Time

Event

9:00 – 10:30 am

Tutorial #1 Part I: 
Title: Recent Advances in Data Engineering for Networking
Speakers: Engin Zeydan& Josep Mangues-Bafalluy (CTTC, Spain)
Chair: Jeroen Famaey (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Tutorial #2 Part I: 
Title: Building Network Digital Twins for Next-Generation WLANs using Graph Neural Networks
Speakers: Paola Soto & Miguel Camelo (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium)
Chair: Ramin Sadre (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

10:30 – 11:00 am

Coffee break

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Tutorial#1 Part II:
Title: Recent Advances in Data Engineering for Networking
Speakers: Engin Zeydan &Josep Mangues-Bafalluy (CTTC, Spain)
Chair: Jeroen Famaey (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Tutorial #2 Part II:
Title: Building Network Digital Twins for Next-Generation WLANs using Graph Neural Networks
Speakers: Paola Soto & Miguel Camelo (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium)
Chair: Ramin Sadre (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:00 pm

Opening Ceremony
Tim Wauters (Ghent University – imec, Belgium)

2:00 – 3:00 pm

Keynote Speaker 1: Luca Muscariello (Cisco Systems, France)
Chair:

Title: Scalable and Secure Real-Time Multiparty Communications in a Decentralized Internet

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Coffee break

3:30 – 5:00 pm

FPS #1: Wireless Networking and Communications
Chair: Jeroen van der Hooft (Ghent University – imec, Belgium)
1. Resilience analysis and quantification method for 5G-Radio Access Networks
Soumeya Kaada (University of Rennes 1 & Nokia Bell Labs France, France); Sofiene Jelassi (IRISA, France); Marie Line Alberi Morel (Nokia Bell Labs, France); Gerardo Rubino (INRIA, France)

2. A Comprehensive Study of the Impact of 5G Numerologies on V2X Communications 
Khabaz Sehla (Sorbonne, France); Kaouther Ouali (Sorbonne University, France); Thi Mai Trang Nguyen (Sorbonne Université & LIP6, France); El Aoun Moustapha (École Supérieure Polytechnique de Nouakchott, Mauritania); Guy Pujolle (Sorbonne University, France); Pedro B. Velloso (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), France & LIP6, Sorbonne Université, France)

3. Bandwidth Prediction in 5G Mobile Networks Using Informer
Tahmina Azmin, Mohamad Ahmadinejad and Nashid Shahriar (University of Regina, Canada)

5:30 – 6:00 pm

Boat trip

6:00 – 7:30 pm

Reception

Time

Event

9:30 – 11:00 am

FPS #2: Mobile Edge Networks & IoT
Chair: José Santos (Ghent University, Belgium)
1. Energy-aware online task dispatching and scheduling for edge systems with energy harvesting
Mu Yuan (University of Science and Technology of China); Nikolaos M. Freris (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

2. Availability and Failure Rate of VNF Instances: Impacting Parameters and Calculation Methods
Siamak Azadiabad and Ferhat Khendek (Concordia University, Canada); Maria Toeroe (Ericsson, Canada)

3. Generating Stateful Policies for IoT Device Security with Cross-Device Sensors
Zorigtbaatar Chuluundorj, Shuwen Liu and Craig A. Shue (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)

11:00 – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Keynote Speaker 2: Peter Steenkiste (CMU, USA)
Chair: 

Title: 5G and Edge Computing: Are We Done Yet?

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Keynote Speaker 3: Olivier Bonaventure (UC Louvain, Belgium)
Chair:

Title: The multiple roles that IPv6 addresses can play in today’s internet

2:30 – 3:30 pm

SPS #1: Short Paper Session 1
Chair: Maria Torres Vega (Ghent University, Belgium)
1. EHGA: A Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Scheduling Tasks on Distributed Edge-Cloud Infrastructures
Ayeh Mahjoubi, Karl-Johan Grinnemo and Javid Taheri (Karlstad University, Sweden)

2. A Dynamic Algorithm for Optimization of Network Traffic through Smart Network Switch Data Flow Management
Souryendu Das (Texas A&M University, USA); Weiting Lian and Stavros Kalafatis (Texas A&M University, USA); Pavlos Lazaridis (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

3. Leveraging Experience Telemetry: Use Cases
Sudhendu Kumar (North Carolina State University, USA); Martin Beverley and Derek Engi (Cisco, USA); Sam Grimee (Cisco, Luxembourg); Nagendra Kumar Nainar (Cisco Systems, USA); Marisol Palmero (Cisco, Spain); Gonzalo Salgueiro (Cisco Systems, USA); Yannis Viniotis (North Carolina State University, USA)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Coffee break

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Demo Session
Chair: Wouter Tavernier (Ghent University – imec, Belgium)

1. Integration of 5G connectivity with the Asset Administration Shell in Industry 4.0
Daniele Rossi and Giacomo Tontini (CIRTI ICT, Italy); Davide Borsatti (University of Bologna, Italy); Franco Callegati (Universita` di Bologna, Italy)

2. Kapetánios: Automated Kubernetes Adaptation through a Digital Twin
Johannes Zerwas, Patrick Krämer, Razvan-Mihai Ursu and Navidreza Asadi (Technische Universität München, Germany); Philip Rodgers (Rakuten Mobile, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Leon Wong (Rakuten Mobile, Japan); Wolfgang Kellerer (Technische Universität München, Germany)

3. Streaming 8K Video over Millimeter Wave Networks: An Experimental Demonstrator
Hemanth Kumar Ravuri (Ghent University & IMEC, Belgium); Jakob Struye (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium); Maria Torres Vega (Ghent University, Belgium); Jeroen van der Hooft (Ghent University – imec, Belgium); Jeroen Famaey (University of Antwerp & Imec, Belgium); Tim Wauters and Filip De Turck (Ghent University – imec, Belgium)

4. Periodic Control Traffic Support in a Wireless Time-Sensitive Network
Pablo Avila-Campos (Ghent University – Imec, Belgium); Jetmir Haxhibeqiri (IDLab, Ghent University – imec, Belgium); Xianjun Jiao and Muhammad Aslam (Ghent University – imec, IDLab, Belgium); Ingrid Moerman and Jeroen Hoebeke (Ghent University – imec, Belgium); Gilson Miranda, Jr (University of Antwerp & Imec-IDLab, Belgium)

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Social Event

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Gala Diner

Time

Event

9:30 – 11:00 am

FPS #3: SDN & NFV
Chair: Prosper Chemouil (Cnam, France)
1. Hybrid Wireless Network with SDN and legacy devices in Ad-hoc Environments
Daniela Sousa (Instituto de Telecomunicacoes & Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Miguel Luis (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal)

2. A Multi-objective Optimization Approach for SDVN Controllers Placement Problem 
Lylia Alouache (CY Cergy Paris University, France & ETIS Laboratory, France); Sonia Yassa (CY Cergy Paris University, France); Ahfir Abdelouhab (CY PARIS University- ENSEA School & AXIONE, France)

3. Green Edge Servers Placement for Intelligent Transport Systems
Sabri Khamari, Abdennour Rachedi, Toufik Ahmed and Mohamed Mosbah (CNRS-LaBRI UMR 5800, University Bordeaux, Bordeaux-INP, France)

11:00 – 11:30 am

Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

SPS #2: Short Paper Session 2
Chair: Filip De Turck (Ghent University – imec, Belgium)
1. Implementation of Techniques for Enhancing Security of Southbound Infrastructure in SDN
Uday Tupakula (The University of Newcastle, Australia); Kallol Krishna Karmakar (University of Newcastle, Australia); Vijay Varadharajan (The University of Newcastle, Australia); Ben Collins (University of Newcastle, Australia)

2. Photonic-aware Neural Networks for Packet Classification in Beyond 5G Networks 
Emilio Paolini (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy); Federico Civerchia (SmaRTy Italia SRL, Italy); Lorenzo De Marinis and Luca Valcarenghi (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy); Luca Maggiani (SmaRTy Italia SRL, Italy); Nicola Andriolli (National Research Council of Italy, Italy)

3. Opportunities and Challenges for Virtual Reality Streaming over Millimeter-Wave: An Experimental Analysis
Jakob Struye (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium); Hemanth Kumar Ravuri (Ghent University & IMEC, Belgium); Hany Assasa (Pharrowtech, Belgium); Claudio Fiandrino (IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain); Filip Lemic (University of Antwerpen – imec, Belgium); Joerg Widmer (IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain); Jeroen Famaey (University of Antwerp & Imec, Belgium); Maria Torres Vega (Ghent University, Belgium)

12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch break

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Keynote Speaker 4: Gaogang Xie (CNIC CAS and UCAS, China)
Chair:

Title: Efficient programmable network data plane: algorithms, implementations and applications

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Coffee break

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Panel: Converging future networks and AI to enable a trustworthy, reliable, and sustainable industrial IoT
Chair: Jeroen Famaey (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Closing Session