Track Co-Chairs:
Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University, USA, d.koutsonikolas@northeastern.edu
Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, pablo@it.uc3m.es
Description:
The design of efficient network architectures, algorithms and protocols is one of the fundamental challenges in computer networking. To this end, novel networking techniques and measurement tools are required for advancing today’s complex communication networks. This track provides researchers, industry professionals, and practitioners with a forum to present the latest research results in the rapidly evolving areas of network architectures, network algorithms and protocols, and performance evaluation. We solicit original and unpublished research work on theoretical exploration, network design and optimization, system measurement, and any other innovations in computer networks. The topics of this track include but are not limited to:
• Network algorithms
• Network optimization and control
• Network modeling techniques
• Machine learning and big data for networking
• Networking for machine learning and AI
• Federated learning in wireless networks
• Cross-layer network design
• Routing and scheduling
• Network measurements and analysis
• Network traffic and resource management
• Quality-of-service (QoS) metrics, measurement and optimization
• Software-defined and virtualized network architectures
• Energy efficiency and harvesting in networks
• Spectral efficiency of wireless networks
• Network reliability and survivability
• Mobility management and modeling
• Network simulation
• Testbed and experiments
• NextG cellular, WiFi and vehicular networks
• Wireless IoT networks
• UAV networks
• Terrestrial and satellite networks
• Network coding
• Network calculus
• Network configuration and misconfiguration diagnosis
• Cloud, data center, and edge networks
• Blockchain network architecture, algorithms and protocols
• Peer-to-peer network architecture, algorithms and protocols
• Optical Networking
• Content-centric networking and in-network storage
TPC List:
• Shivang Aggarwal, HP Labs, USA
• Ramon Aguero, University of Cantabria, Spain
• Jose-Antonio Ayala-Romero, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany
• Boris Bellalta, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain
• Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
• Marco Brocanelli, The Ohio State University, USA
• Claudio Cicconetti, IIT-CNR, Italy
• Daniel Corujo, University of Aveiro/Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal
• Mauro Femminella, University of Perugia - DI, Italy
• Gines Garcia-Aviles, i2CAT Foundation, Spain
• Javier Gozalvez, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain
• Francesco Gringoli, University of Brescia, Italy
• Akshay Jajoo, Cisco, USA
• Katarzyna Kosek-Szott, AGH University of Krakow, Poland
• Yuanjie Li, Tsinghua University, China
• Sidi Lu, William & Mary, USA
• Andrey Lyakhov, IITP RAS, Russia
• Jorge Martín-Perez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
• Spyridon Mastorakis, University of Notre Dame, USA
• Jiayi Meng, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Chrysa Papagianni, University Of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Ramón Pérez, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
• Jesus Perez-Valero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Michele Polese, Northeastern University, USA
• Antonio Rocha, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
• Elisa Rojas, Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) Madrid, Spain
• Swetank Saha, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
• Gourav Prateek Sharma, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Ioannis Stavrakakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA