AGENDA
Thursday, Feb 23 (all times EST)
  • 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Welcome (Brief remarks by Workshop Chairs, NeTS PDs)
  • 1:30pm - 3:00pm: Breakout Session D1-I
  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Breakout summary D1-I
  • 3:30pm - 4:00pm: Break
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Keynote I (Prof. Jim Kurose)
  • 5:00pm - 5:30pm: Ask-Me-Anything with NeTS PDs
Friday, Feb 24 (all times EST)
  • 11:00am - 11:15am Day 2 Welcome (Brief remarks on agenda Workshop Chairs, NeTS PDs)
  • 11:15am - 12:15pm Panel Discussion (Future of Networks - Dr. Ranveer Chandra, Prof. Don Towsley, Prof. Minlan Yu, Prof. Xia Zhou)
  • 12:15pm - 1:45pm Breakout Session D2-I
  • 1:45pm - 2:30pm Keynote II (Dr. Margaret Martonosi)
  • 2:30pm - 3:00pm Breakout Summary D2-I
  • 3:00pm - 4:30pm Breakout Session D2-II
  • 4:30pm - 4:45pm Break
  • 4:45pm - 5:15pm Breakout summary D2-II
  • 5:15pm - 5:30pm Conclusion

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

   
Prof. Jim Kurose    Dr. Margaret Martonosi
UMass Amherst   NSF CISE
Networking Research and Education:   The Computer and Information Science and Engineering Landscape:
-- Macrotrends -- A Look Forward
(Feb 23, 4:00 pm ET)   (Feb 24, 1:45 pm ET)

PANEL - The Future of Networks (Feb 24, 11:15 am ET)

           
Dr. Ranveer Chandra    Prof. Don Towsley    Prof. Minlan Yu    Prof. Xia Zhou
Microsoft Research   UMass Amherst   Harvard University   Columbia University
   
Dr. Ranveer Chandra    Prof. Don Towsley
Microsoft Research   UMass Amherst
   
Prof. Minlan Yu    Prof. Xia Zhou
Harvard University   Columbia University

BREAKOUT TOPICS
Breakout D1-I Topics - Thursday, Feb 23 (1:30PM - 3PM ET / 10:30AM - 12PM PT)
  • Quantum Networking
  • Software-Defined and Programmable Networks
  • Sharing Best Practices: On Writing a Good NeTS Proposal
  • Machine Learning and Networking
  • Next-Generation Wireless
  • Backscatter Communication and Low-Power Wireless
  • Network Security, Privacy and Resilience
Breakout D2-I Topics - Friday, Feb 24 (12:15PM - 1:45PM ET / 9:15AM - 10:45AM PT)
  • Machine Learning and Networking
  • Space and Airborne Networking
  • Mobile Health and Networking for Medical Environments
  • Network Design for Future Telepresence Applications AR/VR/XR
  • IoT in New Domains
  • Next-Generation Wireless
  • Cloud Networking & Data Centers
  • Energy Consumption and Sustainability
Breakout D2-II Topics - Friday, Feb 24 (3PM - 4:30PM ET / 12PM - 1:30PM PT)
  • Future of Research Testbeds and Platforms
  • Next-Generation Wireless
  • Network Measurement and Analysis
  • Machine Learning and Networking
  • Broadening Participation in Computing – NeTS Perspectives
  • Reconfigurable Surfaces and Meta Materials for Mobile Systems
  • IoT in New Domains
  • Future Networking Curriculum

REGISTRATION
The registration link for the NeTS PI meeting, to be held virtually Thursday(half day) and Friday, February 23-24, is now available here. Note that this link also includes questions about your areas of interest, and asks you to indicate whether you will attend both days of the meeting. We request that you register by 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday February 14th to facilitate meeting planning, including for breakout sessions.

ORGANIZERS
Swarun Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University, swarun@cmu.edu
Mosharaf Chowdhury, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, mosharaf@umich.edu