Knut-Helge Vik
Alnafetgata 1 • 0192 Oslo, Norway • 97 62 06 95 • knuthelv@simula.no
Education
Philosophiae Doctor in Informatics, May 2009.
• Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• Thesis: ”Group Communication Techniques in Overlay Networks”.
• Advisors: Dr. Pål Halvorsen and Dr. Carsten Griwodz.
Master of Science in Computer Science, May 2004, GPA: 3.49.
• Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, Washington.
• Thesis: ”Quality of Service Aware Source Initiated Ad-hoc Routing”.
• Advisor: Dr. Sirisha Medidi.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 2002, GPA: 3.30.
• WSU, Pullman, Washington.
• Advisor: Dr. David Bakken.
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering, May 2001.
• Aalesund University College, Aalesund, Norway.
Computer
Skills
Programming Languages
• Low Level:
• High Level:
• Script and Markup:
Intel x86
C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, Pascal
Python, JavaScript, Unix Shells, LATEX, Perl, ASP, HTML/XML
Operating Systems
Linux/UNIX, MS Windows, SUN-OS/Solaris, MAC OS
Research
Interests
Educational
Experience
Wireless Networks, Quality of Service, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance,
Operating Systems, Concurrent Programming and Compiler Design.
Group Communication in distributed interactive applications
• Developed a simulator and software (C++) for real-world experiments that both mimic group
communication in distributed interactive applications.
Network Simulator ns-2
• Developed and implemented (C++) a Quality of Service Aware Source Initiated Ad-hoc
Routing Protocol in ns-2.
Work
Experience
Scientific Programmer, Kalkulo AS, Since September 2008.
• Application development using Qt and C++ for the 4DLM project.
• In the 4DLM project Kalkulo cooperates with StatoilHydro to develop an application for
visualizing geological data.
PhD Stipendiat, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, 2004-2008.
• Member of the Networks and Distributed Systems (ND) group at Simula Research Lab.
• Research Fellow in the MiSMoSS project, focusing on group communication issues.
Security and Wireless Ad-hoc Networking (SWAN) Labs, WSU, 2002-2004.
• Master Student of Dr. Sirisha Medidi and researcher at SWAN Labs.
Security Guard, Securitas AS, Summer 2002
• Security guard in the largest security company in Norway.
Salesman, Telehuset AS, Aalesund branch, 2000-2001.
• The leading distributor of mobile cell phones and computer equipment in Norway.
Army
Experience
Language
Skills
Activities
References
Borderguard Jaeger.
• Served in the Norwegian army on the Norwegian/Russian border as part of the Borderguard
Jaeger elite force, 1997-1998.
Excellent in English, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. Proficient in German.
School representative for the Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA) at
Washington State University, 2003-2004.
Available upon request.
Publication List:
• Knut-Helge Vik; Quality of Service aware Source Initiated Ad-hoc Routing; Thesis, Master of
Science in Computer Science; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Washington State University; May 2004.
• Knut-Helge Vik and Sirisha Medidi; QoS-Aware Source-Initiated Ad-hoc Routing; 1st IEEE
International Conference on Sensor and Ad hoc Communications and Networks; Santa Clara, CA,
USA; October 2004.
• Knut-Helge Vik; Game State and Event Distribution using Proxy Technology and Application Layer Multicast; In Proc. ACM Multimedia 2005, Doctoral Symposium; Singapore; November
2005.
• Carsten Griwodz, Knut-Helge Vik and Paal Halvorsen; Multicast Tree Reconfiguration in Distributed Interactive Applications; 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Networking Issues in
Multimedia Entertainment (NIME’06), Short Paper; Las Vegas, NV, USA; January 2006.
• Knut-Helge Vik, Carsten Griwodz and Paal Halvorsen; Applicability of Group Communication
for Increased Scalability in MMOGs; 5th Workshop on Network and System Support for Games
(NetGames), Full Paper; Singapore; October 2006.
• Knut-Helge Vik, Carsten Griwodz and Paal Halvorsen; Dynamic Group Membership Management for Distributed Interactive Applications; 32nd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Regular Paper; Dublin, Ireland; October 2007.
• Knut-Helge Vik, Paal Halvorsen and Carsten Griwodz; Multicast Tree Diameter for Dynamic
Distributed Interactive Applications; 27th International IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM); Phoenix (AZ), USA; April 2008.
• Paul Beskow, Knut-Helge Vik, Carsten Griwodz and Paal Halvorsen;Latency Reduction by Dynamic Core Selection and Partial Migration of Game State; 7th Workshop on Network and
System Support for Games (NetGames), Full Paper; Worcester, Massachusets, USA; October 2008.
• Knut-Helge Vik, Paal Halvorsen and Carsten Griwodz; Constructing Low-Latency Overlay Networks: Tree vs. Mesh Algorithms; 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks
(LCN), Regular Paper; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; October 2008.
• Knut-Helge Vik, Paal Halvorsen and Carsten Griwodz; Evaluating Steiner tree heuristics and diameter variations for Application Layer Multicast; Accepted for publication in the special issue
of Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
on Complex Computer and Communication Networks; Elsevier; November 2008.
• Knut-Helge Vik, Carsten Griwodz and Paal Halvorsen; On The Influence Of Latency Estimation On
Dynamic Group Communication Using Overlays; 16th Annual Multimedia Computing and Networking
(MMCN); San Jose, California, USA; January 2009.
• Paul Beskow, Knut-Helge Vik, Carsten Griwodz and Paal Halvorsen; The Partial Migration of
Game State and Dynamic Server Selection to Reduce Latency; Accepted for publication in
the special issue of Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP): Massively Multiuser Online Gaming
Systems and Applications; Springer; 2009.
• Knut-Helge Vik; Group Communication Techniques in Overlay Networks; Thesis, Philosophiae
Doctor, University of Oslo and Simula Research Laboratory; Oslo, Norway, May 2009;