The technical sessions will be structured around, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Network Architectures, Applications and Services

• Software-defined networking

• Network (functions) virtualization

• Datacenter networking

• Cloud/fog computing

• Information-centric networking

• Content distribution

• Tactile internet

• Cyber-physical systems

• Internet-of-Things

• Optical networks

• Web architectures and protocols

• Overlay and P2P networks

• Evolution of IP network architectures and protocols

• Green networking

• Resilient networks

• Network management

• Traffic engineering

• Quality-of-Service

• Emerging value-added services and applications

Network Modeling and Analysis

• Topology characterization

• Performance measurements

• Traffic monitoring and analysis

• Use behavior modeling

• Quality-of-Experience

• Data-driven design

• User profiling and tracking

• Complex and dynamic networks

• Analysis of participatory networks

• Social networks

• Socio-economic aspects of networks, pricing and billing

Network Security and Privacy 

• Network security protocols

• Trust and privacy

• Anomaly and malware detection

• Denial-of-service detection and mitigation

• Network forensics

• Authentication

• Applications of privacy-preserving computation in networks

• Anonymization

• Dependability

• Dituational awareness

• Threat intelligence

• Blockchains and their applications

Wireless Networking 

• 5G access networks

• Long-range communication

• Ad-hoc and mesh networks

• Mobile networks, self-organizing networks

• Wireless sensor networks

• Visible light communication

• Localization

• Delay/disruption tolerant networks

• Opportunistic networks

• Wireless power transfer networks

• Device-to-device communication

• Vehicular networks