Internet Research Laboratory
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Welcome

Welcome to the Internet Research Laboratory (IRL), part of the Computer Science department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The IRL's research primarily focuses on Named Data Networking. Previously, our research covered fault tolerance in large scale distributed systems, Internet routing infrastructure, inter-domain routing, and protocol design principles for large-scale, self-organizing systems. Our group has produced numerous publications over the years.

The Internet Research Laboratory is headed by Prof. Lixia Zhang.

Our recent projects

Ownly

A secure decentralized workspace built over Named Data Networking.

NDN-CloudSync

A secure NDN-based storage service running on multiple clouds.

NDN Open Source

Open-source implementations of NDN core software, libraries, tools, and applications.

TrustNG

A zero-trust overlay for cloud-native 5G core networks built with Named Data Networking.

Securing Agentic AI

Research on naming, identity, trust, and verifiable delegation for secure AI-agent communication.

Hydra

A secure, decentralized storage federation for scalable, resilient publication and access of large scientific datasets.

mGuard

Automated cryptographic access control and real-time synchronization for secure mobile-health data sharing.

NDISE

An NDN-based, petascale data distribution, caching, and access system for data-intensive scientific research.

Our recent posts

Here are the most recent blog posts from the members of the IRL team.

June 14, 2026

Tianyuan Yu's Graduation

Congratulations to Tianyuan Yu on earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA!

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June 15, 2025

Varun Patil's Graduation

Congratulations to Varun Patil on earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA!

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June 16, 2024

Xinyu Ma's Graduation

Congratulations to Xinyu Ma on earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA!

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