Future and Next Generation networks are envisioned to exhibit self-management properties, such as self-healing, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-protection and so on. Specifically, emergent networking technologies, applications and the ever expanding network infrastructure necessitate an autonomic network management, minimizing error-prone and human-driven configurations. At the same time, recent communication paradigms such as 5G/6G and Internet of Everything, allows various verticals and simple end users to interact with the network on a daily basis. Thus, networks are expected to become smart through the amalgamation of network and Artificial Intelligent capabilities, leveraging extensive monitoring data, while also becoming more user-friendly to meet the demands from users and verticals spanning from common enterprises to complex multi-domain networks.
The main focus of the HPSR 2026 – the 27th edition of HPSR conference – will be to assess how breakthrough changes occurring to Future Communications and Computing Systems are affecting areas related to switching and routing, towards achieving self-governed networks. We are soliciting original and thought-provoking works on big data, data analytics, cloud and edge services, and artificial intelligent techniques applied to networking and switching and routing. Works on autonomous networks, intent-based networking, zero-touch networks, 5G/6G, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, social networks, network programmabilty, cybersecurity, virtualization, and other advanced topics are also welcome. Papers describing original, previously unpublished research, experimental efforts, practical experiences, as well as visionary roadmaps, in all aspects of switching and routing, and autonomous networks and systems are solicited. Research works on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome for submission through the following symposia.
Important Dates
Technical Tracks
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Track A: Autonomous Communications and Computing Systems Symposium
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Topics
- Application of data analytics to switching and routing
- Artificial intelligent routing and resource-allocation algorithms
- Behavior-aware human-centric networks and systems
- Deep-learning technologies for networks
- Informed Network Routing
- Intent Based Networking
- Zero-Touch Networking
- Traffic monitoring and modeling applied to switching and routing
- Traffic predictions in routing and resource assignment
- Network Assurance
- Quality of Service Self-Optimization and resource allocation
- Experimental measurements and testbed implementations
- Quality of Experience resulting from intelligent routing
- Large Language Models for switching and routing
- Automatic policy enforcement
- Policy conflict detection
- Policy conflict resolution
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Track B: Enabling Technologies for Autonomous Systems Symposium
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Topics
- Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Software Defined-WAN (SD-WAN)
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
- Architectures of high-performance switches and routers, with a focus towards reconfigurable pipelines (P4, OpenFlow, etc.)
- Applied ML/AI for switching and routing
- Multi-access edge computing (MEC)
- Fog Computing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Digital Continuum -- device-to-edge-to-fog-to-Cloud continuum
- Smart Factory/Industry 4.0 applications
- Blockchain technologies
- Computational offloading
- Network Slicing
- 5G/6G Communication
- Green networks and routing
- Intelligent and connected vehicular networks
- Network performance for Human-Agent-Robot Teamwork (HART)
- Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN)
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Track C: High-Performance High Functionality Architectures Symposium
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Topics
- I/O architectures for packet switching
- Monitoring architectures for routing and switching
- Address lookup algorithms, packet classification, scheduling, and dropping
- Applications of data science and analysis on high-performance networks
- Applications of GPU on network functions
- Efficient data structures for networking applications
- Physical-layer aspects of switching and routing
- Future technologies for IoT
- High-speed packet processors
- Multiprocessor networks
- Nano-communication networks
- Quantum networking
- Network traffic characterization and measurements
- Optical switching and routing
- Power-aware switching, bridging, and routing protocols
- Switching, bridging, and routing protocols whether wide-area or data centers
- Switching support to Extended reality (including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality)
- Traffic characterization and engineering
- Standardization activities of emerging high performance switching and routing
- High performance, programmable networks for the Internet of Things
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Track D: Network Security Symposium
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Topics
- Zero Trust security models
- Adversarial machine learning
- Applied cryptography for cyber, information, and network security
- Attack prediction, detection, response, and prevention
- Authentication protocols and key management
- Blockchain security
- Cloud, data center, and distributed systems security
- Future Internet Architecture (FIA) security and privacy
- Intrusion detection with artificial intelligent techniques
- Malware detection and damage recovery
- Network security and privacy protection
- Security in SDN and networking slicing
- Security aspects of social networks
- Security in smart grid communications
- Security in virtualized network functions built or managed using software-defined networks
- Security and privacy in the Age of Information
- Trust management in networks through emerging technologies
- Virtual Private WANs