Note that the following program schedule uses Boston Time (GMT-4).
DAY 1: JULY 10, WEDNESDAY
| 8:30-9:00 | Opening |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 1: Application customized networking - Minlan Yu |
| 10:00-11:00 | Coffee Break and Posters/Demos |
| 11:00-12:15 | Session 1: Security and Reliability |
| 12:15-14:00 | Lunch Beak |
| 14:00-15:15 | Session 2: Mobile and Edge |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:00 | Session 3: Private Networks |
| 19:30 | Conference Dinner (Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse, 200 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA 02116) |
DAY 2: JULY 11, THURSDAY
| 9:30-10:30 | Keynote 2: “Beyond Speed: Infusing Determinism and Intelligence into the Future of Wi-Fi”- Carlos Cordeiro | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-12:15 | Session 4: LAN/WAN | |
| 12:15-2:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:15 | Session 5: SDN and Cloud | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-17:00 | Session 6: Transport Protocols |
DAY 1: JULY 10, Wednesday
OPENING
Chair: TBD
8:30-9:00
KEYNOTE 1: Application customized networking
Chair: Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University
09:00-10:00
Minlan Yu (Harvard University, USA)
Abstract: As applications become highly distributed, the need for high-performance communication and coordination between servers becomes critical. Unfortunately, today's network abstractions and network stacks significantly limit performance optimization due to their generic for diverse applications: Traditional network abstractions focus on individual connections, missing the potential benefits of coordinating groups of connections in distributed systems. Efforts on network-layer performance optimization sometimes lead to more computation at applications. Layers of network stacks in the kernel, which are essential for security and resource sharing, introduce significant overhead.
In this talk, I advocate for application-customized networking, which empowers applications to specify their own communication needs and optimizations in the network layer. This approach enables applications to coordinate across connections, perform end-to-end optimizations, and reduce kernel overhead, all while retaining the security and resource-sharing benefits of the kernel. I will give two examples of application-customized networking: First, for distributed transaction systems, we introduce DINT, which leverages eBPF to support frequent-path transaction operations directly in the kernel. DINT achieves up to 2.6× higher throughput than using a DPDK-based kernel-bypass stack, with only a maximum of 10% increase in average unloaded latency. Second, for distributed deep learning, we introduce THC, a bidirectional tensor homomorphic compression framework that enables the direct aggregation of compressed values and thus eliminates the computational overheads of (de)compression at the parameter server. THC reaches target accuracy up to 1.47× faster compared with state-of-the-art systems.
SESSION 1: Security and Reliability
Chair: Haofan Cai, University of Hawaii at Manoa
11:00-12:15
A Method for Low-Latency Secure Multiple Access
Yingbo Hua (University of California, Riverside, USA), Md Saydur Rahman (University of California Riverside, USA), Ananthram Swami (DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, USA)
IoTHaven: An Online Defense System to Mitigate Remote Injection Attacks in Trigger-action IoT Platforms
Md Morshed Alam (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA), A B M Mohaimenur Rahman (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA), Weichao Wang (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
Towards the Detection of Unobservable Losses in Real-Time Communications
Tailai Song (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Paolo Garza (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Michela Meo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Maurizio M. Munafò (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
SESSION 2: Mobile and Edge
Chair: Shixiong Qi, University of California, Riverside
14:00-15:15
Downlink STBC-GSSK and STBC-UAV Assisted NOMA for 6G and Beyond
Anindya Bal (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA), Haofan Cai (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
Assessing the energetical cost of 5G softwarization
Aude Jean-Baptiste (LAAS-CNRS, France), Philippe Owezarski (LAAS-CNRS, France), Pascal Berthou (CNRS/LAAS - Université de Toulouse, France), Isabelle Silvain (LAAS-CNRS, France)
Early-Exit meets Model-Distributed Inference at Edge Networks
Marco Colocrese (UIC, USA), Erdem Koyuncu (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA), Hulya Seferoglu (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
SESSION 3: Private networks
Chair: Arash Rezaee, University of Massachusetts Lowell
16:00-17:00
AI-driven Planning of Private Networks for Shared Operator Models
Melina J. Geis (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Caner Bektas (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Stefan Böcker (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Christian Wietfeld (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
Custom Design and Experimental Evaluation of Passive Reflectors for mmWave Private Networks
Simon Häger (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Marco Danger (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Karsten Heimann (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Yasin Gümüs (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Stefan Böcker (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Christian Wietfeld TU Dortmund University, Germany)
Conference Dinner:
19:30
Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse, 200 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA 02116
DAY 2: JULY 11, Thursday
KEYNOTE 2: Beyond Speed: Infusing Determinism and Intelligence into the Future of Wi-Fi
Chair: Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University
9:30-10:30
Carlos Cordeiro, Intel Corporation, USA
Abstract: Wi-Fi, a cornerstone of global wireless connectivity, is estimated to carry anywhere between 50% to 80% of the world's Internet traffic volume. Recent strides in Wi-Fi technology, exemplified by Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7, showcase remarkable achievements in meeting escalating data demands through innovations like OFDMA, wider 320 MHz channels, 4K QAM modulation, and multi-link operation, enabling aggregate peak data rates exceeding 30 Gbps. While these advancements are commendable, the future of Wi-Fi extends beyond raw speed. Anticipating the next decade, this presentation centers on the imperative for Wi-Fi to evolve into a reliable, deterministic, and intelligent network foundation. This evolution is essential to cater to emerging applications such as contextual computing, environmental sensing, multi-device experiences, gesture recognition, AR/VR, ambient and industrial IoT, and gaming. As such, in this talk, we navigate through Wi-Fi's historical journey, and its current state, and illuminate the major technological trends shaping the next decade. Emphasis is placed on the development of key technologies required to bring determinism and intelligence to Wi-Fi, thus addressing the diverse and complex needs of the future.
SESSION 4: LAN/WLAN
Chair: Weichao Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
11:00 -12:15
WiHound: Target Tracking with ISAC Using EMLSR in Next-Generation IEEE 802.11 WLANs
Ching-Lun Tai (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Jingyuan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Douglas Blough (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Raghupathy Sivakumar (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Characterization of the Beamforming Training Interruption in IEEE 802.11ay Networks
Diogo Pereira (Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal), Rodolfo Oliveira (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal), Daniel Benevides da Costa (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia), Hyong Kim (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Distributed VR: An Analysis of Inter-server Traffic Through a LAN
Mahad Ali (University of Central Florida, USA), Murat Yuksel (University of Central Florida, USA)
SESSION 5: SDN and Cloud
Chair: Hulya Seferoglu, University of Illinois at Chicago
14:00-15:15
Dynamic Crosstalk-Aware Routing, Modulation, Core, and Spectrum Allocation for Sliceable Demands in SDM-EONs
Arash Rezaee (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA), Ryan J McCann (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA), Vinod M. Vokkarane (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Multi-Criteria Handover in SDN-based Multi-RAT Networks
Pavan Kumar Mangipudi (University of Florida, USA), Sharon Boamah (University of Florida, USA), Lorenz Carvajal (University of Florida, USA), Janise McNair (University of Florida, USA)
Measurement of Cloud-based Game Streaming Systems Competing with DASH Flows
Xiaokun Xu (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA), Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
SESSION 6: Transport protocols
Chair: Eduardo Baena, Northeastern University
15:45-17:00
Improving QUIC Slow Start Behavior in Wireless Networks with SEARCH
Amber K Cronin (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA), Maryam Ataei Kachooei (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA), Jae Chung (Viasat, USA), Feng Li (Viasat, USA), Benjamin Peters (Viasat, USA), Mark Claypool (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Z-stack: A High-performance DPDK-based Zero-copy TCP/IP Protocol Stack
Anvaya B. Narappa (University of California, Riverside, USA), Federico Parola (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Shixiong Qi (University of California, Riverside, USA), K. K. Ramakrishnan (University of California, Riverside, USA)
Hercules: Heterogeneous Requirements Congestion Control
Neta Rozen-Schiff (Network Time Foundation, USA), Leon Bruckman (Huawei, Israel), Amit Navon (Check Point, Israel), Itzcak Pechtalt (Unifabrix, Israel)
Closing
17:00-17:15