giladi, "Network Systems Architecture," Guest Editorial, IEEE Networks, Vol. 21,  Issue 4, July-Aug. 2007, pp.6-7.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi, "Global Time from GALILEO for Overcoming Internet Challenges: Switching Scalability and Streaming Media," Parliament Magazine, Issue 220, Mar. 2006.

M. Baldi, P. Nicoletti, "Reti Metropolitane: esigenza del mercato, recenti standard, approcci e soluzioni," Network World, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Apr. 2004, pp. 18-23.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Realizing Dynamic Optical Networking," Optical Networks Magazine, Special Issue "Dynamic Optical Networking: around the Corner or Light Years Away?", Vol. 4, No. 5, Sep./Oct. 2003, pp. 100-111.

M. Baldi, A. Bianco, "Dynamic Optical Networking: around the Corner or Light Years Away?," Guest Editorial, Optical Networks Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 5, Sep./Oct. 2003, pp. 5-6.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "Efficiency of Packet Voice with Deterministic Delay," IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 2000, pp. 170-177. (earlier version in gzipped postscript and PDF format)

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, "Internetworking ad alte prestazioni: lo scatto di IP switching" (High Performance Internetworking: IP switching sprint), Networking Italia, Vol. VI, No. 9, Sep. 1997.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, "Quando la voce viaggia in pacchetti" (When voice travels into packets), Networking Italia, Vol. VI, No. 5, May 1997.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, "Un TCP/IP carrozzato ATM" (TCP/IP fitted on ATM), Networking Italia, Vol. V, No. 1, Jan. 1996, pp. 7-16.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, "LAN ATM: la nuova generazione" (ATM LAN: the new generation), Networking Italia, Vol. IV, No. 11, Nov. 1995, pp. 9-16.

Conferences and Workshops

Siddhartha, J. Tan, R. Bansal, C. C. Chan, Y. Tokusashi, Y. K. Chong, H. Javaid, M. Baldi, "Enabling DNN-Based Inference in the Network Data Plane,"  6th P4 Workshop in Europe (EuroP4), Paris, Dec. 2023, doi:10.1145/3630047.3630191

D. Bansal, G. DeGrace, R. Tewari, M. Zygmunt, G. Silva, J. Grantham, S. Gai, M. Baldi, K. Doddapaneni, A. Selvarajan, S. Kittur, K. Chu, B. Raman, S. Grant, R. Chandra, and S. Kandula, "Disaggregating Stateful Network Functions,"  20th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI23), Boston, MA, April 2023.

S. Kittur, M. Baldi, "Line Rate IPsec on a PNA-compliant Packet Processing Pipeline,"  P4 Workshop, Online, May 2022.

R. Sivaramu, M. Baldi, "Leveraging P4 at the Interface between NIC and Host,"  P4 Workshop, Online, May 2022.

K. Alagapan, M. Baldi, A. Carzaniga, A. Fattaholmanan, P. Gazzillo, R. Soulé, "SuperP4: Preprocessor-Aware Syntax and Semantic Analysis for P4 Programs,"  P4 Workshop, Online, May 2022.

M. Baldi, "Leveraging P4 in SmartNICs: Expected Benefits, Challenges, Possible Solutions,"  SmartNICs Summit, San Jose, CA, April 2022.

M. Baldi, "SmartNIC Architecture for Distributed Services at the Network Edge,"  SmartNICs Summit, San Jose, CA, April 2022.

M. Baldi, " Fully Programmable System On Chip for the Network Edge,"  arm DevSummit, Online, Oct. 2021.

M. Baldi, " Designing Cloud-grade DPUs,"  Cloud@MICRO Workshop, Online, Oct. 2021.

A. Fattaholmanan, M. Baldi, A. Carzaniga, R. Soulé, "P4Weaver: Supporting Modular and Incremental Programming in P4, " ACM SIGCOMM Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR), Online, Sep. 2021.

M. Baldi, M. Galles, " Flexible and Efficient Memory System for a High-performance Processing Pipeline,"  2021 P4 Workshop, Online, May 2021. video recording

A. Seibulescu, M. Baldi, "Leveraging P4 Flexibility to Expose Target-specific Features,"  3rd P4 Workshop in Europe (EuroP4), Online, Dec. 2020, doi:10.1145/3426744.3431326.

M. Baldi, D. Crupnicoff, S. Gai, "Programmable Dataplane Architecture for Distributed Services at the Network Edge," 7th IEEE International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS2020), Paris, France. July 2020, doi: 10.1109/SDS49854.2020.9143973.

M.Baldi, J. Cruz, "Use Cases for the Evolution of P4 and PSA (for Programmable NICs)," in panel P4 Use Cases in Programmable NICs, P4 Expert Roundtable Series 2020, Virtual, April 2020.video recording

M. Baldi, D. Crupnicoff, S. Gai, "Programmable Dataplane Architecture for the Network Edge," P4 Expert Roundtable Series 2020, Virtual, April 2020.video recording

M. Baldi, "daPIPE - a DAta Plane Incremental Programming Environment," 2nd P4 Workshop in Europe (EuroP4), Cambridge, UK, Sep. 2019.

M. Baldi, "What We Can Expect from Switching System Vendors: Opportunities, Tools, and Benefits," ONF Connect, Santa Clara, CA, Sep. 2019.

M. Baldi, "daPIPE: a DAta Plane Incremental Programming Environment," P4 Workshop, Stanford, CA, May 2019.

M. Baldi, "The Switching System Vendor Viewpoint: Opportunities and Challenges," P4 Workshop, Stanford, CA, May 2019.

M. Baldi, "daPIPE: a DAta Plane Incremental Programming Environment," ONF Connect, Santa Clara, CA, Dec. 2018. Video recording

M. Baldi, "Exposing Data Plane Programmability on Turn-key Network Devices: opportunities, challenges, and options," P4 Workshop, Stanford, CA, June 2018.

M. Baldi, S. Pecoraro, "In-Network Deduplication for Packet Broker Deployments," P4 Workshop, Stanford, CA, June 2018.

M. Trevisan, I. Drago, M. Mellia, H. H. Song, M. Baldi, "WHAT: A Big Data Approach for Accounting of Modern Web Services," IEEE Workshop on Big Data and Machine Learning in Telecom (BMLIT), Washington, DC, Dec 2016.

H. Metwalley, S. Traverso, M. Mellia, S. Miskovic, M. Baldi, "CrowdSurf: Empowering Informed Choices in the Web," ACM SIGCOMM 2016, Florian�polis, Brazil, Aug 2016.

M. Baldi, R. Bonafiglia, F. Risso, A. Sapio, "Modeling Native Software Components as Virtual Network Functions," ACM SIGCOMM 2016, Florian�polis, Brazil, Aug 2016.

X. Liu, H. H. Song., M. Baldi, P-N Tan, "Macro-scale Mobile App Market Analysis using Customized Hierarchical Categorization," IEEE INFOCOM 2016, San Francisco, CA, April 2016.

Y. Liu, H. H. Song, I. Bermudez, A. Mislove, M. Baldi, and A. Tongaonkar, "Identifying Personal Information in Internet Traffic," ACM Conference on Online Social Networks (COSN 2015), Stanford, CA, Nov. 2015.

A. Sapio, M. Baldi, and G. Pongr�cz, "Cross-Platform Estimation of Network Function Performance," European Workshop on Software Defined Networks (EWSDN 2015), Bilbao (Spain), Oct. 2015.

M. Baldi, A. Sapio, "A Network Function Modeling Approach for Performance Estimation," 1st International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry (RTSI 2015), Torino (Italy), Sep. 2015.

Q. Xu, Y. Liao, S. Miskovic, M. Baldi, Z. Mao, T. Andrews, A. Nucci, "Automatic Generation of Mobile App Signatures from Traffic Observations," IEEE INFOCOM 2015, Hong Kong (P.R. China), Apr. 2015.

H. Metwalley, S. Traverso, M. Mellia, S. Miskovic. M. Baldi, "The Online Tracking Horde: a View from Passive Measurements," 7th International Workshop on Traffic Monitoring and Analysis (TMA 2015), Barcelona (Spain), April 2015; proceedings published in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 9053, ISBN 978-3-319-15508-1.

Y. Liao, S. Miskovic, G. M. Lee, M. Baldi, �AppPrint: Automatic Fingerprinting of Mobile Apps in Network Traffic,� Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM 2015), New York, NY, March 2015; proceedings published in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 8995, ISBN 978-3-319-17171-5, pp. 57-69.

Y.-C. Chen, Y. Liao, M. Baldi, S-J. Lee, L. Qiu, "OS Fingerprinting and Tethering Detection in Mobile Networks," ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC 2014), Vancouver (BC), Nov. 2014.

A. Sapio, Y. Liao, M. Baldi, G. Ranjan, F. Risso, A. Tongaonkar, R. Torres and A. Nucci, �Per-user Policy Enforcement on Mobile Apps through Network Functions Virtualization,� 9th ACM Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture (MobiArch), Maui (HA), Sep. 2014.

A. Sapio, Y. Liao, M. Baldi, G. Ranjan, F. Risso, A. Tongaonkar, R. Torres and A. Nucci, �MAPPER: a Mobile Application Personal Policy Enforcement Router for Enterprise Networks," European Workshop on Software Defined Networking (EWSDN 2014), Budapest (Hungary), Sep. 2014.

N. Xia, S. Miskovic, M. Baldi, A. Kuzmanovic, A. Nucci, "GeoEcho: Inferring User Interests from Geotag Reports in Network Traffic," IEEE/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'14), Warsaw (Poland), Aug. 2014. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

Q. Xu, Y. Liao, S. Miskovic, M. Baldi, Z. Mao, T. Andrews, A. Nucci, "FLOWR: A Self-Learning System for Classifying Mobile Application Traffic," ACM SIGMETRICS, Austin (TX), June 2014.

J. Stein, H. H. Song, M. Baldi, J. Li, "Toward the Most Representative Summaries of Network User Activities,� IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Quality of Service (IWQoS 2014), Hong Kong (China), May 2014

S. Khemmarat, S. Saha, H. H. Song, M. Baldi, L. Gao, "On Understanding User Interests through Heterogeneous Data Sources," 15th Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM 2014), Los Angeles (CA), March 2014; proceedings published in Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 8362, ISBN 978-3-319-04917-5, pp. 272-274.

J. Yin, Y. Liao, M. Baldi, L. Gao, A. Nucci, "A Scalable Distributed Framework for Efficient Analytics on Ordered Datasets," 6th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, Dresden (Germany), December 2013.

L. Grimaudo, H. Song, M. Baldi, M. Mellia, M. Munaf�, "TUCAN: Twitter User Centric ANalyzer," IEEE/ACM International Conference on Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2013), Niagara Falls (NY), August 2013.

S. Rallapalli, Q. Ma, H. Song, M. Baldi, S. Muthukrishnan, L. Qiu, "Modeling the value of information granularity in targeted advertising," Workshop on Pricing and Incentives in Networks and Systems (W-PIN+NetEcon), ACM SIGMETRICS 2013, Pittsburg (PA), June 2013.

J. Yin, Y. Liao, M. Baldi, L. Gao, A. Nucci, "Efficient Analytics on Ordered Datasets using MapReduce," 22nd International ACM Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, New York (NY), June 2013.

M. Baldi, M. Di Benedetto, "Elastic Virtualized Network Services," 1st IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CLOUDNET 2012), Paris (France), Nov. 2012.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Time for a 'Greener' Internet," 1st International Workshop on Green Communications (GreenComm'09), in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2009), Dresden (Germany), June 2009. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

M. Baldi, R. Giacomelli, "Time-driven Access and Forwarding in IEEE 802.11 Mesh Networks," The Second International Conference on Advances in Mesh Networks (MESH 2009), Athens (Greece), June 2009.

M. Baldi, R. Giacomelli, "End-to-end Quality of Service Framework for Heterogeneous Networks," 4th IEEE International Workshop on Broadband Convergence Networks (IEEE BcN 2009), Long Island (NY, USA), June 2009.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Dynamic Optical Switching for a Greener Internet," Wireless and Optical Communication Conference (WOCC 2009), Optical Symposium, Newark (NJ, USA), May 2009.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, N. Cascarano, A. Baldini, "Service-Based Traffic Classification: Principles and Validation," 2009 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton (NJ, USA), Mar. 2009.

M. Baldi, M. Papa Manzillo, "Deterministic Service on IEEE 802.11-like Networks," 13th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008), Marrakech (Morocco), July 2008. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

T. H. Truong, M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Scheduling High-Rate Sessions in Fractional Lambda Switching Networks: Algorithm and Analysis," 13th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2008), Marrakech (Morocco), July 2008. 

M. Baldi, L. De Marco, F. Risso, L. Torrero, "Providing End-to-End Connectivity to SIP User Agents Behind NATs," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), Advances in Networks & Internet Symposium, Beijing (China), May 2008.

F. Risso, A.Baldini, M. Baldi, P. Monclus, O. Morandi, "Lightweight, Session-Based Traffic Classification," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), Advances in Networks & Internet Symposium, Beijing (China), May 2008.

O. Morandi, F. Risso, M. Baldi, A.Baldini, "Enabling Flexible Packet Filtering Through Dynamic Code Generation," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), Advances in Networks & Internet Symposium, Beijing (China), May 2008.

R. Scandariato, P. Falcarin, M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Application-oriented trust in distributed computing," International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2008), Barcelona (Spain), Mar. 2008.

T. H. Truong, M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Efficient Scheduling for Heterogeneous Fractional Lambda Switching (FLS) Networks," IEEE Globecom 2007, Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Washington D.C. (USA), Nov. 2007.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, L. Torrero, "Adding Multi-Homing and Dual-Stack Support to the Session Initiation Protocol," IEEE Globecom 2007, Internet Protocol Symposium, Washington D.C. (USA), Nov. 2007.

M. Baldi, R. Giacomelli, G. Marchetto, A. Vesco, "On the Deployment of Pipeline Forwarding in a Nation-wide Internet Service Provider Network," 2007 International Conference on Broadband Network & Multimedia Technology (IC-BNMT2007), Beijing (China), Sep. 2007.

T. H. Truong, M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "An Efficient Scheduling Algorithm for  for Time-Driven Switching Networks," 15th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN 2007), Princeton (NJ), June 2007.

D. Agrawal, M. Baldi, M. Corr�, G. Fontana, T. H. Truong, G. Marchetto, V. T. Nguyen, Y. Ofek, D. Severina, O. Zadedyurina, "A Scalable Approach for Supporting Streaming Media: Design, Implementation and Experiments," IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 07), Aveiro (Portugal), July 2007.

D. Agrawal, M. Baldi, M. Corr�, G. Fontana, T. H. Truong, G. Marchetto, V. T. Nguyen, Y. Ofek, D. Severina, O. Zadedyurina, "Scalable Switching Testbed not 'Stopping' the Serial Bit Stream," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), Optical Networks and Systems Symposium, Glasgow (Scottland, UK), June 2007. Recipient of the Best Paper Award.

M. Baldi, A. Vesco, "Time-Driven Early Discard (TED) to Improve the Fairness of TCP Congestion Control," IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, Symposium on Control and Management of High Performance Networks,  San Francisco (CA, USA), Nov. 2006.

M. Baldi, "Triple Play Support for the Next Generation Internet," (IEEE technically sponsored) 12th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium (Networks 2006), New Delhi (India), Nov. 2006.

M. Baldi, J. C. De Martin, E. Masala, A. Vesco, "Distortion-Aware Video Communication with Pipeline Forwarding," ACM Multimedia 2006, Santa Barbara (CA, USA), Oct. 2006.

M. Baldi, R. Lo Cigno, Y. Ofek, A. Pattavina, "Ultra Scalability Switching without 'Stopping' the Serial Bit Stream," 2006 Bilateral China-Italy Workshop on Photonics for Communication and Sensing, Xi'an (China), Oct. 2006.

M. Baldi, G. Marchetto, G. Galante, F. Risso, R. Scopigno, F. Stirano, "Time Driven Priority Router Implementation and First Experiments," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006), Symposium on Communications QoS, Reliability and Performance Modeling, Istanbul (Turkey), June 2006.

M. Baldi, G. Marchetto, "First Video Streaming Experiments on a Time Driven Priority Network," 1st Multimedia Communications Workshop at IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul (Turkey), June 2006.  

D. Agrawal, M. Baldi, M. Corr�, G. Fontana, T. H. Truong, G. Marchetto, V. T. Nguyen, Y. Ofek, D. Severina, O. Zadedyurina, "Ultra Scalable UTC-based Pipeline Forwarding Switch for Streaming IP Traffic," 25th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2006), Barcelona (Spain), Apr. 2006.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Multi-Terabit/s IP Switching with Guaranteed Service for Streaming Traffic," IEEE High-Speed Networking Workshop at INFOCOM 2006, Barcelona (Spain), Apr. 2006. Extended version available on IEEEexplore

P. Falcarin, R. Scandariato, M. Baldi, "Remote Trust with Aspect-Oriented Programming," 20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2006), Vienna (Austria), Apr. 2006.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "Towards Effective Portability of Packet Handling Applications Across Heterogeneous Hardware Platforms," 7th Annual International Working Conference on Active and Programmable Networks (IWAN 2005), Sophia Antipolis (France), Nov. 2005.

M. Baldi, F. Marinone, F. Risso, L. Torrero, "ALEX: Improving SIP Support for Systems with Multiple Network Addresses," (IEEE technically sponsored) 5th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2005), Athens (Greece), Dec. 2005, pp. 164-169.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "A Framework for Rapid Development and Portable Execution of Packet-Handling Applications," (IEEE technically sponsored) 5th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT 2005), Athens (Greece), Dec. 2005, pp. 233-238.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "Using XML for Efficient and Modular Packet Processing," IEEE GLOBECOMM 2005, St. Louis, MI (USA), Nov. 2005.

L. Degioanni, M. Baldi, D. Buffa, F. Risso, F. Stirano, G. Varenni, "Network Virtual Machine (NetVM): portabilit� ed efficienza nell'elaborazione di pacchetti di rete," AICA 2005, Udine (Italy), Oct. 2005.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "Modularit� applicata all'elaborazione di pacchetti di rete: il linguaggio NetPDL," AICA 2005, Udine (Italy), Oct. 2005.

P. Falcarin, R. Scandariato, M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Integrity Checking in Remote Computation," AICA 2005, Udine (Italy), Oct. 2005. 

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "UTC for Enabling New Applications and Services in GRID Networks," AICA 2005, Udine (Italy), Oct. 2005. 

V.-T. Nguyen, M. Baldi, R. Lo Cigno, and Y. Ofek, "Wavelength Swapping using Tunable Lasers for Fractional λ Switching, " 14th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Chania, Crete (Greece), Sep. 2005.

L. Degioanni, M. Baldi, D. Buffa, F. Risso, F. Stirano, G. Varenni, "Network Virtual Machine (NetVM): A New Architecture for Efficient and Portable Network Applications," (IEEE technically sponsored) 8th International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTEL 2005), Zagreb (Croatia), June 2005.

G. Varenni, F. Stirano, E. Alessio, M. Baldi, L. Degioanni, F. Risso, "Comparative Evaluation of Packet Classification Algorithms for Implementation on Resource Constrained Systems," (IEEE technically sponsored) 8th International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTEL 2005), Zagreb (Croatia), June 2005.

M. Baldi, E. Baralis, F. Risso, "Data Mining Techniques for Effective and Scalable Traffic Analysis," 9th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2005), Nice (France), May 2005.

M. Baldi, E. Baralis, F. Risso, "Data Mining Techniques for Effective Flow-based Analysis of Multi-Gigabit Network Traffic," (IEEE technically sponsored) 12th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2004), Split (Croatia), Venezia (Italy), Oct. 2004.

P. Falcarin, M. Baldi, D. Mazzocchi, "Software Tampering Detection using AOP and mobile code," Workshop on Aspect Oriented Software Development Technology for Application-level Security (AOSDEC) at International Conference on Aspect Oriented Software Development (AOSD04), Lancaster, UK, Mar. 2004. 

G. Varenni, M. Baldi, L. Degioanni, F. Risso, "Optimizing Packet Capture on Symmetric Multiprocessing Machines," 15th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD 2003), San Paolo, Brasil, Nov. 2003, pp. 108-115.

L. Degioanni, M. Baldi, F. Risso, G. Varenni, "Profiling and Optimization of Software-Based Network-Analysis Applications," 15th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD 2003), San Paolo, Brasil, Nov. 2003, pp 226-234.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, M. Yung, "Idiosyncratic Signatures for Authenticated Execution of Management Code," 14th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM 2003), Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 2003, Self-Managing Distributed Systems, M. Brunner and A. Keller (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 2867, ISBN 3-540-20314-1, 2003, pp. 204-206.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Dynamic Optical Switching: The Network is the Memory," (IEEE technically sponsored) 11th  International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2003), Split, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Ancona, Venezia (Italy), Oct. 2003, pp. 631-635.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Grooming and Degrooming with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)," Workshop on Contemporary Communications, (IEEE technically sponsored) 11th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2003), Split, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Ancona, Venezia (Italy), Oct. 2003, pp. 63-67.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Global Time for Interactive Applications over Global Packet Networks," 4th International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services (QoFIS 2003), Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 2003,  Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 2811, pp. 52-62. 

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, M. Yung, "Idiosyncratic Signatures for Authenticated Execution - The TrustedFlow� Protocol and its Application to TCP," IASTED International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (CSN 2003), Benalmadena, Spain, Sep. 2003, pp. 375-280.

L. Degioanni, M. Baldi, F. Risso, G. Varenni, "WinPcap: una libreria open source per l'analisi di rete," AICA 2003, Trento, Italy, Sep. 2003.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, M. Yung, "The TrustedFlow� Protocol - Idiosyncratic Signatures for Authenticated Execution," 4th Annual IEEE Information Assurance Workshop, West Point, NY, USA, June 2003, pp. 288-289.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Fractional Lambda Switching," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2002), Optical Networking Symposium, New York, NY, USA, Apr. 2002, pp. 2692-2696.

M. Baldi, "Fractional Lambda Switching for the Next Generation Internet," The Optical Next-Generation Internet Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2001), Helsinki, Finland, June 2001.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Common Time Reference for Interactive Multimedia Applications," IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME2000), New York, NY, USA, July-Aug. 2000, pp. 1679-1682. (PDF version)

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Blocking Probability with Time-driven Priority Scheduling," SCS Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2000), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2000.

M. L. Jaccheri, M. Baldi, Monica Divitini, "Evaluating the Requirements for Software Process Modeling Languages and Systems," Process support for Distributed Team-based Software Development (PDTSD'99), Orlando, Florida, USA, August 1999.

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "Comparing the Efficiency of IP and ATM Telephony," 2nd International IEEE Conference on ATM (ICATM'99), Colmar, France, June 1999, pp. 180-186.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, F. Risso, "On the Efficiency of Packet Telephony," 7th IFIP International Conference on Telecommunication Systems, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, March 1999.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Ring versus Tree Embedding for Real-time Group Multicast," 18th Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies (INFOCOM '99), New York, NY, USA, March 1999, pp. 1099-1106, vol. 3.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, S. Gai, D. Malagrin�, "A Comparison of ATM Stream Merging Techniques," 8th IFIP Conference on High Performance Networking (HPN'98), Vienna, Austria, Sep. 1998.

M. Baldi, G. P. Picco, F. Risso, "Designing a Videoconference System for Active Networks," Second International Workshop on Mobile Agents 98 (MA '98), Stuttgart, Germany, Sep. 1998, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 1477, p. 273.  Selected among the conference's best papers and invited for publication in Springer Journal on Personal Technologies.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "End-to-end Delay of Videoconferencing over Packet Switched Networks," 9th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 1998.

M. Baldi, G. P. Picco, "Evaluating the Tradeoffs of Mobile Code Paradigms in Network Management Applications," 20th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '98), Kyoto, Japan, Apr. 1998. Selected among the conference's best papers and invited for publication in ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "End-to-end Delay of Videoconferencing over Packet Switched Networks," 17th Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies (INFOCOM '98), San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr. 1998.

M.Ajmone Marsan, M.Baldi, R.Lo Cigno, M.Munaf�, "On the Performance of Transport Protocols Over ATM Networks," IFIP International Conference for Computer Communications (ICCC '97), Cannes, France, Nov. 1997.

M. Baldi, F. Corno, M. Rebaudengo, G. Squillero, "GA-based Performance Analysis of Network Protocols," 9th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI '97), Newport Beach, CA, USA, Nov. 1997, pp. 118-124.

M. Baldi, F. Corno, M. Rebaudengo, P. Prinetto, M. Sonza Reorda, G. Squillero, "Simulation-Based Verification of Network Protocols Performance," IFIP Correct Hardware Design and Verification Methods (CHARME '97), Montreal, Canada, Oct. 1997, pp. 236-251.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, "Introducing ATM in the Internet," AICA '97, Milano, Italy, Sep. 1997.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, S. Gai, D. Malagrin�, "Multilayer switching: integrazione di IP e ATM" (Multilayer switching: integration of IP and ATM), AICA '97, Milano, Italy, Sep. 1997.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, E. Guarene, "Architectural Choices for Packet Switched Telephone Networks," International Switching Symposium (ISS '97), Toronto, Canada, Sep. 1997.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, B. Yener, "Adaptive Real Time Group Multicast," 16th Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies (INFOCOM '97), Kobe, Japan, Apr. 1997.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, G. P. Picco, "Exploiting Code Mobility in Decentralized and Flexible Network Management," First International Workshop on Mobile Agents 97 (MA '97), Berlin, Germany, Apr. 1997, K. Rothermel and R. Popescu-Zeletin eds., Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science 1219, ISBN 3-540-62803-7, 1997, pp. 13-26.

M. Ajmone Marsan, M. Baldi, A. Bianco, R. Lo Cigno, M. Munaf�, "Simulation Analysis of TCP and XTP File Transfers in ATM networks," 5th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Protocols For High-Speed Networks (PfHSN '96), Sophia Antipolis, France, Oct. 1996, pp. 29-46.

M. Baldi, E. Macii, and M. Poncino, "Efficient Analysis of Communication Protocols using VHDL Modeling and Simulation," 2nd IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON '96), Shanghai, China, Oct. 1996.

M. Baldi, B. Yener, "Adaptive Real-time Group Multicast," 11th IEEE Computer Communication Workshop, Reston, VI, USA, Sep. 1996.

M. Baldi, E. Macii, and M. Poncino, "Property Verification and Performance Evaluation of Communication Protocols Based on Probabilistic Reachability Analysis," 39th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS '96), Ames, IO, USA, Aug. 1996.

M. Baldi, D. Bergamasco, S. Gai, "Prediction of an ATM LAN Performance," Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC '95), Sydney, Australia, Dec. 1995, pp. 347-352.

M. Baldi, E. Macii, M. Poncino, "Hardware Simulation: A Flexible Approach to Verification and Performance Evaluation of Communication Protocols," 29th IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, Nov. 1995, pp. 945-948.

M. Baldi, M. L. Jaccheri, "An Exercise in Modeling a Real Software Process," AICA '95, Chia (Cagliari), Italy, Sep. 1995, pp. 47-54.

M. Baldi, M. L. Jaccheri, "E5: A Distributed Object Based System," 10th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS 10), Bucharest, Romania, May 1995, Volume 2, pp. 291-301.

M. Baldi, M. L. Jaccheri, "Software Process Model Specification," First IFIP/SQI International Conference on Software Quality and Productivity (ICSQP '94), Hong Kong, Dec. 1994, pp. 149-155.

M. Baldi, T. Dall'Anese, "A Distributed Object Based System for Process Model Enaction," AICA '94, Palermo, Italy, Sep. 1994, pp. 619-636.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, M. L. Jaccheri, P. Lago, "Searching for PMIPS: Process Model Instructions Per Second'', European Workshop on Software Process Technology, Grenoble, France, Feb. 1994, Software Process Technology, , Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 772, 1994, pp. 35-37.

Audio/Video Productions

M. Baldi, "Computer Networks" video course produced and distributed by Consorzio Nettuno, Universit� Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno, Rome, Italy and being used in undergraduate distance learning curricula in several coutries including Italy and Egypt. Filmed in 2013 and distributed and broadcasted since 2013.

M. Baldi, "MPLS - The importance of offering the right solution at the right moment" published by IEEE Tutorials Now�, available on-line since Jan. 2008

M. Baldi, P.L. Montessoro, "Reti di calcolatori II (Computer Networks II)" (in Italian) video course produced and distributed by Consorzio Nettuno, Rome, Italy and being used in undergraduate distance learning curricula throughout Italy. Filmed in 2003. Distributed and broadcasted from 2003 to 2013.

Technical Reports

M. Baldi, F. Risso, "Modularit� applicata all'elaborazione di pacchetti di rete: il linguaggio NetPDL," DAI-NTG-2005-07, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, July 2005.

M. Baldi, "Blocking Probability in Fractional Lambda Switching," SYN200103-BAL, Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., New York, NY, USA, March 2001.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "Ring versus Tree Embedding for Real-time Group Multicast," DAI-NTG-1998-07-17, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, July 1998.

M. Baldi, V. Malenchino, G. P. Picco, F. Risso, "Servizi e flessibilit� nello scenario ICT" (Services and flexibility in the ICT scenario), DTR 97.1115, Documenti Tecnici CSELT, CSELT, Torino, Dec. 1997.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, B. Yener, "Adaptive Real-Time Group Multicast," RC 20686 (91481), IBM - T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Dec. 1996.

M. Baldi, Y. Ofek, "End-to-end Delay of Videoconferencing over Packet Switched Networks," RC 20669 (91480), IBM - T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Dec. 1996.

M. Baldi, M.L. Jaccheri, P. Lago, "A Model for Performance Evaluation of Process Support Environments," DAI-SE-1994-06-04, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, June 1994.

The E3 team, "Requirements for E3: an Environment for Experimenting and Evolving Process Models," DAI-SE-1992-12-01, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, Dec. 1993.

M. Baldi, S. Gai, M.L. Jaccheri, P. Lago, "An initial Experiment with Object Oriented Software Process Modeling," DAI-SE-1993-10-20, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, Oct. 1993.

Patents

M. Baldi, H. H. Song, A. Nucci, M. Mellia, M. Trevisan, I. Drago. Automatic rule generation for flow management in software defined networking networks,  United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 10,491,529. Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., filed June 2017, allowe July 2019.

M. Baldi, H. H. Song. Network traffic monitoring and classification. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 10,250,465. Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., filed Aug. 2016, issued Apr. 2019.

M. Baldi, Y. Liao, A. Sapio. Attributing network address translation device processed traffic to individual hosts. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 10,498,618, 10,237,151, 10,116,538, 9,769,038. Assigned to Narus, Inc., filed June 2014, issued Sep. 2017.

M. Di Benedetto, M. Baldi, A. Salvatori. Shared Interface among multiple compute units. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 9,602,331. Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., filed Oct. 2012, issued Mar. 2017.

M. Baldi, Y.-C. Chen, Y. Liao, L. Qiu, S.-J. Lee, Identifying IP traffic from multiple hosts behind a network address translation device, United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 9,577,898. Assigned to Narus, Inc., filed Dec. 2013, issued Feb. 2017.

H. H. Song, M. Baldi, Q. Ma, A. Nucci. Categorizing network resources and extracting user interests from network activity. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 9,311,386. Assigned to Narus, Inc., filed Apr. 2013, issued Apr. 2016.

M. Baldi, S. M. Hussain, Y. Liao, A. Tongaonkar, A. Nucci. Efficient storage and flexible retrieval of full packets captured from network traffic. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 9,210,090. Assigned to Narus, Inc., filed Jan. 2014, issued Dec. 2015.

M. Baldi, Y. Liao, S. Miskovic, Q. Xu, System and method for extracting signatures from seeded flow groups to classify network traffic. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 8,843,627. Assigned to Narus, Inc., filed Oct. 2012, issued Sep. 2014.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Interface system and methodology having scheduled connection responsive to common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,801,132. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2008, issued Sep. 2010.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Remotely authenticated operation method. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,509,687. Assigned to TrustedFlow Systems, Inc., filed Oct. 2003, issued March 2009.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Switching system and methodology having scheduled connection on input and output ports responsive to common time reference.  United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,426,206. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed June 1998, issued Sep. 2008.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Authenticated and metered flow control method. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,398,398. Assigned to TrustedFlow Systems, Inc., filed Aug. 2002, issued July 2008.

Y. Ofek, M. Yung, M. Baldi. Trusted communications system. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,367,045. Assigned to TrustedFlow Systems, Inc., filed Aug. 2002, issued Apr. 2008.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Switching methods with a plurality of time intervals. European Patent Office patent no. EP1358778. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Mar. 2008.

Y. Ofek, M. Yung, M. Baldi, D. Sitrick. Trusted flow and operation control method. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,343,619. Assigned to TrustedFlow Systems, Inc., filed Aug. 2002, issued Mar. 2008.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Window flow control with common time reference.  United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,307,989. Assigned to TrustedFlow Systems, Inc., filed Mar. 2003, issued Dec. 2007.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Switching methods with common time reference and plurality of time frame durations. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,177,308. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed July 1998, issued Feb. 2007.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Time-based grooming and degrooming methods with common time reference for optical networks. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,170,906. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed July 1998, issued Jan. 2007.

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Multi-terabit SONET switching with common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,139,277. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Nov. 2006

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Time driven wavelength conversion-based switching with common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,110,669. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Sep. 2006

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Link transmission control with common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 7,035,247. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Apr. 2006

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Time frame switching method using time frame labels and a common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 6,982,979. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Jan. 2006

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Switching with multiple time references. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 6,973,090. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Dec. 2005

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Time driven tunable laser based switching with common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 6,970,648. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Nov. 2005   
Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Optical programmable delay system. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 6,718,080. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Sep. 2001, issued Apr. 2004

Y. Ofek, M. Baldi. Combined wavelength division multiplexing, time division multiplexing, and asynchronous packet switching with common time reference. United States Patent and Trademark Office patent no. 6,778,536. Assigned to Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., filed Mar. 2000, issued Aug. 2004

Ph.D. Dissertation

M. Baldi, "Real-time Services over Packet Switching Networks," Ph.D. Dissertation, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, tutors: S. Gai and Y. Ofek, Feb. 1998.

Graduation Thesis

M. Baldi, "Strumenti per la modellizzazione dei processi software," (Software Process Modeling tools), Laurea thesis, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Torino, Italy, tutors: M. L. Jaccheri and S. Gai, May 1993.