Topic: Visualization of Network Flows

Computer networks handle very large amounts of data. Packages are routed
from one point to another at a pace of 100,000s per second. For monitoring
these packages usually netflows are used, which consist of sequences of
a number of these packages. Tools exist for monitoring these data,
a good example is NFSen (http://nfsen.sourceforge.net), but it seems
that the use of techniques from InfoVis and Visual Analytics can bring
in extra benefits. Specifically, hierarchical decompositions, treemaps,
and clustering can give users additional overview. A continuous challenge
in all this is that the amounts of data to be processed can be in the
order of tens of gigabytes.

Assignment:
- Study literature on monitoring of network flows;
- Identify challenges and room for improvement;
- Implement a prototype;
- Evaluate this with professionals and check if it gives added value.