Dr. Viet-Hoang Tran is a former member of the Cloud and Large Scale Computing group at UCLouvain, where he conducted research on network protocols and transport layer technologies. His work focuses on improving the extensibility and performance of transport protocols like TCP and QUIC, with applications in multipath communication, TLS integration, and network asymmetry handling. He holds a PhD from UCLouvain (2019), titled 'Measuring and extending Multipath TCP.' Key Research Contributions: Developed TCPLS protocol combining TCP and TLS for modern transport services Advanced Multipath QUIC implementations for asymmetric networks Extended Linux TCP stack using eBPF for enhanced flexibility Published extensively on MPTCP measurement and protocol optimization Recent Work: Contributions include Multipath Extension for QUIC, SRv6-FEC integration, and Plugin Distribution Systems. His research emphasizes practical implementations resistant to network intermediaries while maintaining performance. Collaborations: Worked closely with researchers like Olivier Bonaventure, Quentin De Coninck, and Maxime Piraux on transport layer innovations. Active contributor to IETF-related projects.









