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KK Yap

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
0000-0001-5368-1063ORCID · reported

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Computer networks · 1 · 1 since 2021

Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.

Computer networks
1 paper
Internet of things and sensor networks · 100%
Computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, and storage systems
1 paper
Distributed systems · 100%

Topics — the 2 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Internet of things and sensor networks
time synchronization
0.912025
Firefly: Scalable, Ultra-Accurate Clock Synchronization for Datacenters · SIGCOMM 2025
Distributed systems
clock synchronization
0.912025
Firefly: Scalable, Ultra-Accurate Clock Synchronization for Datacenters · SIGCOMM 2025

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

layered synchronization · 1.7distributed consensus · 1.7
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 Firefly: Scalable, Ultra-Accurate Clock Synchronization for Datacenters
abstract
Cloud-based financial exchanges require sub-10ns device-to-device clock synchronization accuracy while adhering to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Existing clock sync techniques struggle to meet this demand at scale and are vulnerable to clock drift, jitter, and path asymmetries. Firefly, a software-driven datacenter clock sync system, scalably, cost-effectively, and reliably achieves very high clock sync accuracy. It employs a distributed consensus algorithm on a random overlay graph to rapidly converge to a common time while applying gradual adjustments to device hardware clocks. To realize consistent sync-to-UTC (external sync) across devices while maintaining a stable device-to-device internal sync, Firefly uses a novel technique, layered synchronization, that decouples internal and external syncs. In a 248-machine Clos network, Firefly achieves sub-10ns device-to-device and ≤1μs device-to-UTC sync, and is resilient to time server failure and unstable clocks.
Pooria Namyar, Nandita Dukkipati, KK Yap, Junzhi Gong, Peixuan Gao, Devdeep Ray, Gautam Kumar 0001, Ramesh Govindan, Amin Vahdat
SIGCOMM5