Networking Research Topics: Past, Present and Future inspired by Mario Gerla

The event aims to celebrate Mario Gerla.
Throughout his long academic and scientific career, which began at Politecnico di Milano in 1966, Professor Gerla promoted many initiatives in the field of Telecommunications, and in Networking (Internet) in particular. A tireless teacher (more than 100 PhD students), author of more than 1000 published articles, active participant in the international research community, and avid organizer of conferences and research projects, Mario was not only an excellent Professor, but also a dear friend to many in the telecommunication international scientific community.
The excellent speakers in the program will share their expertise, wisdom, and vision on cutting edge research directions in communications networks and contribute to an event in which Mario would have been proud to participate.

PROGRAM

13.30 Registrations

13.45 Initial Remarks
Chairman: Luigi Fratta
Executive Vice Rector of Politecnico: Donatella Sciuto
Dean of Engineering School: Antonio Capone

14.00 Remembering Mario: A path 50 years long from Politecnico to UCLA
Luigi Fratta & Leonard Kleinrock

14.30 “Internet congestion control using the power metric: Keep the pipe just full, but no fuller”
Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, UCLA, USA

15.00 “Intelligent Environments to Realize Communication in 6G Wireless Systems”
Ian Akyildiz, Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

15.30 “Ethical and privacy issues in autonomic vehicular networks”
Gérard Le Lann, Research Director Emeritus, INRIA, Paris/Rocquencourt, France

16.00 “Vehicular Cloud Concepts for Mobile Edge Computing”
Falko Dressler, Professor at Paderborn University, Germany

16.30 “Network Measurements: Learning from the Edge”
Edmundo de Souza e Silva, Professor at COPPE Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

17.00 “ Back to the Future: Hardware-specialized Cloud Networking”
Giuseppe Bianchi, Professor at Università di Roma, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

17.30 Concluding Remarks

17.45 Cocktail

Further information about the speakers are attached.