Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

System design for future network architectures
Virtualized infrastructure architectures, rationale, and devices
Converged router, server, and storage platforms
Content-centric architectures, platforms, and mechanisms
Scalable programming and application frameworks
High performance / high function packet processing platforms
Power- and size-optimized computer and communications platforms
High-speed networking mechanisms and algorithms
Network security architectures and security anchor/ enhancement devices
Single-chip platform integration
Network measurement techniques, architectures, and devices
Techniques and systems for large-scale data analysis
Host-network interface issues
Architectures for data centers and cloud computing
Router and switch architectures
Software-defined networking
Wireless-networking hardware and related software