Program at a Glance

Registration will be 8 am-5 pm every day in front of Grand Ballroom Foyer/Newport Foyer, outside Newport I-IV

WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS (JULY 23)
DAY 1 (JULY 24)
08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
Room: Liberty Ballroom
8:30 – 9:00 Opening Ceremony
Room: Newport III
09:00 – 10:15 Keynote 1: Frans Kaashoek (MIT)
Room: Newport III
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Session A-1 (AI at the Edge)
Room: Newport I
Session B-1 (Dynamic Pricing and Network Optimizations at the Edge)
Room: Newport II
Session C-1 (Blockchain Security and Privacy)
Room: Newport V
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
Room: Liberty Ballroom
13:15 – 14:30 Keynote 2: Wei Zhao (Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology)
Room: Newport III
14:30 – 16:00 Session A-2 (AI Optimizations)
Room: Newport I
Session B-2 (Distributed Design)
Room: Newport II
Session C-2 (Blockchain Architecture and Frameworks)
Room: Newport V
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:45 Session A-3 (AI Computing Techniques)
Room: Newport I
Session B-3 (Distributed Applications)
Room: Newport II
Session C-3 (Blockchain Scalability and Payments)
Room: Newport V
17:45 – 19:30 Poster and Demo / Reception
Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer & Liberty Ballroom
DAY 2 (JULY 25)
08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast
Room: Liberty Ballroom
09:00 – 10:15 Keynote 3: Victor Bahl (Microsoft Corporation)
Room: Newport III
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Session A-4 (Data Center Networking and Management)
Room: Newport I
Session B-4 (Federated Learning at the Edge)
Room: Newport II
Session C-4 (Quantum Network Entanglement Routing)
Room: Newport V
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
Room: Liberty Ballroom
13:15 – 14:45 Panel: “Computing Power in AI-oriented Distributed Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”
Room: Newport III
14:45 – 16:15 Session A-5 (Cloud Security and Performance Optimizations)
Room: Newport I
Session B-5 (Edge-Enhanced AI)
Room: Newport II
Session C-5 (Secure Federated Learning)
Room: Newport V
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 Session A-6 (Cloud Storage and Communication)
Room: Newport I
Session B-6 (Fault Tolerant Mechanisms)
Room: Newport II
Session C-6 (Industrial Network and Data Center Optimizations)
Room: Newport V
18:00 – 18:30 Go to the restaurant
18:30 – 20:45 Banquet
Restraunt: The Atelier On The Hudson
DAY 3 (JULY 26)
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast
Room: Liberty Ballroom
09:00 – 10:15 Keynote 4: Lixia Zhang (UCLA)
Room: Newport III
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 Session A-7 (Edge Deployment and Management)
Room: Newport I
Session B-7 (Reliability Enhancements)
Room: Newport II
Session C-7 (Vehicular Networking and Applications)
Room: Newport V
12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
Room: Liberty Ballroom
13:15 – 14:45 Session A-8 (Fairness in Federated Learning)
Room: Newport I
Session B-8 (Wireless Network Enhancements)
Room: Newport II
Session C-8 (Privacy-preserving Networks)
Room: Newport V
14:45 – 16:15 Session A-9 (Security in Federated Learning)
Room: Newport I
Session B-9 (Smart Device Applications)
Room: Newport II
Session C-9 (Innovative User Authentication)
Room: Newport V
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 Session A-10 (Incentives in Federated Learning)
Room: Newport I
Session B-10 (Mobile Algorithms and AI Optimizations)
Room: Newport II
Session C-10 (Network Security Management)
Room: Newport V

7/23 Workshops/Tutorials/PhD Symposium

Room for breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks: Newport Ballroom III

7/24 Main Conference Day 1, 2, 3

Room for breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks: Liberty Ballroom