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Researchers Aim to Make Computer Networks Easier to Change on the Fly

UT Computer Science Professor Aditya Akella in blue button down shirt in front of limestone wall

08/04/2022 - It's hard to make changes to the software running on a computer network while it's in use—and that can make it harder to respond quickly to a cyberattack. The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to computer scientists from Rice University, The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Washington to develop runtime programmable networks that can respond to real-time changes rapidly and without interruption of service.