Etienne Zink

Etienne Zink is a PhD Student & Research Assistant at the University of Tübingen, affiliated with the Faculty of Science and the Department of Computer Science, specifically the Chair of Communication Networks. His research focuses on Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and P4 programming language applications in network monitoring and softwarization.

• B.Sc. in Computer Science (2019-2022) at DHBW Stuttgart Campus Horb
• M.Sc. in Computer Science (2022-2024) at the University of Tübingen

Etienne contributes to network softwarization research through projects involving Snabb-Based Service Functions and Rust Barefoot Runtime (RBFRT). His work addresses performance optimization, protocol enhancements, and runtime control in SDN architectures. Recent publications focus on histogram-based RTT monitoring and P4TG framework improvements.

He supervises courses including Network Security I/II and Public Cloud Computing, while tutoring Network Softwarization and Informatik der Systeme. Etienne's programming expertise includes Rust and P4 for network device control.