Email: shur @ ieee (dot) org
Dr. Shur has over thirty years of experience in government sponsored technology research, telecommunications, and the financial industry. He is currently a Senior Director and Fellow at Peraton Labs. His expertise includes leading edge technology research, systems architecture, systems design, and development of protocols, services and services management. Dr. Shur is an experienced inventor and researcher with over 140 papers and US patents, covering the areas of IP-TV convergence (Standardized in DOCSIS 3.0), real-time multimedia, IP over ATM, Packet Switching technologies, Electronic Watermarking, Web Caching, Multimedia Conferencing, Wireless Systems, Circuit Network/Packet Network convergence, Security, IOT and Cyber-Physical Systems. He has written numerous technical papers on these subjects in the journals, conferences and standards documents of the IEEE (including a best paper award at IEEE WoWMoM 2010), ACM, Interop, Computer Networks, SCTE, and the IETF. He currently is or has been principal investigator on major projects from US Government agencies including DARPA (RadioMap, RADICS, SHARE, Open Programmable Secure 5G, Business Process Logic), US Office of Naval Research, (Serverless Information Services (SISTO) and Dynamic Tactical Communications Networks (DTCN) Programs), US Office of Secretary of Defense, (Network Communication Capability Program (NCCP)), and the US Army C5ISR Predictive Intelligent Networking (PIN), CERDEC I2WD Iron Symphony, and CERDEC S&TCD RADICAL Programs.
Networking, Network Management, IP and Web Protocols, Multicasting, Wired and wireless computer networks and protocols, Adaptive Networking, Information Networking, Cyber Networking, Cyber-Physical Systems, Multi-Level Security, Information Systems for Distribution of Real-time Financial Market data, Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures, VOIP, Real-time Streaming of voice, data and video, convergence of Packet and Circuit networks, convergence of IP and TV.
Consulting services in the above areas, including due diligence assessment of startup companies, system architectural evaluation, planning, intellectual property assessments, and expert witness services.
Independent situational awareness for a network, US patent No. 11,388,044, with Lau, Chi Leung; Shur, David; and Shen, Qiong, et al.
Migration of Traffic Flows, US patent No. 11,503,051, with Kaplan, Michael; Shur, David; and Kaul, Vikram et al.
Unified web hosting and content distribution, US patent No. 9,385,932, with Douglis, Frederick; Sommer, Joseph M.; and Van Der Merwe, Jacobus E.
Unified web hosting and content distribution system and method for assuring predetermined performance levels, US patent No. 8,943,193, with Douglis, Frederick; Sommer, Joseph M.; and Van Der Merwe, Jacobus E.
Devices and methods to communicate data streams, US patent No. 8,855,147, with Desai, B.; Shankaranarayanan, N.; Smiljanic, A.; Totland, T.; van der Merwe, J.; Woodward, S.
Call tracking using voice quality measurement probe, US patent No. 8,804,913, with Cheung, Foladare, Mark; Goldman, Shelley; and Purdy, Kermit H.
Network-based service for the repair of IP multicast sessions, US patent No. 8,751,865, with Maxemchuk, Nicholas Frank; McManamon, David; and Zelezniak, Aleksandr.
Method for content-aware redirection and content renaming, US patent No. 8,660,115, with C. Cranor, R. Gopalakrishnan, M. Green, C. Kalmanek, S. Sibal, and J. van der Merwe.
Network-based service for the repair of IP multicast sessions, US patent No. 8,499,211, with Maxemchuk, Nicholas Frank; McManamon, David; and Zelezniak, Aleksandr.
Method for content-aware redirection and content renaming, US patent No. 8,306,022, with C. Cranor, R. Gopalakrishnan, M. Green, C. Kalmanek, S. Sibal, and J. van der Merwe.
Unified web hosting and content distribution system and method for assuring predetermined performance levels, US patent No. 8,176,172, with Douglis, Frederick; Sommer, Joseph M.; and Van Der Merwe, Jacobus E.
Receive device for a cable data service, US patent No. 8,000,331, with Desai, B.; Shankaranarayanan, N.; Smiljanic, A.; Totland, T.; van der Merwe, J.; Woodward, S.
Method, system, and device for sending data in a cable data service, US patent No. 7,990,977, with Desai, B.; Shankaranarayanan, N.; Smiljanic, A.; Totland, T.; van der Merwe, J.; Woodward, S.
Method for redirection of web streaming clients using lightweight available bandwidth measurement, US patent No. 7,958,231, with A. Zelezniak.
Method for redirection of web streaming clients using lightweight available bandwidth measurement, US patent No. 7,765,340, with A. Zelezniak.
Method and system for a unicast endpoint client to access a multicast internet protocol (IP) session, US Patent No. 7,724,744, May 25, 2010, with A. Zelezniak.
Call tracking using voice quality measurement probe, US Patent No. 7,664,122, Feb 16, 2010, with Cheung, Foladare; Goldman, Shelley; and Purdy, Kermit H.
Method for content-aware redirection and content renaming, US Pat No. 6,954,456, October 11, 2005, with C. Cranor, R. Gopalakrishnan, M. Green, C. Kalmanek, S. Sibal, and J. van der Merwe.
Method and apparatus to enhance a multicast information stream in a communication network, US Pat No. 6845399, Jan. 18, 2005, with R. Markowitz, S. Agraharam, K. Rosen, J. Winthrop.
Method and apparatus for telephone messaging, US Pat No. 6788672, September 7, 2004, with C. Buyukkoc and M. Jones.
Network-based service for the repair of IP multicast sessions, US Pat. No. 6782490, August 24, 2004, with N. Maxemchuk, D. McManamon and A. Zelezniak.
Network-based Service for Recipient Initiated Automatic Repair of Multicast Sessions, US Pat. No. 6567929, May 20, 2003, with J. O'Neil, A. Zelezniak.
Communications System for Transmission Of Datagram Packets Over Connection-Oriented Networks, US patent No. 6516000, February 4, 2003, with M. Kshirsagar, C. Woodworth, M. Veeraghavan, and T. Laporta.
Network-based Service for Originator Initiated Automatic Repair of Multicast Sessions, US Pat. No. 6501763, December 31, 2002, with J. O'Neil, A. Zelezniak.
Electronic Watermarking in the Compressed Domain using Perceptual coding, US Pat. No. 6493457, December 10, 2002, with S. Quackenbush, A. Reibman, and J. Snyder.
Communications System for Transmission of Datagram Packets Over Connection-Oriented Networks, US patent No. 6483853, November 19, 2002, with M. Kshirsagar, C. Woodworth, M. Veeraghavan, and T. Laporta.
Method and Apparatus to Enhance a Multicast Information Stream in a Communication Network, US Pat. No. 6412011, June 25, 2002, with S. Agraharam, R. Markowitz, and K. Rosen.
Method and apparatus for providing intelligent network services, US Pat. No. 6397255, May 28, 2002, with S. Nurenberg and A. Zelezniak.
Mobility support services using mobility aware access networks, US Pat. No. 6407988, June 18, 2002, with R. Roy, M. Hodic, S. Agraharam, and R. Ramamurthy.
Indexing Multimedia Communications, US Pat. No. 6377995, April 23, 2002, with S. Agraharam, R. Markowitz, and K. Rosen.
Method and Apparatus For Watermarking Digital Bitstreams, US Pat. No. 6330672, December 11, 2001, sole inventor.
Method for a Unicast Endpoint Client to Access a Multicast Internet Protocol Session and serve as a Redistributor, US Pat. No. 6181697, Jan 30, 2001, with A. Zelezniak and S. Nurenberg.
Method for a Unicast Endpoint Client to Access a Multicast Internet Protocol Session, US Pat. No. 6259701, July 10, 2001, with A. Zelezniak.
Method and Apparatus for On-Hold Switching, US Pat. No. 6208729, Mar 27, 2001, with R. Goldberg, S. Agraharam, K. Rosen, R. Markowitz.
Inter-Cache Protocol For Improved Web Performance, US. Pat. No 5787470, July 28, 1998, with A. DeSimone and S. Sibal.
Method of Transferring Connection Management Information in the World Wide Web, US. Pat No 5905872, May 18, 1999, with A. DeSimone and S. Sibal.
Method for Managing Multicast Addresses for Transmitting and Receiving Multimedia Conferencing Information on an IP network, US Patent No. 6011782, January 4, 2000, with A. DeSimone, J. Golan, A. Kuthyar, B. Parent, and R. Ramamurthy.
Method for Managing Multicast Addresses for Transmitting and Receiving Multimedia Conferencing Information on an IP over ATM Network, US Patent No. 6138144, October 24, 2000, with A. DeSimone, J. Golan, A. Kuthyar, B. Parent, and R. Ramamurthy.
Management of ATM Virtual Circuits with Resource Reservation Protocol, US Patent No. 6021263, February 2, 2000, with A. Kujoory, S. Saad, K. Tewani, and J. Yee.
Communications System for Transmission Of Datagram Packets Over Connection-Oriented Networks, US patent No. 6016319, January 18, 2000, with M. Kshirsagar, C. Woodworth, M. Veerraghavan, and T. Laporta.
Method of Providing Seamless Cross-Service Connectivity in a Telecommunications Network, US Pat No. 05987508, Nov. 16, 1999, with S. Agraharam, R. Balagopalan, M. Croak, T. Evslin, S. Gurey, P. Hu, R. Ramamurthy, R. Roca, S. Sibal, P. Stuntebeck, R. Weber, and A. Zelezniak.
A Method of Mapping from ATMARP to NHRP, US Patent No. 05809233, September 15, 1998, sole inventor.
Packet Network Transit Delay Measurement System, US Patent No. 5570346, October 29, 1996, sole inventor.
Method And Apparatus For Distributing Data Traffic Among The Trunks Connecting Communication Switches, US Patent No. 5386414, January 1995, with C. Chou and P. Rupsis.
“PACMEC: Provable and Cooperative Multi-side-channel Enabled Correctness”, Qinqing Zhang, Ta Chen, Benjamin Flin, David Shur, 2026 Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technology Conference (GOMACTech), March 9, 2026
“Energy-efficient Hardening Of The Sediment Methodology For Scalable Iot Network Security”, David Shur, Giovanni DiCrescenzo, Ta Chen, Zahir Patni, YaoJian Lin, Scott Alexander, Benjamin Flin, Rob Levonas, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience, Sep 2, 2024
“On Single Server Delegation of RSA”, Giovanni Di Crescenzo, Matluba Khodjaeva, Ta Chen, Rajesh Krishnan, David Shur, et al, SECITC 2022: 15th International Conference on Security for Information Technology and Communications, Dec. 8, 2022
“Single Server Delegation of Small-Exponent Exponentiation from Quasilinear time Clients and Applications”, Giovanni Di Crescenzo, Matluba Khodjaeva, Rajesh Krishnan, David Shur, ACM CPSIotSec 2022, Nov. 7, 2022
“SEDIMENT: An IoT-device-centric Methodology for Scalable 5G Network Security”, David Shur, Giovanni Di Crescenzo, Qinqing Zhang, Ta Chen, et al, IEEE WCNC (April 2022)
“Robust Allocation of RF Device Capacity for Distributed Spectrum Functions”, Stephen F. Smith, Zachary B. Rubinstein, David Shur, John Chapin, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, (2017) 31: 469.
“Performance of Opportunistic Distributed RF Operations in Uncertain and Challenged Network Environments.” Shur, David, Yow-Jian Lin, Anthony McAuley, and John Chapin. In 2016 25th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 1–6. IEEE, 2016.
“Experiment and field demonstration of serverless group communication.” Spiker, Carrie, Rodolfo Santiago, Thomas Goff, Claudiu Danilov, Jae H. Kim, Brian Adamson, David Shur, and Kyriakos Manousakis. In MILCOM 2015–2015 IEEE Military Communications Conference, pp. 127–132. IEEE, 2015.
“Torrent-Based Dissemination in Infrastructure-Less Wireless Networks”, Kyriakos Manousakis, Sharanya Eswaran, David Shur, Gaurav Naik, Pavan Kantharaju, William Regli, Brian Adamson, Journal of Cyber Security, Vol: 4, Issue: 1, January 2015.
“Prediction of Online Game Performance Degradation under Network Impairments”, Cho-Yu Jason Chiang, A. Cichocki, Shobha Erramilli, David Shur, Shoshana Loeb, IEEE CNCC, 2015
“Scalable Registration and Discovery of Devices in Low-Bandwidth Tactical Networks”, Demers, S.; Fecko, M.A.; Yow-Jian Lin; Shur, D.; Samtani, S.; Sinkar, K.; Chapin, J., IEEE MILCOM 2013.
“Network Aware Application Dissemination in Prioritized Wireless Networks”, with Michael A. Kaplan, Sunil Samtani, Tom Doong, Justin Kleffman, Steve Kruse, Richard Coupland, Devin Reid, Darren Osten, IEEE ICNC, 2013.
“SISTO: A proposal for serverless information services for tactical operations”, with V. Kaul, S. Samtani, M. Fecko, K. Manousakis, W. Regli, J. Kopena. IEEE Milcom 2012.
“A Metric and Framework for Measuring Information Utility in Mission-Oriented Networks”, with S. Eswaran, S. Samtani, Elsevier Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing, April 2011.
“Enhancing Application Performance with Network Awareness in Tactical Networks”, with J. Sucec, S. Samtani, M. Kaplan, S. Eswaran, T. Chen, IEEE Milcom 2011.
“On the Adaptation of Commercial Smartphones to Tactical Environments”, with V. Kaul, S. Samtani, C. Makaya, S. Das, IEEE Milcom 2011.
“Advances in Content Transformation in Heterogeneous Tactical Wireless Networks”, with T. Chen, V. Kaul, S. Samtani, S. Eswaran, Y. Lin, J. Bowcock, IEEE Milcom 2011.
“Congestion Awareness in Tactical Wireless Networks”, with J. Sucec, S. Samtani, M. Kaplan, L. Wong, T. Chen, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, May 3, 2011.
“Information Utility in Mission-oriented Networks”, (Best Paper award), IEEE WOWMOM 2010, June 2010, with S. Eswaran, S. Samtani, A. Staikos.
“Intelligent Content Transformation in Tactical Wireless Networks”, Milcom 2010, with T. Chen, V. Kaul, S. Samtani, K. Parmeswaran, F. Sultan, S. Thomas, J. Bowcock, I. Hokelek, F. Caruso, M. Fiuk.
“Intelligent Application Persistence in Tactical Wireless Networks”, Milcom 2010, with T. Chen, V. Kaul, S. Samtani, K. Parmeswaran, F. Sultan, S. Thomas, W. Zimmerman, T. Kiernan.
“Comparison of Multi-Connected and Node Disjoint Multipath Routing in Mesh and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, ICC, May 2010, with A. Yuen, P. Gurung, S. Samtani.
“Heterogenous Intelligent Filtering in Tactical Wireless Mobile Networks”, IEEE MILCOM 2009, with J. Barton, S. Samtani, V. Kaul, T. Chen, S. Thomas, A. Staikos.
“Service Oriented Architecture for Real Time Notifications of Corporate Actions”, Brainstorm SOA Forum, November 8, 2006.
“An Internet Multicast System for the Stock Market”, ACM Transactions on Comp. Systems, Vol. 19, No. 3, August 2001, with N. Maxemchuk.
“Design and Implementation of a Distributed Content Management System”,
Proceedings of ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV), Monterey, CA, June 2003, with C. Cranor, R. Ethington, J. E. Van Der Merwe, A. Seghal, and C. Sreenan.
“Bandwidth and Performance Monitoring in Virtual Networks using Active Probes”, Invited talk, IEEE NJ Coast Section Seminar, December 11, 2002, with A. Zelezniak.
“FastChannel: A Higher-Speed Cable Data Service”, SCTE 2002 Conference on Emerging Technologies, San Jose, CA, Jan 2002, with S. Woodward, Zhimei Jiang, Todd J. Totland, J. van der Merwe, N. Shankaranarayanan, A. Smiljanic, B. Desai.
“Enhanced Streaming Services in a Content Distribution network”, IEEE Internet Computing, July–August, 2001, with C. Cranor, M. Green, C. Kalmanek, S. Sibal, C. Sreenan, and J. van der Merwe.
“Network Enabled Digital Video Recorder”, IEEE LanMan 2001, Boulder, Colorado, March 2001, with C. Cranor, C. Kalmanek, S. Sibal and J. Van der Merwe.
“PRISM: An IP-based architecture for broadband access to TV and other streaming media”, NOSSDAV 2000, Chapel Hill, NC, June 2000, with A. Basso, C. Cranor, R. Gopalakrishnan, M. Green, C. Kalmanek, S. Sibal, C. Sreenan, and J. van der Merwe.
“A Centralized, Tree-Based Approach to Network Repair Service for Multicast Streaming Media”, NOSSDAV 2000, Chapel Hill, NC, June 2000, with D. Rubenstein and N. Maxemchuk.
“An IP Multicast-based Content Delivery Network for Streaming Media”, DIMACS 2000, Rutgers University, New Jersey, May 2000.
“Internet Streaming/Multicasting over ADSL”, Interop ’99, May 11, 1999, with V. Bhagavath.
“Co-operative Resilient Multicast Protocol”, AT&T Web Implementation Symposium, July 31, 1998, with N. Maxemchuk.
“On Combining Watermarking with Perceptual Coding”, IEEE ICASSP ’98, Seattle, WA, May 1998, with J. Lacy, S. Quackenbush, A. Reibman, and J. Snyder.
“Unicast Access to Multicast Internet Protocol Sessions”, Invited paper, IEEE ICC/Encom ’98, Atlanta, GA, June 1998.
“IP over ATM: A Framework Document,” IETF RFC 1932, IP over ATM Working Group, April 1996, with R. Cole and C. Villamizar.
“Connection Request Protocol for IP over ATM”, IEEE Globecom ’96, London, Great Britain, November 1996, with M. Veeraghavan and C. Woodworth.
“Performance of character-echo-oriented applications on X.25 packet networks”, IEEE Globecom ’92, Orlando, FL, December 1992, with A. C. Morton.
“Performance evaluation of channel access schemes in multihop packet radio networks with regular structure by simulation”, Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Volume 12, Issue 1, August 1986, with F. Tobagi.
“On adaptive inverse control”, Proc. 15th Asilomar Conf., 1981, with B. Widrow and S. Shaffer.
“Control of uncertain Van der Pol plant”, International Journal of Control, 1980, Vol. 32(2), with I. Horowitz.