Mr Ignacio CastroLecturer in Data AnalyticsEmail: i.castro@qmul.ac.ukRoom Number: Engineering, Eng E306Website: https://icastro.info/TeachingResearchPublicationsTeachingCloud Computing (Postgraduate)Cloud Computing has transformed how services and applications are delivered. Thanks to the rise of virtualisation technology and new programming paradigms, applications can quickly be delivered to a growing audience, without the need to physically own and configure the infrastructure. The Cloud Computing module will cover the main characteristics of Cloud Computing, including the enabling technologies, main software and service paradigms underpinning it, as well as related aspects, namely security, privacy, ethical concernsResearchResearch Interests:My main research interest is on the economics of interdomain traffic, and encompasses from peering, transit and other types of interconnections to the underlying economics of the Internet architecture.Publications Healey PGT, Khare P, Castro I et al. (publicationYear). Power and vulnerability: managing sensitive language in organizational communication. nameOfConference DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1266425 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/94939 He J, Bin Zia H, Castro I et al. (2023). Flocking to Mastodon: Tracking the Great Twitter Migration. Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference DOI: 10.1145/3618257.3624819 QMRO: qmroHref McQuistin S, Karan M, Khare P et al. (2023). Errare humanum est: What do RFC Errata say about Internet Standards?. 2023 7th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA) DOI: 10.23919/tma58422.2023.10198980 QMRO: qmroHref Vallina P, Castro I, Tyson G (2023). Cashing in on Contacts: Characterizing the OnlyFans Ecosystem. Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023 DOI: 10.1145/3543507.3583210 QMRO: qmroHref Anaobi IH, Raman A, Castro I et al. (2023). Will Admins Cope? Decentralized Moderation in the Fediverse. WWW '23: Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023 DOI: 10.1145/3543507.3583487 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/84902 Karan M, Khare P, Shekhar R et al. (2023). LEDA: a Large-Organization Email-Based Decision-Dialogue-Act Analysis Dataset. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023 DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.findings-acl.378 QMRO: qmroHref Hosseini P, Hosseini M, Al-azzawi S et al. (2023). Lon-eå at SemEval-2023 Task 11: A Comparison of Activation Functions for Soft and Hard Label Prediction. Proceedings of the The 17th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2023) DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.semeval-1.185 QMRO: qmroHref Khare P, Shekhar R, Karan M et al. (2023). Tracing Linguistic Markers of Influence in a Large Online Organisation. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 2: Short Papers) DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.acl-short.8 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/94846 Iqbal W, Arshad MH, Tyson G et al. (2022). Exploring Crowdsourced Content Moderation Through Lens of Reddit during COVID-19. Proceedings of the 17th Asian Internet Engineering Conference DOI: 10.1145/3570748.3570753 QMRO: qmroHref Iqbal W, Tyson G, Ghafouri V et al. (2022). Exploring online manifestations of real-world inequalities. Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Internet Measurement Conference DOI: 10.1145/3517745.3563027 QMRO: qmroHref Trautwein D, Raman A, Tyson G et al. (2022). Design and Evaluation of IPFS: A Storage Layer for the Decentralized Web. ACM SIGCOMM DOI: 10.1145/3544216.3544232 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/79960 Trautwein D, Raman A, Tyson G et al. (2022). Design and evaluation of IPFS: a storage layer for the decentralized web. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2022 Conference DOI: 10.1145/3544216.3544232 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/81884 Bin Zia H, Raman A, CASTRO I et al. (2022). Toxicity in the Decentralized Web and the Potential for Model Sharing. ACM SIGMETRICS DOI: 10.1145/3489048.3530968 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/78627 Khare P, Karan M, McQuistin S et al. (2022). The Web We Weave: Untangling the Social Graph of the IETF. AAAI 16th International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) DOI: 10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19310 QMRO: qmroHref Bin Zia H, Raman A, Castro I et al. (2022). Toxicity in the Decentralized Web and the Potential for Model Sharing. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1145/3530901 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/79860 Zia HB, Castro I, Zubiaga A et al. (2022). Improving Zero-Shot Cross-Lingual Hate Speech Detection with Pseudo-Label Fine-Tuning of Transformer Language Models. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1609/icwsm.v16i1.19402 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/82960 Mazzola F, Marcos P, Castro I et al. (2022). On the Latency Impact of Remote Peering. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98785-5_16 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/78621 Gu Y, Castro I, Tyson G (2022). MMVAE at SemEval-2022 Task 5: A Multi-modal Multi-task VAE on Misogynous Meme Detection. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Hassan AI, Raman A, Castro I et al. (2021). The impact of Capitol Hill on Pleroma. Proceedings of the CoNEXT Student Workshop DOI: 10.1145/3488658.3493780 QMRO: qmroHref Hassan AI, Raman A, Castro I et al. (2021). Exploring content moderation in the decentralised web. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies DOI: 10.1145/3485983.3494838 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76120 Javed RT, Usama M, Iqbal W et al. (2021). A deep dive into COVID-19-related messages on WhatsApp in Pakistan. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/s13278-021-00833-0 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76055 McQuistin S, Karan M, Khare P et al. (2021). Characterising the IETF through the lens of RFC deployment. Proceedings of the 21st ACM Internet Measurement Conference DOI: 10.1145/3487552.3487821 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76121 Tajiki MM, Petroudi SHG, Salsano S et al. (2021). Optimal Estimation of Link Delays Based on End-to-End Active Measurements. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2021.3106109 QMRO: qmroHref Zia HB, Castro I, Tyson G (2021). Racist or Sexist Meme? Classifying Memes beyond Hateful. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH 2021) DOI: 10.18653/v1/2021.woah-1.23 QMRO: qmroHref Javed RT, Shuja ME, Usama M et al. (2020). A First Look at COVID-19 Messages on WhatsApp in Pakistan. 2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM) DOI: 10.1109/asonam49781.2020.9381360 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/78623 Latif S, Usman M, Manzoor S et al. (2020). Leveraging Data Science To Combat COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1109/TAI.2020.3020521 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/67218 Hu Y, Wang H, He R et al. (2020). Mobile App Squatting. Proceedings of The Web Conference 2020 DOI: 10.1145/3366423.3380243 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/63220 Böttger T, Cuadrado F, Antichi G et al. (2019). An Empirical Study of the Cost of DNS-over-HTTPS. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1145/3355369.3355575 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/59956 Fernandes EL, Antichi G, Böttger T et al. (2019). Faster Control Plane Experimentation with Horse. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2019 Conference Posters and Demos DOI: 10.1145/3342280.3342304 QMRO: qmroHref Ibosiola D, Castro I, Stringhini G et al. (2019). Who Watches the Watchmen: Exploring Complaints on the Web. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1145/3308558.3313438 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/56166 Böttger T, Antichi G, Fernandes EL et al. (2018). Shaping the Internet: 10 Years of IXP Growth. nameOfConference DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1810.10963 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/78399 Bruyere M, Antichi G, Fernandes EL et al. (2018). Rethinking IXPs’ Architecture in the Age of SDN. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2018.2871294 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/49409 Fernandes EL, Antichi G, Castro I et al. (2018). An SDN-inspired Model for Faster Network Experimentation. Proceedings of the 2018 ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation DOI: 10.1145/3200921.3200942 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/46049 Böttger T, Cuadrado F, Tyson G et al. (2018). Open Connect Everywhere: A Glimpse at the Internet Ecosystem Through the Lens of the Netflix CDN. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1145/3211852.3211857 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/22457 Bruyere M, Lapeyrade R, Fernandes EL et al. (2018). Umbrella. Proceedings of the Symposium on SDN Research DOI: 10.1145/3185467.3190790 QMRO: qmroHref Antichi G, Castro I, Chiesa M et al. (2017). ENDEAVOUR: A Scalable SDN Architecture For Real-World IXPs.. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2017.2760398 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/64058 TYSON G, Huang S, Cuadrado F et al. (2017). Exploring HTTP Header Manipulation in the Wild. World Wide Web Conference DOI: 10.1145/3038912.3052571 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/22154 Dietzel C, Antichi G, Castro I et al. (2017). SDN-enabled Traffic Engineering and Advanced Blackholing at IXPs. Proceedings of the Symposium on SDN Research DOI: 10.1145/3050220.3060601 QMRO: qmroHref Chiesa M, Owezarski P, Uhlig S et al. (publicationYear). Inter-domain networking innovation on steroids: empowering ixps with SDN capabilities. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1109/mcom.2016.7588277 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/70108 Fernandes EL, Antichi G, Castro I et al. (2016). Horse. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGCOMM Conference DOI: 10.1145/2934872.2959082 QMRO: qmroHref Castro I, Gorinsky S (2016). Estimating the Real with the Virtual: How does the Accuracy Relate to the Internet Penetration?. 2016 8th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS) DOI: 10.1109/comsnets.2016.7440009 QMRO: qmroHref Castro I, Panda A, Raghavan B et al. (2015). Route bazaar: Automatic interdomain contract negotiation. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Castro I, Cardona JC, Gorinsky S et al. (2014). Remote Peering. Proceedings of the 10th ACM International on Conference on emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies DOI: 10.1145/2674005.2675013 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/64890 Castro I, Stanojevic R, Gorinsky S (2014). Using Tuangou to Reduce IP Transit Costs. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1109/tnet.2013.2278236 QMRO: qmroHref Castro I, Gorinsky S (2012). T4P: Hybrid Interconnection for Cost Reduction. 2012 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM Workshops DOI: 10.1109/infcomw.2012.6193485 QMRO: qmroHref Stanojevic R, Castro I, Gorinsky S (2011). CIPT. Proceedings of the Seventh COnference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies DOI: 10.1145/2079296.2079313 QMRO: qmroHref