Technical Program


Program at a glance [INW2016_Program]

Wednesday, 13th of January

Session 1: Data Centers & Network Function Virtualization
08:40-09:00
09:00-09:20
Power Comparison of Cloud Data Center Architectures [slides]
P. Ruiu, A. Bianco, C. Fiandrino, Paolo Giaccone, D. Kliazovich
09:20-09:40
Multi Objective Virtual Machine Allocation in Cloud Data Centers [slides]
Giuseppe Portaluri, S. Giordano
09:40-10:00
Inter-controller Traffic in ONOS Clusters for SDN Networks [slides]
A. S. Muqaddas, A. Bianco, Paolo Giaccone, G. Maier
10:00-10:20
Energy-efficient server farm consolidation of network functions [slides]
R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, F. Davoli, P. Lago, Jane Frances Pajo
10:20-10:40
Impact of Processing Resource Sharing on Service Chain Placement in Network Functions Virtualization [slides]
Marco Savi, M. Tornatore, G. Verticale
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
SEMINAR: Behavioural forwarding and stateful flow processing at wire speed [slides]
Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Lunch Break
Session 2: Routing & Resource Optimization
16:40-17:00
Afternoon Snack
17:00-17:20
On Network Throughput Variability in Microsoft Azure Cloud [slides]
Valerio Persico, P. Marchetta, A. Botta, A. Pescapè
17:20-17:40
Segment Routing Domain Design Problem [Polverini]
Marco Polverini, A. Cianfrani, M. Listanti
17:40-18:00
Differential Delay Compensation Techniques for Multipath Routing in Optical Networks [slides]
J. F. Valencia, Rodolfo Alvizu, G. Maier
18:00-18:20
Off-line optimization of energy efficient mobile metro-core network based on predictable aggregated traffic patterns [slides]
R. Alvizu, Guido Maier, Y. Xu
18:20-19:20 INVITED TALK: A Tractable Model of the LTE Signaling and Data Limitations in Machine-to-Machine Communications [slides]
Jimmy Jessen Nielsen (University of Aalborg)
Dinner

Thursday, 14th of January

Session 3: Wireless Networks
08:30-08:50
Cost-Efficient Heuristics for Radio Equipment Deployment in Centralized Radio Access Networks [slides]
Federico Tonini, C. Raffaelli, M. Fiorani, M. Furdek, L. Wosinska, P. Monti
08:50-09:10

Estimation and Tracking of LTE Signals Time of Arrival in a Mobile Multipath Environment [slides]

M. Driusso, F. Babich, F. Knutti, M. Sabathy, C. Marshall, Matteo Noschese
09:10-09:30
A Handshake-based MAC Protocol Exploiting the Near-Far Effect in Underwater Acoustic Networks [slides]
Roee Diamant, P. Casari, M. Zorzi
09:30-09:50
Energy Consumption Analysis in a MANET with Malicious Nodes using a Trust Management Scheme [slides]
Andrea Lupia, F. De Rango
Coffee Break
10:00-10:50 SEMINAR (Part I): How cognitive models can improve telecommunication systems: Discovering latent structure from big data using generative neural networks [slides]
Alberto Testolin (Dept. of General Psychology, University of Padova)
10:50-11:30 SEMINAR (Part II): Cognition-Based Networks: a New Perspective on Network Optimization Using Learning and Distributed Intelligence
Michele Zorzi (Dept. of Inf. Eng., University of Padova)
Lunch Break
Session 4: Sensing, Queueing & Localisation
16:40-17:00
Afternoon Snack
17:00-17:20
Tone contention random access [slides]
Andrea Baiocchi
17:20-17:40
Biomedical signal compression for wearable devices through Self Organizing Maps [slides]
Valentina Vadori, E. Grisan, M. Rossi
17:40-18:00
Game theoretic analysis of a queueing system with candidate servers [slides]
Anna Valeria Guglielmi, L. Badia
18:00-18:20
Emitter Localisation from Reception Timestamps in Asynchronous Networks [slides]
Nicolò Facchi, F. Gringoli, F. Ricciato, A. Toma
18:20-19:20 INVITED TALK: Opportunities for Networking in Ecological Sensing
Ryan Kastner (UCSD, San Diego, US)
Social Event

Friday, 15th of January

Session 5: Streaming Techniques & Protocols
08:30-08:50
Buffer management for scalable video streaming [slides]

Amparito Alexandra Morales Figueroa, L. Favalli

08:50-09:10
Online Learning Adaptation Strategy for DASH Clients [slides]
Federico Chiariotti, S. D’Aronco, L. Toni, P. Frossard
09:10-09:30
Kerberos: a realt-time fraud detection system for IMS-enabled VoIP networks [slides]
Romano Simon Pietro, S. Marseglia
09:30-09:50 Internet streaming and network neutrality: comparing the performance of video hosting services [slides]
Alessio Botta, G. Ventre, M. Garofalo, A. Avallone
09:50-10:10  Coffee Break
10:10-11:10
INVITED TALK: Privacy in the Internet Era: Three Short Examples [slides]
Alessandro Mei (University of Rome La Sapienza)
The End