## 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP)

For more information, please visit: http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/

## Call for Submissions

The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage). Context-aware networking can help maximize the compute utilization at the edge increasing the network capacity. For instance, network functions may enable intelligent distribution of tasks to resources, the reuse of results from previously executed tasks, adaptability to the dynamic nature of edge ecosystems (e.g., network dynamics, bursty rates of tasks, dynamic resource availability).

The ENCP workshop has the integration of networking and computing as the central theme with a focus on mechanisms for the joint optimization of networking and computing resources, infrastructure virtualization, in-network caching, compute reuse, and security and privacy concerns.

## Topics of Interest

The ENCP workshop has the goal of serving as a venue, where minds from the Distributed Computing, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Edge Computing communities meet to advance the state-of-the-art in the area of systems for In-Network Computing. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to stimulate insightful discussions. ENCP invites submissions of unpublished work on the following topics (but not limited to):

- Architectures of in-network computing
- In-network caching solutions
- Virtualization for in-network computing systems
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for in-network computing
- Security, privacy, trust management, and access control in in-network computing architectures
- Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for in-network computing
- Software-Defined Networking for in-networking computing
- In-network computing for challenged networks (e.g., diaster scenarios)
- Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions
- Network slicing for in-network computing systems
- Internet of Things (IoT) for in-network computing
- Pricing and billing in in-network computing systems
- Highly available in-network computing systems
- Management of in-network computing systems
- In-network computing in the era of 5G
- Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance
- Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of in-network computing systems and architectures
- Innovative applications that in-network computing enables
- In-network computing in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms
- Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis
- Applications of machine learning to in-network computing
- Microservice architectures
- Distributed consensus algorithms
- Data processing frameworks

## Submission Instruction

The workshop solicits papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 6 pages (including references, appendix, and all figures). Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop.

Register and submit your paper at https://encp19.hotcrp.com/

## TPC Chairs

Name | Affiliation
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Dirk Kutscher | University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
Spyridon Mastorakis | University of Nebraska, Omaha
Abderrahmen Mtibaa | University of Missouri-St. Louis

## Steering Committee Members

Name | Affiliation
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Jon Crowcroft | University of Cambridge
Satyajayant (Jay) Misra | New Mexico State University
Dave Oran | Network Systems Research and Design

## TPC Members

Name | Affiliation
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Alexander Afanasyev | Florida International University
Mostafa Ammar | Georgia Institute of Technology
Lotfi Benmahmoud | NIST
Jeff Burke | University of California, Los Angeles
Aaron Ding | Technical University of Delft
Fred Douglis | Perspecta Labs
Serge Fdida | Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Dali Kaafar | Data61-CSIRO
Jussi Kangasharju | Helsinki University
Vinay Kolar | Cisco
Vasilis Maglaris | National Technical University of Athens
Evangelos Markatos | University of Crete and FORTH
Satyajayant (Jay) Misra | New Mexico State University
Marie-José Montpetit | MIT
Ravi Netravali | University of California, Los Angeles
Jörg Ott | TU Munich
Yiannis Psaras | University College London
Taqi Raza | University of Arizona
Eve Schooler | Intel USA
Susmit Shannigrahi | Tennessee Tech
Reza Tourani | Saint Louis University
Christian Tschudin | University of Basel
Eirini-Eleni Tsiropoulou | University of New Mexico
Klaus Wehrle | RWTH Aachen
Mohamed-Faten Zhani | ETS

## Web Chair

Name | Affiliation
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Tianxiang Li | University of California, Los Angeles

## Publicity Chairs

Name | Affiliation
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Reza Tourani | Saint Louis University
Hila Ben Abraham | Washington University in St. Louis