INW 2024 20th Italian Networking Workshop 22 - 24 January 2024, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
Organized by the MANTA Research Lab, Univ. of Trento

Program Overview


Mon, January 22 Tue, January 23 Wed, January 24
08:00 - 08:20 Welcome Session 5 Session 9
08:20 - 9:45 Session 1
9:45 - 10:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:30 KN - Frank Kargl KN - Carlo Alberto Boano
10:30 - 11:05 KN - Costin Raiciu
11:05 - 11:20 Session 6 Session 10
11:20 - 12:00 Session 2
12:00 - 12:10 Lunch Lunch
12:10 - 16:15 Farewell
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:15 Session 3 Session 7
18:15 - 18:30 No-Coffee Break No-Coffee Break
18:30 - 19:45 Session 4 Session 8
19:45 - 21:00 Dinner Dinner


Note: Session 7 will start at 17.00 instead of 16.45

Detailed Program


The bolt symbol () indicates lightning talks (5 minutes). All other talks are 15 minutes in length.

January 22

8:20 - 10:00: Session 1

Chair: Renato Lo Cigno (University of Brescia)
  1. Human-Defined Networking
    Flavio Esposito, Saint Louis University
  2. Analyzing the Power Consumption in Cloud-Native 5/6G Ecosystems
    Nicole Simone Martinelli, CNIT
  3. Implementation of ETSI Vulnerable Road Users Awareness Messages (VAMs) in simulated and on-field scenarios
    Francesco Raviglione, Politecnico di Torino
  4. Implementation of ETSI Vulnerable Road Users Awareness Messages (VAMs) in a simulated and on-field scenarios
    Marco Rapelli, Politecnico di Torino
  5. AI-assisted multi-RAT reliable platooning
    Christian Quadri, Università degli Studi di Milano
  6. Uncertainty-Aware Classification Techniques for Wi-Fi Sensing
    Marco Cominelli, University of Brescia
  7. Experiences with 3D vehicular networks simulation
    Leonardo Maccari, Università Ca'Foscari Venezia
  8. Bands for 5G: simulations and measurements on U6G and mmWave networks
    Marcello Morini, Politecnico di Milano
  9. An hydroponic greenhouse system as a modular small scale test bed for smart agriculture
    Cristian Bua, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'informazione, Università di Pisa
  10. Democratizing Networked Music Performance with SD-WAN
    Luca Borgianni, University of Pisa

10:30 - 11:20: Keynote 1

Transport protocol design for AI/ML Networks
- Costin Raiciu, University Politehnica of Bucharest
Chair: Giuseppe Bianchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

11:20 - 12:00: Session 2

Chair: Sebastian Troia (Politecnico di Milano)
  1. Efficient Single Capture 3D Reconstruction Technique via High-Resolution 360 Camera for embedded system
    Federico Candela, University Mediterranea
  2. In the end-to-end it doesn't even matter: a disillusioned talk about service provisioning
    Gianluca Davoli, University of Bologna
  3. Energy-Aware Distributed Orchestration in a Computing Continuum 
    Stefano Galantino, Politecnico di Torino
  4. DLPWAN: decentralize LPWAN technologies to empower Edge and Continuum Computing
    Pierluigi Locatelli, Sapienza, Università di Roma

16:45 - 18:15: Session 3

Chair: Marco Savi (University of Milano Bicocca)
  1. LogPrecis: Unleashing Language Models for Automated Malicious Log Analysis
    Marco Mellia, Politecnico di Torino
  2. In-Network Machine Learning with Data Plane Telemetry
    Giulio Sidoretti, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
  3. Real-time Traffic Engineering based on Reinforcement Learning in SD-WAN
    Sebastian Troia, Politecnico di Milano
  4. WatchEDGE: cloud to far-edge support to AI-based environmental control
    Guido Maier, Politecnico di Milano
  5. Hierarchical Combinatorial Auction Model for Network Slicing in 5G
    Mengyao Li, Politecnico di Milano
  6. NAIL: A Network Management Architecture for Deploying Intent into Programmable Switches
    Alessio Sacco, Politecnico di Torino
  7. How to Silently Route Millions of Network Telemetry Reports
    Gianni Antichi, Politecnico di Milano / Queen Mary University of London
  8. Space Communication: Real-Time Ethernet Solutions for Intra-Connectivity
    Tiziana Fiori, Sapienza Università di Roma

18:30 - 19:45: Session 4

Chair: Alessandro Mei (University of Rome Sapienza)
  1. Distributed Quantum Computing Simulation with Realistic Network Models
    Davide Ferrari, University of Parma
  2. Quantum Compilation for Distributed Quantum Computing
    Michele Bandini, Università di Parma
  3. A Soft-Clustering Deep Learning Approach for Water Demand Forecasting
    Redemptor Jr Laceda Taloma, Sapienza Università di Roma
  4. AI Vision Computing Techniques for Faunistic Monitoring
    Jean-Pierre Asdikian, Politecnico di Milano
  5. Deep Learning applications for neurodevelopmental disorder detection
    Federica Colonnese, Sapienza
  6. LEAF: Navigating Concept Drift in Cellular Networks
    Francesco Bronzino, ENS Lyon
  7. AI-based Digital Twin Networks for privacy-oriented multimedia service provisioning
    Arcangela Rago, Politecnico di Bari

January 23

8:00 - 9:45: Session 5

Chair: Alessio Botta (University of Napoli Federico II)
  1. A chit-chat between Llama2 and ChatGPT for the automated creation of exploits
    Simon Pietro Romano, University of Napoli Federico II
  2. Enhancing Trustworthiness in ML-Based Network Intrusion Detection with Uncertainty Quantification
    Jacopo Talpini, Università degli studi di Milano-Bicocca
  3. Adaptive Intrusion Detection Systems: Class Incremental Learning for IoT Emerging Threats
    Francesco Cerasuolo, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
  4. Silent Observers: Unmasking Malware Through Stealthy Network Tracing in Windows Sandboxes
    Giorgio Bernardinetti, CNIT
  5. Detecting and Blocking Non-essential Network Traffic from IoT devices
    Fabio Palmese, Politecnico di Milano
  6. GRAPH4: A Security Monitoring Architecture Based on Data Plane Anomaly Detection Metrics Calculated Over Attack Graphs
    Giacomo Gori, Università di Bologna
  7. How I stop Worrying about BPF offload
    Farbod Shahinfar, Politecnico di Milano
  8. Use of GPS Data for Awareness Messages Generation by Vulnerable Road Users
    Federico Pasquinucci, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  9. VaultFS: Write-once Software Support at the File System Level Against Ransomware Attacks
    Pasquale Caporaso, CNIT
  10. META MIMETIC: Few-Shot Classification of Mobile-App Encrypted Traffic via Multimodal Meta-Learning
    Davide Di Monda, University of Napoli Federico II and IMT school for advanced studies Lucca
  11. CHAOS: Cellular Havoc through Assault on TMSI Obstruction and Sabotage
    Alessandro Amici, CNIT - Università di Roma Tor Vergata
  12. Industry P4.0 Security: when Modbus meets P4
    Lorenzo Rinieri, Università di Bologna

10:15 - 11:05: Keynote 2

Putting Trust in Networks
- Frank Kargl, Ulm University
Chair: Michele Segata (University of Trento)

11:05 - 12:00: Session 6

Chair: Antonio Pescapè (University of Naples Federico II)
  1. The evolution of Internet Traffic: Profiles and Volumes in the Era of Big Content
    Flavio Luciani, NAMEX
  2. Federation of IXP
    Stefano Servillo, Sapienza University of Rome
  3. Empowerment of Atypical Viewers via Low-Effort Personalized Modeling of Video Streaming Quality
    Sergey Gorinsky, IMDEA Networks Institute
  4. State-Compute Replication: Parallelizing High-Speed Stateful Packet Processing
    Sebastiano Miano, Politecnico di Milano
  5. Fedguard: Elevating Federated Learning Security through Dynamic Traffic Classification
    Antonio Boiano, Politecnico di Milano
  6. Unleashing Dynamic Pipeline Reconfiguration of P4 Switches for Efficient Network Monitoring
    Amir Al Sadi, University of Bologna

17:00 - 18:15: Session 7

Chair: Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino)
  1. Persistence and the Age of Information in 5G NR-V2X Sidelink Communications
    Alexey Rolich, University of Rome Sapienza
  2. A Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network Framework for Traffic Forecasting and Green UPF Planning in 5/6G Networks
    Shima Afshar Borji, Università degli studi di Genova
  3. Analysis of Connected Automated Vehicles as Traffic Sources
    Mattia Andreani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  4. A protocol for autonomous platoon formation
    Lorenzo Ghiro, Universita' di Brescia
  5. Privacy-Aware Crowd Monitoring and WiFi Traffic Emulation for Effective Crisis Management
    Riccardo Rusca, Politecnico di Torino
  6. Creating Synthetic Datasets Through a WiFi Probe Request Generator
    Diego Gasco, Politecnico di Torino
  7. Potentialities and Weaknesses of MIMO Channel Sounding
    Francesca Meneghello, University of Padova

18:30 - 19:45: Session 8

Chair: Andrea Detti (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
  1. Vulnerability of the 5G Radio Access Network to Jammer-type Attacks
    Lorenzo Maria Monteforte, CNIT
  2. AMFuzz: Black-Box Fuzzing of 5G Core Networks
    Francesco Mancini, CNIT NAM Lab
  3. An Open-Source Prototype of Network Data Analytics Function for Next-Generation 5/6G Environments
    Beatrice Siccardi, Università di Genova
  4. A feasibility study of moving base stations in urban settings
    Laura Finarelli, HES-SO Valais
  5. 5G Positioning and Integrity
    Ivan Palamà, University of Rome Tor Vergata
  6. Digital Twins of Mobile Networks: where Simulation and Artificial Intelligence join forces
    Giovanni Nardini, University of Pisa
  7. A New Simulation Framework for Non-Terrestrial Networks in ns-3
    Marco Giordani, University of Padova

January 24

8:00 - 9:45: Session 9

Chair: Paolo Giaccone (Politecnico di Torino)
  1. Learning Optimal Edge Processing with Offloading and Energy Harvesting
    Andrea Fox, Avignon Université
  2. Design and Implementation of Microservice Migration at the Edge
    Yenchia Yu, Politecnico di Torino
  3. The multiserver job queuing model
    Marco Ajmone Marsan, IMDEA Networks Institute and Politecnico di Torino
  4. VREM-FL: Mobility-Aware Computation-Scheduling Co-Design for Vehicular Federated Learning
    Giovanni Perin, Università degli Studi di Padova
  5. Multi-priority Flow Scheduling with Path Diversity in The Data Center
    Alessandro Cornacchia, Politecnico di Torino
  6. Leveraging Data Plane Programmability to Enhance Service Orchestration at the Edge
    Gaetano Francesco Pittalà, Università di Bologna
  7. Towards Last-Mile Intelligent Management of Video Streaming Traffic
    Andrea Pimpinella, Università degli Studi di Bergamo
  8. 5GMap - A recognissance tool for mobile networks
    Andrea Paci, Roma Tor Vergata, CNIT

10:15 - 11:05: Keynote 3

Increasing the Robustness of Ultra-Wideband Systems to Harsh Environmental Conditions
- Carlo Alberto Boano, Graz University of Technology
Chair: Paolo Casari (University of Trento)

11:05 - 12:10: Session 10

Chair: Paolo Castagno (Università di Torino)
  1. Service Mesh: Least Outstanding Request Load Balancing Loses Effectiveness
    Andrea Detti, Univ. Roma Tor Vergata
  2. Bridging CoAP and MQTT for a seamless integration
    Corrado Innamorati, Politecnico di Milano
  3. 5G Ranging: towards a flexible solution
    Viola Bernazzoli, Politecnico di Milano
  4. Fast Context Adaptation in Cost-Aware Continual Learning
    Federico Mason, University of Padova
  5. Platoon-Local Dynamic Map: Micro cloud support for platooning cooperative perception​
    Carlos Mateo Risma Carletti, Politecnico di Torino