Hi there nice to see you around here, my name is Mheni i know what an unusual name beleive me i get all kinds of spellings on my starbucks coffe.
I grew up in Algeria where i started playing with computers since very little, playing in this context means video games but that’s how i got interested in computers and programming, of course five years spent in college learning more in depth computer science helped. during which i loved getting my hands dirty with school and side projects and that’s what this blog is all about, me sharing and documenting my projects.
Nowadays i am a network engineer/researcher at NIST where i get to work with outstanding people on new and exciting technologies, my works revolves around network performace and innovation, and that includes Cloud Computing, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Named Data Networking (NDN), Blockchain and many more topics.
Other than my technolgy obsessions i like going for outdoor runs, exploring new places and taking my DSLR camera for a landscape photo shoot whenever i can.
the last post was about the switch. one wavelength selective switch in the middle of a quantum network, replacing a tree of passive filters, so the operator can decide who gets how much entanglement by pushing a config instead of driving to the site.
that post skipped a question. the switch divides up a spectrum. where does the spectrum come from, and how much of it is there?
this post is about the other 2021 paper, the one that answered the source half. Appas et al., “Flexible entanglement-distribution network with an AlGaAs chip for secure communications,”...
Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Masters in computer networks and distributed systems
Studying for Bachelors in computer science
Don’t hesitate to send me an email if you see a post or a project that you like and want to know more about or you just want to chat