IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks
9 -12 November 2020 // Virtual Conference

Program

NFV SDN 2020 Program at a Glance (Download)

Program Outline
Timing used is Central European Time (CET) that is UTC +1 hours

Monday, November 9, 2020

Workshops

12:00 – 15:50, Workshop 1, Mobility Support in Slice-based Network Control for Heterogeneous Environments (MobiSlice III) (Break at 13:50)

  • 12:00 – 13:50, MobiSlice III – Part 1
  • 13:50 – 14:00, Break
  • 14:00 – 15:50, MobiSlice III – Part 2

16:00 – 18:35, Workshop 2, Formal Foundations of Software Defined Networks (FoFoSDN)

  • 16:00 – 16:10, Opening / Welcome
  • 16:10 – 16:55, FoFoSDN – Part 1
  • 16:55 – 17:00, Break
  • 17:00 – 17:45, FoFoSDN – Part 2
  • 17:45 – 17:50, Break
  • 17:50 – 18:35, FoFoSDN – Part 3

Doctoral Symposium

12:30 – 12:40, Opening / Welcome

12:40 – 14:00, DS1 – Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)

14:00 – 14:15, Break

14:15 – 15:35, DS2 – Software-Defined Networks (SDN)

15:35 – 15:45, Closing Remarks

Tutorials

12:30 – 15:15, Tutorial 1, “Softwarization and Virtualization in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks – From Theory to Practice” Fabrizio Granelli (Univ. of Trento, Italy), Frank Fitzek (TU Dresden, Germany)

  • 12:30 – 14:00, Tutorial 1, “Softwarization and Virtualization in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks – From Theory to Practice” Fabrizio Granelli (Univ. of Trento, Italy), Frank Fitzek (TU Dresden, Germany) – Part 1
  • 14:00 – 14:15, Break
  • 14:15 – 15:15, Tutorial 1, “Softwarization and Virtualization in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks – From Theory to Practice” Fabrizio Granelli (Univ. of Trento, Italy), Frank Fitzek (TU Dresden, Germany) – Part 2

15:35 – 18:15, Tutorial 2, “SRv6 and the Network Programming Model Hands-On tutorial” Prof. Stefano Salsano (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

  • 15:30 – 16:55, Tutorial 2, “SRv6 and the Network Programming Model Hands-On tutorial” Prof. Stefano Salsano (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) – Part 1
  • 16:55 – 17:00, Break
  • 17:00 – 18:15, Tutorial 2, “SRv6 and the Network Programming Model Hands-On tutorial” Prof. Stefano Salsano (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy) – Part 2

Social Activities

18:35 – 19:00, Gather.town – Social Interaction and Demo 1

YOUTUBE LINK TO DEMO 1

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

13:00 – 13:15, Welcome to IEEE NFV-SDN 2020

13:15 – 14:00, Keynote 1: “Democratizing 6G – Diverse and Inclusive Approach to Next Generation Networking Innovations”

14:00 – 15:15, Session 1: Data Plane Acceleration (DPA)

15:15 – 15:35, Break

15:35 – 16:50, Session 2: VNF Service Chaining (SFC)

16:50 – 17:00, Break

17:00 – 17:40, Session 6: P4 (Fast-Track)

17:40 – 17:45, Break

17:45 – 18:30, Keynote 2: “SDN in the Last Mile: SEBA and SD-RAN” Saurav Das, VP of Engineering, Open Networking Foundation

18:30 – 19:00, Gather.town – Social Interaction and Demo 2

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

13:00 – 13:15, Welcome / Introduction to Day 2

13:15 – 14:00, Keynote 3: “Vertical Edge Computing and Control Enabled by Large-Scale Deterministic Network” David Luo, Chief Researcher, Huawei Technologies

14:00 – 15:15, Session 3: Machine Learning and Security (Sec)

15:15 – 15:35, Break

15:35 – 16:50, Session 4: SDN and NFV Deployment (Dep)

16:50 – 17:00, Break

17:00 – 17:40, Session 7: Network Services (Serv) (Fast-Track)

17:40 – 17:45, Break

17:45 – 18:30, Keynote 4: “Serious science and serious engineering – The way of software-based network experimentation” Diego R. Lopez, Senior Technology Expert, Telefónica I+D

18:30 – 19:00, Gather.town – Social Interaction and Demo 3

 

Thursday, November 12, 2020

13:00 – 13:15, Welcome / Introduction to Day 3

13:15 – 14:00, Keynote 5: “Software Reliability: A case study on Software Defined Networks” Carmen Mas Machuca, Chair of Communication Networks, Technical University of Munich (TUM)

14:00 – 15:00, Conference Highlights / Awards

15:00 – 16:00, Panel: “The Impact of P4 on SDN/NFV”, Moderator Tim Culver, Panelists: Anirudh Sivaraman, Francois Ozog, Leo Popokh, Krishna Kadiyala, Roland Picard

16:00 – 16:15, Break

16:15 – 17:25, Session 5: SDN and NFV Optimization (Opt)

17:25 – 18:00, Gather.town – Closing/Social Interaction