Mr Ignacio Castro

Teaching

Cloud 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 concerns

Research

Research Interests:

Publications

• 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
• Vallina P, Castro I, Tyson G (2023). Cashing in on Contacts: Characterizing the OnlyFans Ecosystem. nameOfConference

  
  

  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
• McQuistin S, Karan M, Khare P et al. (2023). Errare humanum est: What do RFC Errata say about Internet Standards?. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.23919/TMA58422.2023.10198980

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Karan M, Khare P, Shekhar R et al. (2023). LEDA: a Large-Organization Email-Based Decision-Dialogue-Act Analysis Dataset. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.findings-acl.378

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Hosseini P, Hosseini M, Al-Azzawi SS et al. (2023). Lon-eå at SemEval-2023 Task 11: A Comparison of Activation Functions for Soft and Hard Label Prediction. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.18653/v1/2023.acl-short.8

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Iqbal W, Arshad MH, Tyson G et al. (2022). Exploring Crowdsourced Content Moderation Through Lens of Reddit during COVID-19. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1145/3570748.3570753

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Iqbal W, Tyson G, Ghafouri V et al. (2022). Exploring Online Manifestations of Real-World Inequalities. nameOfConference

  
  

  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
• 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
• 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
• Hassan AI, Raman A, Castro I et al. (2021). The impact of Capitol Hill on Pleroma: The case for decentralised moderation. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1145/3488658.3493780

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Hassan AI, Raman A, Castro I et al. (2021). Exploring content moderation in the decentralised web: The pleroma case. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1145/3485983.3494838

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76120
• 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
• 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. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1145/3487552.3487821

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76121
• Zia HB, Castro I, Tyson G (2021). Racist or Sexist Meme? Classifying Memes beyond Hateful. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  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, Owezarski P et al. (2018). Umbrella : A deployable SDN-enabled IXP switching fabric. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1145/3050220.3060601

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Chiesa M, Dietzel C, Antichi G et al. (2016). 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: Towards an SDN traffic dynamics simulator for large scale networks. nameOfConference

  
  

  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?. nameOfConference

  
  

  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: More peering without internet flattening. nameOfConference

  
  

  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. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1109/INFCOMW.2012.6193485

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref
• Stanojevic R, Castro I, Gorinsky S (2011). CIPT: Using tuangou to reduce IP transit costs. nameOfConference

  
  

  DOI: 10.1145/2079296.2079313

  
  

  QMRO: qmroHref