https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/announcing-2025-pulse-research-fellow... February 18, 2025 The Internet Society is pleased to announce the third cohort of Pulse Research Fellows <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/fellowship> and the first cohort of Pulse Research Mentors. Over the next eight months, the fellows and mentors will work with the Internet Society Pulse Research team to develop their proposed research projects. The Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship allows individuals to bring new perspectives, innovative ideas, and research experience to the Pulse project, improving our understanding and analysis of the availability, evolution, and resilience of the Internet. Fellows Name Project [image: Nish Acharya profile photo] Nishant Acharya <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishant-acharya-61a28b154/> Quantifying the Impact of IXP <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/glossary#ixp> Shutdowns [image: Antonios Chatzivasiliou profile photo] Antonios Chatzivasiliou <https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonis-chatzivasiliou-658872181/> Internet Infrastructure Changes in Times of Crisis [image: Dipsy Desai profile photo] Dipsy Desai <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dipsydesai/> Minimizing Unwanted Incoming Queries to b.root-server (DNS <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/glossary#dns> root-server) [image: Deepak Gouda profile photo] Deepak Gouda <https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakgouda/> Who Owns the Internet? Analyzing Market Concentration in Global IP <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/glossary#ip> Address Space [image: Rashna Kumar profile photo] Rashna Kumar <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashna-kumar-b746751a1/> Concentration and Consolidation of the Internet [image: Riya Ponraj profile photo] Riya Ponraj <https://www.linkedin.com/in/riyaponraj/> Network-Physical Layer Mapping for Enhanced Internet Resilience and Security [image: Karthik Nishanth profile photo] Karthik Nishanth QUICensor: A Global Measurement Study of QUIC Blocking [image: Tanya Shreedhar profile photo] Tanya Shreedhar <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-shreedhar-ph-d-90a2aa147/> Bridging AS <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/glossary#as> Topology and Traffic Affinity for Network Resilience [image: Florian Steurer profile photo] Florian Steurer <https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-steurer-515891272/> Measuring DNS resilience [image: Martin Thodi profile photo] Martin Thodi Quantifying Local Internet Traffic – An Ensemble of MethodsMentors [image: Marinho Barcellos profile photo]Marinho Barcellos <https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinho-barcellos-2669b96/> [image: Alexander Gamerro-Garido profile photo]Alexander Gamerro-Garido <https://www.linkedin.com/in/agamerog/> [image: Vasileios Giotsas profile photo]Vasileios Giotsas <https://www.linkedin.com/in/giotsas/> [image: Liz Izhikevich profile photo]Liz Izhikevich <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizizhikevich/> [image: Kevin Vermeulen profile photo]Kevin Vermeulen <https://www.linkedin.com/in/k%C3%A9vin-vermeulen-1a5b049b/> Thanks to everyone who applied. We received 235 applications from 56 countries, of which 30 were selected to provide a detailed project proposal. All shortlisted projects were of very high quality and relevant to Pulse’s four focuses, which seek to measure and understand Internet shutdowns, Internet enabling technologies, Internet resilience, and market concentration. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -