Sébastien Merle

I walked the road from C to Erlang in my quest for better concurrency.

Coming from a C and C++ background, and after an early incursion in the world of asynchronous programming in python, he finally shifted his attention to the Erlang community. He spent the major part of the last decade developing distributed software, mostly in the instant-messaging sector, and he now shares his time between research groups like TeraFlow, and development for the automotive and automation industry. He is also involved in the open-source project GRiSP to bring all the joy of Erlang development to small IoT devices.

Past Activities

Sébastien Merle / Peer Stritzinger
Code BEAM V Europe

20 May 2021
12.20 - 13.00

Managing a tera of networking flows using Erlang

As part of the 2021 TeraFlow research group, we are developing a distributed Software-Defined Network (SDN) controller targeting a tera of managed flows in beyond 5G networks.

After an overview of what an SDN controller is and the protocols involved, we will introduce our architecture, the concerns, constraints, and challenges. Then we will perform a live demo showing the progress so far. Finally, we will present the open-source projects created or improved as part of the development.

OBJECTIVES

Give the audience a good idea of what is a Software-Defined Network (SDN) controller, and some of the challenges of developing a scalable one.

AUDIENCE

Developers and decision-makers interested in Software-Defined Networking.

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