Work
I work in software infrastructure, typically on large-scale networked systems with strict latency and performance
requirements. I'm currently at Google Ads where we help enable a free and open
Internet.
Before Ads, I was at Google Cloud DNS where we ran the largest public DNS resolver in the world
(8.8.8.8) along with providing DNS services
to all GCP customers.
Research
My research interests are, unsurprisingly, Internet performance and security. I have worked on the web TLS
PKI, low latency network infrastructure, web measurement, cryptography, and online ads. I have also reviewed
for:
- ACM Internet Measurement Conference
- Passive and Active Measurement
- ACM Computer and Communications Security
- USENIX Operating Systems Design and Implementation
Publications
No Root Store Left Behind
Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), 2023
James Larisch, Waqar Aqeel, Taejoong Chung, Eddie Kohler,
Dave Levin, Bruce M. Maggs,
Bryan Parno, Christo Wilson
BibTeX |
PDF
@inproceedings{larisch2023no,
title={No Root Store Left Behind},
author={Larisch, James and Aqeel, Waqar and Chung, Taejoong and Kohler, Eddie and Levin, Dave and Maggs, Bruce M and Parno, Bryan and Wilson, Christo},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks},
pages={295--301},
year={2023}
}
Hammurabi: A Framework for Pluggable, Logic-based X.509
Certificate Validation Policies
Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2022
James Larisch, Waqar Aqeel, Christo Wilson, Alan Mislove,
Taejoong Chung, Dave
Levin, Bryan Parno, and Bruce Maggs
BibTeX |
PDF |
Project Page |
Video
Best Paper Honorable Mention!
@inproceedings{Larisch-CCS-2022,
author="Larisch, James and Aqeel, Waqar and Wilson, Christo and Mislove, Alan and Chung, Taejoong and Levin, Dave and Parno, Bryan and Maggs, Bruce",
booktitle="Computer and Communications Security",
title="Hammurabi: A Framework for Pluggable, Logic-based X.509 Certificate Validation Policies",
year="2022",
}
cISP: A Speed-of-Light Internet Service Provider
Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), 2022
Debopam Bhattacherjee*, Waqar Aqeel*, Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi,
Ilker Nadi Bozkurt,
William Sentosa, Muhammad Tirmazi, Anthony Aguirre, Balakrishnan
Chandrasekaran, P. Brighten
Godfrey, Gregory P. Laughlin, Bruce M. Maggs, Ankit Singla
BibTeX |
PDF |
Project Page |
Video
@misc{1809.10897,
Author = {Debopam Bhattacherjee and Waqar Aqeel and Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi and Ilker Nadi Bozkurt and William Sentosa and Muhammad Tirmazi and Anthony Aguirre and Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran and P. Brighten Godfrey and Gregory P. Laughlin and Bruce M. Maggs and Ankit Singla},
Title = {cISP: A Speed-of-Light Internet Service Provider},
Year = {2018},
Eprint = {arXiv:1809.10897},
}
Puncturable Pseudorandom Sets and Private Information Retrieval
with Near-Optimal
Online Bandwidth and Time
Cryptology, 2021
Elaine Shi, Waqar Aqeel, Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran, Bruce
Maggs
BibTeX
|
PDF |
Video
@misc{cryptoeprint:2020:1592,
author = {Elaine Shi and Waqar Aqeel and Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran and Bruce Maggs},
title = {Puncturable Pseudorandom Sets and Private Information Retrieval with Polylogarithmic Bandwidth and Sublinear Time},
howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2020/1592},
year = {2020},
note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1592}},
}
On Landing and Internal Pages: The Strange Case of Jekyll and
Hyde in Internet
Measurement
Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), 2020
Waqar Aqeel, Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran, Bruce Maggs, and
Anja Feldmann
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Page |
Video
Community Contribution Award!
@inproceedings{Aqeel-IMC-2020,
author = {Aqeel, Waqar and Chandrasekaran, Balakrishnan and Maggs, Bruce and Feldmann, Anja},
title = {On Landing and Internal Pages: The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde in Internet Measurement},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Internet Measurement Conference},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
year= {2020},
series = {IMC '20}
}
A bird's eye view of the world's fastest networks
Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), 2020
Debopam Bhattacherjee, Waqar Aqeel, Gregory Laughlin, Bruce
Maggs, and Ankit
Singla
BibTeX |
PDF
|
Code
@inproceedings{Bhattacherjee-IMC-2020,
author = {Bhattacherjee, Debopam and Aqeel, Waqar and Laughlin, Gregory and Maggs, Bruce M. and Singla, Ankit},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Internet Measurement Conference},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
title = {A Bird's Eye View of the World's Fastest Networks},
year = {2020},
series = {IMC '20}
}
Assertion-Carrying Certificates
Foundations of Computer Security (FCS), 2020
Waqar Aqeel, Zachary Hanif, James Larisch, Olamide Omolola,
Taejoong Chung, Dave
Levin, Bruce Maggs, Alan Mislove, Bryan Parno, and Christo Wilson
BibTeX
|
PDF |
Video |
@inproceedings{Aqeel-FCS-2020,
author="Aqeel, Waqar and Hanif, Zachary and Larisch, James and Omolola, Olamide and Chung, Taejoong and Levin, Dave and Maggs, Bruce and Mislove, Alan and Parno, Bryan and Wilson, Christo",
booktitle="Foundations of Computer Security",
title="Assertion-Carrying Certificates",
year="2020",
}
Untangling Header Bidding Lore: Some myths, some truths, and
some hope
Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM), 2020
Waqar Aqeel, Debopam Bhattacherjee, Balakrishnan
Chandrasekaran, P. Brighten
Godfrey, Gregory Laughlin, Bruce Maggs, and Ankit Singla
BibTeX
|
PDF |
Project
Page |
Video
Best Dataset Award!
@inproceedings{Aqeel-PAM-2020,
author="Aqeel, Waqar and Bhattacherjee, Debopam and Chandrasekaran, Balakrishnan and Godfrey, P. Brighten and Laughlin, Gregory and Maggs, Bruce and Singla, Ankit",
editor="Sperotto, Anna and Dainotti, Alberto and Stiller, Burkhard", title="Untangling Header Bidding Lore",
title="Untangling Header Bidding Lore: Some myths, some truths, and some hope",
booktitle="Passive and Active Measurement",
year="2020",
}
Gearing Up for the 21st Century Space Race
Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), 2018
Debopam Bhattacherjee, Waqar Aqeel, Ilker Nadi Bozkurt,
Anthony Aguirre,
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran, P. Brighten Godfrey, Gregory Laughlin, Bruce
Maggs, and Ankit
Singla
BibTeX |
PDF |
Project Page
@inproceedings{Bhattacherjee2018
author = {Bhattacherjee, Debopam and Aqeel, Waqar and Bozkurt, Ilker Nadi and Aguirre, Anthony and Chandrasekaran, Balakrishnan and Godfrey, P. Brighten and Laughlin, Gregory and Maggs, Bruce and Singla, Ankit},
title = {Gearing Up for the 21st Century Space Race},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks},
series = {HotNets '18},
year = {2018},
}
Dissecting Latency in the Internet's Fiber Infrastructure
(arXiv), 2018
Ilker Nadi Bozkurt, Waqar Aqeel, Debopam Bhattacherjee,
Balakrishnan
Chandrasekaran, P. Brighten Godfrey, Gregory Laughlin, Bruce Maggs, and
Ankit Singla
BibTeX |
PDF |
Project Page
@misc{1811.10737,
Author = {Ilker Nadi Bozkurt and Waqar Aqeel and Debopam Bhattacherjee and Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran and Philip Brighten Godfrey and Gregory Laughlin and Bruce M. Maggs and Ankit Singla},
Title = {Dissecting Latency in the Internet's Fiber Infrastructure},
Year = {2018},
Eprint = {arXiv:1811.10737},
}
Benchmarking Expert Surgeons' Path for Evaluating a Trainee
Surgeon's Performance
SIGGRAPH Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in
Industry, 2013
M. Anas Ahmad, Shamyl B. Mansoor, Zohaib Khan, Waqar Aqeel,
and Shahroze Kabir
BibTeX |
PDF
@inproceedings{Ahmad2013
author = {Ahmad, Malik Anas and Mansoor, Shamyl Bin and Khan, Zohaib Amjad and Aqeel, Waqar Ahmad and Kabir, Shahroze Humayun},
title = {Benchmarking Expert Surgeons' Path for Evaluating a Trainee Surgeon's Performance},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry},
series = {VRCAI '13},
year = {2013},
}
