9th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization
19–23 June 2023 // Madrid, Spain
Boosting Future Networks through Advanced Softwarization

Program

Program at a glance

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. (Room: Auditorium)

Opening
Session Chair: 

9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (Room: Auditorium)
Keynote #1 – (UN)certainties about the future network
Juan Carlos García, svp technologi innovation and ecosystems, Telefónica

Keynote #2 – Artificial intelligence and decentralized privacy preserving mechanisms for “future” networks
Diego Perino

11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 
Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. – 13:30 p.m. (Room: Auditorium)
TS1 – Softwarized cloud and edge
Session Chair: Alexander Clemm, Futurewey, USA

Energy Optimization of Distributed Video Processing System using Genetic Algorithm with Bayesian Attractor Model
Hideyuki Shimonishi;
Masayuki Murata;
Go Hasegawa;
Nattaon Techasarntikul.

A Multi-Hop-Aware User To Edge-Server Association Game
Youcef Kardjadja;
Alan Tsang;
Mohamed Ibnkahla;
Yacine Ghamri-Doudane

X-IO: A High-performance Unified I/O Interface using Lock-free Shared Memory Processing
Shixiong Qi;
Han-Sing Tsai;
Yu-Sheng Liu;
K. K. Ramakrishnan;
Jyh-Cheng Chen

MANTRA: an Edge-Computing Framework based on Multi-Armed Bandit for Latency- and Energy-aware Job Offloading in Vehicular Networks
Fabio Busacca;
Sergio Palazzo;
Raoul Raftopoulos;
Giovanni Schembra

13:30 p.m. – 15:30 p.m.
DS1 – Demo Session

13:30 p.m.-14:30 p.m.
Lunch Break

14:30 p.m. – 16:30p.m. (Room: Auditorium)
TS2 – NFX and SFC
Session Chair: Christian Esteve Rothenberg University of Campinas, Brazil

RESCue: A State-Disaggregated NFV System with Resilience, Elasticity, and State Consistency
Hao Jiang;
Hyunseok Chang;
Sarit Mukherjee;
Jacobus Van der Merwe.

Experimental demonstration of NFV deployment with RPi and MAAS
Movsun Kuy;
Laurent Schumacher;
Sokchenda Sreng.

Dynamic and Mobility-Aware VNF Placement in 5G-Edge Computing Environments
Juan Lucas Vieira;
Anselmo Luiz Éden Battisti;
Evandro Luiz Cardoso Macedo;
Paulo F. Pires; Debora Muchaluat-Saade;
Flávia Coimbra Delicato;
Ana Oliveir

Energy Efficient VNF Forwarding Graph Embedding via Attention-based Deep Reinforcement Learning
Omar Houidi;
Oussama Soualah;
Ines Houidi.

16:30 p.m.-17:00 p.m.
Coffee Break

17:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m. (Room: Auditorium)
SS1 – Softwarized Edge Computing
Session Chair: Federica Paganelli University of Pisa, Italy

Don't Let Me Down! Offloading Robot VFs Up to the Cloud
Khasa Gillani;
Jorge Martín-Pérez;
Milan Groshev;
Antonio de la Oliva;
Robert Gazda

Edge Service Caching for Service Function Chains
Radhika Sukapuram;
Sikha Deka

Towards Mobility Management in MEC Simulation
Paulo J. Araujo;
Helena Fernández López;
João Faria; Alexandre Santos.

A Bandit Approach to Online Pricing for Heterogeneous Edge Resource Allocation
Jiaming Cheng;
Duong Thuy Anh Nguyen;
Lele Wang;
Duong Tung Nguyen;
Vijay Bhargava

17:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m. (Room: -1.A.04)
SS2 – Softwarized Cloud Computing
Session Chair: Chrysa Papagianni University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Performance costs for IPv6-based mobility management on the top of Kubernetes
Akos Leiter;
Pal Boosy;
Laszlo Bokor;
Milan Kis

Precise Turbo Frequency Tuning and Shared Resource Optimisation for Energy-Efficient Cloud Native Workloads
Paul Veitch;
Chris MacNamara;
John J Browne.

Comparison of Virtual Machines and Bare Metal for CNFs at Resource-Constrained Network Edge
Paul Veitch;
Adam Broadbent;
Arsham Farshad

Data Labeling for Fault Detection in Cloud: A Test Suite-Based Active Learning Approach
Prateek Bagora;
Amin Ebrahimzadeh;
Fetahi Wuhib;
Roch Glitho.

17:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m. (Room: -1.A.06)
PhD1 – Symposium I

19:00 p.m.-21:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception 

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
TS3 – AI/ML and Networking
Session Chair: Fábio Luciano Verdi Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)

DRL-based Service Migration for MEC Cloud-Native 5G and beyond Networks
Theodoros Tsourdinis;
Nikos Makris;
Serge Fdida;
Thanasis Korakis

Transfer Learning-Based QoE Estimation For Different Cloud Gaming Contexts
Marcos Carvalho;
Daniel H. C M. Soares;
Daniel Fernandes Macedo

Predicting XR Services QoE with ML: Insights from In-band Encrypted QoS Features in 360-VR
Md Tariqul Islam;
Christian Esteve Rothenberg;
Pedro Henrique Gomes.

Domain Adaptation of Reinforcement Learning Agents based on Network Service Proximity
Kaushik Dey;
Satheesh Kumar Perepu;
Pallab Dasgupta;
Abir Das

XAI-Enabled Fine Granular Vertical Resources Autoscaler
Mohamed Mekki;
Bouziane Brik;
Adlen Ksentini;
Christos Verikoukis

11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 
Coffee Break

12:00 a.m.-13:030 a.m.
Keynote #3 – AI-BASED SMART NETWORK MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE COMPUTE CONTINUUM
Aurora Ramos, Atos

Keynote #4 – THE JOURNEY TOWARDS 6G - GOING BEYOND CONNECTIVITY SERVICES
Wolfgang John, Ericsson

13:30 p.m. – 15:30 p.m.
DS2 – Demo Session

13:30 p.m.-14:30 p.m.
Lunch Break

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m.
TS4 – Dataplane programmability
Session Chair: Elisa Rojas Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

P4-LISP: A P4-Based High-Performance Router for the Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol
Benjamin Steinert;
Marco Häberle;
Jan-Oliver Nick;
Dino Farinacci;
Michael Menth

Providing Fine-grained Network Metrics for Monitoring Applications using In-band Telemetry
Henrique B Brum;
Carlos Raniery Paula Dos Santos;
Tiago Ferreto

State4: State-preserving Reconfiguration of P4-programmable Switches
Chenxing Ji;
Fernando A. Kuipers

In-situ Proof-of-Transit for Path-Aware Programmable Networks
Everson Scherrer Borges;
Vitor Berger Bonella;
Abraão Jesus dos Santos;
Gabriel Tetzner Menegueti;
Cristina Klippel Dominicini;
Magnos Martinello

16:30 p.m.-17:00 p.m.
Coffee Break

17:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m.
PhD1 – Symposium II

17:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m. (Room: -1.A.04)
SS3 – Network Softwarization for 5G/6G
Session Chair: Luis Miguel Contreras Murillo Telefonica I+D

Distributed Timeslot Allocation in mMTC Network by Magnitude-Sensitive Bayesian Attractor Model
Tatsuya Otoshi;
Masayuki Murata;
Hideyuki Shimonishi;
Tetsuya Shimokawa

Preventing Cross Network Slice Disruptions in a Zero-Trust and Multi-Tenant Future 5G Networks
Shwetha Vittal;
Unnati Dixit;
Siddhesh Pratim Sovitkar;
K Sowjanya;
Antony Franklin A

Towards Energy Efficient Functional Split and Baseband Function Placement for 5G RAN
Nabhasmita Sen;
Antony Franklin A

Mobile Network Slicing under Demand Uncertainty: A Stochastic Programming Approach
Anousheh Gholami;
Nariman Torkzaban;
John S. Baras

17:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m. (Room: -1.A.06)
SS4 – AI/ML AND NETWORKING
Session Chair: Alessio Sacco Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Adaptive Services Function Chain orchestration For Digital Health Twin Use Cases: Heuristic-boosted Q-Learning Approach
Jamila Alsayed Kassem;
Li Zhong; Arie Taal;
Paola Grosso

Quantum Neural Networks driven Stochastic Resource Optimization for Metaverse Data Marketplace
Mahzabeen Emu;
Salimur Choudhury;
Kai Salomaa

Adaptive Retraining of AI/ML Model for Beyond 5G Networks: A Predictive Approach
Gudepu Venkateswarlu;
Venkatarami Reddy Chintapalli;
Piero Castoldi;
Luca Valcarenghi;
Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma;
Koteswararao Kondepu

Global QoS Policy Optimization in SD-WAN
Tran Anh Quang Pham;
Jeremie Leguay;
Xu Gong; Huiying Xu

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
TS5 – SDN, PERFORMANCE & ORCHESTRATION
Session Chair: Giovanni Schembra University of Catania, Italy

Link Quality Estimation in Wireless Software Defined Network with a Reliable Control Plane
Farzad Veisi;
Julien Montavont;
Fabrice Theoleyre;

Hierarchical Control Plane Framework for Multi-Domain TSN Orchestration
Sushmit Bhattacharjee;
Konstantinos Alexandris;
Thomas Bauschert

Deep Reinforcement Learning Edge Workload Orchestrator for Vehicular Edge Computing
Eliana Neuza Pinheiro Rodrigues Gordino da Silva;
Fernando M. Silva

DRL-FORCH: A Scalable Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Fog Computing Orchestrator
Nicola Di Cicco;
Gaetano Francesco Pittalà;
Gianluca Davoli;
Davide Borsatti;
Walter Cerroni;
Carla Raffaelli;
Massimo Tornatore

11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 
Coffee Break

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
SS5 – AI/ML FOR NETWORK SECURITY
Session Chair: Carlos J. Bernardos University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain

Phish Me If You Can - Lexicographic Analysis and Machine Learning for Phishing Websites Detection with PHISHWEB
Lucas Torrealba;
Pedro Casas;
Javier Bustos-Jiménez;
Germán Capdehourat;
Mislav Findrik

A Feature Selection Approach Towards the Standardization of Network Security Datasets
Ricardo Flores Moyano;
Alejandro Duque;
Daniel A Riofrio;
Diego Benitez;
Noel Perez Noel Pérez;
Maria Baldeon Calisto;
David Fernández

12:00 a.m.-13:30 a.m.
Keynote #5 – NETWORKING IS HARD: WE NEED OFFLOADS! 
Gianni Antichi, POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Keynote #6 – MAXIMIZING VALUE FROM NETWORK SOFTWARISATION: A TELCO PERSPECTIVE
Paul Veitch, BT

13:30 p.m. – 15:30 p.m.
DS3 – Demo Session

13:30 p.m.-14:30 p.m.
Lunch Break

14:30 a.m.-15:00 p.m.
SS6 – DATAPLANE PROGRAMMABILITY
Session Chair: Prosper Chemouil Cnam, France

Toward Highly Reliable Programmable Data Planes: Verification of P4 Code Generation
Lucas Csaba Györgyi;
Sándor Laki;
Stefan Schmid;

QoEyes: Towards Virtual Reality Streaming QoE Estimation Entirely in the Data Plane
Francisco Germano Vogt;
Fabricio E Rodriguez Cesen;
Ariel Goes de Castro;
Marcelo Caggiani Luizelli;
Christian Esteve Rothenberg;
Gergely Pongrácz

15:00 p.m.-16:30 p.m.
Distinguished Expert Panel – NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION IN THE ERA OF COMPLEXITY
Moderator
Panel Members:

  • Rui Aguiar, IT Aveiro, Portugal
  • Javier Antich Romaguera, Selector AI, Spain
  • Jose Castillo Lema,  Red Hat, Spain
  • Abhimanyu Gosain, Northeastern University, USA
  • Ricard Vilalta, CTTC, Spain

16:30 p.m.-17:00 p.m.
Awards and Closing Session

Patrons