14th IMDEA Networks Annual International Workshop

28 May
2024

Members of IMDEA Networks’ Scientific Council and researchers

Major Event (Highlighted Event)

IMDEA Networks Institute annually holds a by-invitation-only workshop in Madrid. The workshop accompanies a meeting of our Scientific Council comprised of prominent international researchers.

This year, the focus of the workshop is on presenting work in progress on the several research directions that IMDEA Networks researchers are exploring and identifying future directions and synergies among researchers in the Institute, renowned international researchers, and our Alumni.

In addition to talks by Scientific Council members, guest International professors, Faculty Members, and IMDEA Network Alumni, the workshop includes a poster session for IMDEA Networks student to showcase their work.

May 28

09:00 – 09:20 | Coffee, Doors open

09:20 – 09:30 | Opening remarks – Domenico Giustiniano and Vincenzo Mancuso, IMDEA Networks Institute (Spain)

09:30 – 10:15 | Keynote 1 – Albert Banchs (IMDEA Networks, Spain) – “A critical view of artificial intelligence research in networking”

10:15 – 12:20 | Student Posters Exhibit & Coffee break (Poster chairs: Antonio Bazco & Giuseppe Santaromita)

10:15 – 10:45 | Short presentations (1 minute per poster)

10:45 – 12:20 | Posters and coffee break

12:20 – 13:00 | Selected Research Topics at IMDEA research

12:20-12:40 | Talk #1: Jaya Champati

12:40-13:00 | Talk #2: Antonio Fernández

13:00 – 13:30 | Entrepreneurship at IMDEA – Javier Talavante and Dayrene Frometa

13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch Break and Networking

14:30 – 17:00 | Technical Talks from Scientific Council, Alumni and friends

14:30 – 15:15 | Keynote 2 – Carla Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) – “The Price of Distributed Machine Learning”

15:15 – 15:45 | Soft skills/inspirational talk – Matthias Hollick (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) – “Do not fear to open big black boxes in your research – a tale from the Apple ecosystem”

15:45 – 16:00 | Coffee break

16:00 – 16:20 | Evgenia Christoforou (CYENS, Cyprus)

16:20 – 16:40 | Christian Vitale (KIOS CoE, Cyprus)

16:40 – 17:00 | Andra Lutu (Telefonica, Spain)

17:00 – End | Poster award and Closing remarks

Arturo Azcorra and Albert Banchs, IMDEA Networks Institute (Spain)

17:30 – 21:00 | Social event (Barbecue party)

Please note: Attendance is by invitation only

SCIENTIFIC POSTERS

Scientific posters authored by PhD Students and Internship Students from IMDEA Networks will be exhibited during the workshop.

  • Location: MR-A1 [Ramón] & MR-A2 [Cajal], IMDEA Networks Institute, Avda. del Mar Mediterráneo 22, 28918 Leganés – Madrid
  • Time: 09:00
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