BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T200008Z UID:2306B5F9-04F5-4469-A818-3E5E5B13D606 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T180000 DESCRIPTION:Rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving a fundamenta l transformation of communication networks and the Internet. This workshop will explore how networking architectures and infrastructure must evolve to support AI training\, inference\, autonomous AI agents\, and large-scal e distributed AI computing. Broad themes of the workshop include AI Networ king Challenges\, AI-Native Network Architectures\, Resilience and Trustwo rthiness of Distributed AI Systems\, AI Infrastructure for Forensics and C loud Native-AI Infrastructures.\n\nThe workshop will bring together resear chers\, industry practitioners and students to discuss current challenges\ , innovative solutions and identify future research directions and collabo rations toward building the next generation AI-enabled networks and infras tructure.\n\nONE Author/Presenter is required to attend in person (registe r for the workshop) and present the work and\n\nDEADLINE for Registration: 20th Oct 2026\n\nEVENTS\n\n- Technical Talks - Students can also submit a n abstract of related research projects\n- Student Poster Session with Bes t Poster award\n- Student Hackathon with Best Team Award\n- Industry Led P anel Discussions\n- Networking for the AI Era?\nVidya Wadkar\, Verizon\; S wapna Chimanchodkar\, Independent Researcher \, Nirmala Shenoy\, RIT\n- Re silient Infrastructure for Distributed AI: Recovery and Availability\nChit iz Tayal\, Axtria\; Sreejith Kaimal\, Nirmal Jingar\, Wayfair\n- Trustwort hy Distributed AI Infrastructure: Security\, Observability and Forensics.\ nChitiz Tayal\, Axtria\; Sreejith Kaimal\, C3 AI\; Prasanna\, M&T Bank\n\n ---------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSubmit Technical Talks (abstract)\n\n- Five Broad Themes:\n- AI Networking Challe nges\n- AI-Native Network Architectures\n- Resilience and Trustworthiness of Distributed AI Systems\n- AI Infrastructure for Forensics\n- Cloud Nati ve-AI Infrastructures\n\n- Contact:\n- John Krupavaram Pole Bhakthavatsala m\, john.pole@ieee.org\n- Prasanna Kumar Kandregula\, pkandregula@mtb.com\ n\n- Deadline: 10th October\, Notification 15th October\n- [Submit your te chnical talk details here](https://forms.gle/9f9hCAfppxLjxneU7)\n\nStudent s Posters (submit a short write up)\n\n- Enquiries Contact:\n- Nirmala She noy\, nxsvks@rit.edu\n- Benjamin Brumm\, benjaminbrumm1@gmail.com\n\n- Dea dline: 10th October\, Notification 15th October\n- [Submit your poster det ails here](https://forms.gle/29K93KoW1vWFarzt5)\n\nStudent Hackathon (subm it a summary)\n\n- Student Hackathon will provide an opportunity for stude nts to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions addressing emerging ch allenges in AI-Native Networking\, Network Resilience\, and Digital/Networ k Forensics. Explore topics including AI-assisted network optimization\, r esilient and self-healing networks\, failure recovery and resilience\, net work telemetry\, anomaly detection\, vulnerability and forensic analysis. Teams are encouraged to develop a prototype\, algorithm\, tool\, or system concept and present their solution during the workshop. Projects will be recognized based on technical innovation\, practical relevance\, scalabili ty\, resilience\, and security. Translate your ideas into solutions for ne tworks of the AI era.\n- Contact:\n- Vidya Wadkar\, wadkarvidya84@gmail.co m\n- Benjamin\, benjaminbrumm1@gmail.com\n\n- Deadline: 3rd October\, Regi stration Closes 10th October. Notification 13th Oct\n- [Register for the S tudent Hackathon here](https://forms.gle/LgumNL6RHNSHn1wn8)\n\nIndustry En gagement:\n\n- Industry organizations are invited to nominate representati ves from Human Resources\, Talent Acquisition\, Marketing\, Technical Outr each\, or related functions to participate in short presentations or infor mal talks designed to engage and interact with students. These sessions ma y highlight career and internship opportunities\, desired skills\, emergin g industry needs\, company initiatives\, and pathways for students to enga ge with the organization.\n- Respond by 15th Oct.\n- [Industry sponsors an d participants apply here](https://forms.gle/7vT9QabsQP14RVy9A)\n- Coordin ators:\n- Alok Tibrewal\, alokt2151@gmail.com\n- Sreejith Kaimal\, sreekai mal@ieee.org\n\n- Industry Sponsors:\n- Lunch\n- Refreshments and coffee/t ea breaks\n- Student awards\n- Souvenirs\n\n- Contributions will be recogn ized on IEEE Networking for AI Infrastructure Group website https://ainati venetworking.ieee.org. LinkdIn page and IEEE Collabratec®\n- Enquiries: N irmala Shenoy\, nxsvks@rit.edu\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Rochester Networki ng for AI Infrastructure Group : https://www.linkedin.com/groups/36950078\ n\nSpeaker(s): Vidya\, Chitiz \, Sreejith\n\nAgenda: \n-\nTechnical Talks\ n\n-\nStudent Poster Session with Best Poster award\n\n-\nStudent Hackatho n with Best Team Award\n\n-\nIndustry Led Panel Discussions\n\nRoom: CAR/0 76 -1125\, Bldg: Carlson Auditorium\, 76\, Lomb Memorial Drive\, Rochester \, New York\, United States\, 14623\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee .org/m/575616 LOCATION:Room: CAR/076 -1125\, Bldg: Carlson Auditorium\, 76\, Lomb Memoria l Drive\, Rochester \, New York\, United States\, 14623\, Virtual: https:/ /events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575616 ORGANIZER:nxsvks@rit.edu SEQUENCE:328 SUMMARY:IEEE Workshop on AI-Native Networking\, Resilience and Forensics - Call for Participation URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575616 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Rapi d growth of artificial intelligence is driving a fundamental transformatio n of communication networks and the Internet. This workshop will explore h ow networking architectures and infrastructure must evolve to support AI t raining\, inference\, autonomous AI agents\, and large-scale distributed A I computing. Broad themes of the workshop include AI Networking Challenges \, AI-Native Network Architectures\, Resilience and Trustworthiness of Dis tributed AI Systems\, AI Infrastructure for Forensics and Cloud Native-AI Infrastructures.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">The workshop will bring together researchers\, industry practitioners and stud ents to discuss current challenges\, innovative solutions and identify fut ure research directions and collaborations toward building the next genera tion AI-enabled networks and infrastructure.</span></p>\n<p><br><strong>ON E Author/Presenter</strong> is required to attend in person (register for the workshop) and present the work and</p>\n<p><strong>DEADLINE for Regist ration: 20th Oct 2026</strong>&nbsp\;</p>\n<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="ma rgin-bottom: 6.0pt\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;">EVENTS</ h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Technical Talks - Students can also submit an abstr act of related research projects</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" styl e="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>Student Poster Ses sion with Best Poster award</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="te xt-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>Student Hackathon with Best Team Award</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: ju stify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>Industry Led Panel Discussions</str ong>\n<ul>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height : normal\;"><strong>Networking for the AI Era?&nbsp\;</strong><br>Vidya Wa dkar\, Verizon\; Swapna Chimanchodkar\, Independent Researcher \, Nirmala Shenoy\, RIT&nbsp\;</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify \; line-height: normal\;"><strong>Resilient Infrastructure for Distributed AI: Recovery and Availability</strong><br>Chitiz Tayal\, Axtria\; Sreejit h Kaimal\, Nirmal Jingar\, Wayfair</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text -align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>Trustworthy Distributed A I Infrastructure: Security\, Observability and Forensics.</strong><br>Chit iz Tayal\, Axtria\; Sreejith Kaimal\, C3 AI\; Prasanna\, M&amp\;T Bank</li >\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Submit Technical Talks (abstract )&nbsp\;</strong></h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Five Broad Themes:</strong>\n<ol >\n<li>AI Networking Challenges</li>\n<li>AI-Native Network Architectures< /li>\n<li>Resilience and Trustworthiness of Distributed AI Systems</li>\n< li>AI Infrastructure for Forensics</li>\n<li>Cloud Native-AI Infrastructur es</li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n<li><strong>Contact: </strong>\n<ul>\n<li>John Krup avaram Pole Bhakthavatsalam\, <a href="mailto:john.pole@ieee.org">john.pol e@ieee.org</a></li>\n<li>Prasanna Kumar Kandregula\,&nbsp\;<a href="mailto :pkandregula@mtb.com">pkandregula@mtb.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><str ong>Deadline:&nbsp\;</strong>10th October\, Notification 15th October</li> \n<li><strong><a href="https://forms.gle/9f9hCAfppxLjxneU7">Submit your te chnical talk details here</a></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<h3><strong>Students P osters (submit a short write up)</strong></h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enquirie s Contact: </strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Nirmala Shenoy\, <a href="mailto:nxsvks@ri t.edu">nxsvks@rit.edu</a></li>\n<li>Benjamin Brumm\,&nbsp\;<a href="mailto :benjaminbrumm1@gmail.com">benjaminbrumm1@gmail.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li> \n<li><strong>Deadline:&nbsp\;</strong>10th October\, Notification 15th Oc tober</li>\n<li><strong><a href="https://forms.gle/29K93KoW1vWFarzt5" targ et="_blank" rel="noopener">Submit your poster details here</a></strong></l i>\n</ul>\n<h3><strong>Student Hackathon (submit a summary)</strong></h3>\ n<ul>\n<li style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>Student Hackathon</strong > will provide an opportunity for students to develop and demonstrate inno vative solutions addressing emerging challenges in AI-Native Networking\, Network Resilience\, and Digital/Network Forensics.&nbsp\; Explore topics including AI-assisted network optimization\, resilient and self-healing ne tworks\, failure recovery and resilience\, network telemetry\, anomaly det ection\, vulnerability and forensic analysis. Teams are encouraged to deve lop a prototype\, algorithm\, tool\, or system concept and present their s olution during the workshop. Projects will be recognized based on technica l innovation\, practical relevance\, scalability\, resilience\, and securi ty. Translate your ideas into solutions for networks of the AI era.</li>\n <li style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>Contact:</strong>\n<ul>\n<li sty le="text-align: justify\;">Vidya Wadkar\, <a href="mailto:wadkarvidya84@gm ail.com">wadkarvidya84@gmail.com</a></li>\n<li style="text-align: justify\ ;">Benjamin\, <a href="mailto:benjaminbrumm1@gmail.com">benjaminbrumm1@gma il.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>D eadline:&nbsp\;</strong>3rd October\, Registration Closes 10th October. No tification 13th Oct</li>\n<li style="text-align: justify\;"><strong><a hre f="https://forms.gle/LgumNL6RHNSHn1wn8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reg ister for the Student Hackathon here</a></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<h3><strong >Industry Engagement:</strong></h3>\n<ul>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="te xt-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;">Industry organizations are invi ted to nominate representatives from Human Resources\, Talent Acquisition\ , Marketing\, Technical Outreach\, or related functions to participate in short presentations or informal talks designed to engage and interact with students. These sessions may highlight career and internship opportunitie s\, desired skills\, emerging industry needs\, company initiatives\, and p athways for students to engage with the organization.</li>\n<li class="Mso Normal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Respond by 15th Oct.</span><span style="co lor: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong> </strong></span></strong></li>\n<li class= "MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong><s pan style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><a href="https://forms.gle/7vT9QabsQP1 4RVy9A">Industry sponsors and participants apply here</a></span></strong>< /li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: norm al\;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Coordinators:</span></ strong>\n<ul>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-hei ght: normal\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Alok Tibrewal\, <a hr ef="mailto:alokt2151@gmail.com">alokt2151@gmail.com</a></span></li>\n<li c lass="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Sreejith Kaimal\, <a href="mailto:sreekai mal@ieee.org">sreekaimal@ieee.org</a></span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li class ="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>I ndustry Sponsors: </strong>\n<ul>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align : justify\; line-height: normal\;">Lunch</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style ="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;">Refreshments and coffee/tea breaks</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-heig ht: normal\;">Student awards</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align : justify\; line-height: normal\;">Souvenirs</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li class ="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>C ontributions</strong> will be recognized on IEEE Networking for AI Infrast ructure Group website https://ainativenetworking.ieee.org. LinkdIn page an d IEEE Collabratec&reg\;</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: ju stify\; line-height: normal\;"><strong>Enquiries:</strong> Nirmala Shenoy\ , <a href="mailto:nxsvks@rit.edu">nxsvks@rit.edu</a></li>\n</ul><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><ol>\n<li>\n<p>Technical Talks</p>\n</li>\n<li class="MsoN ormal" style="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;">\n<p>Student Po ster Session with Best Poster award</p>\n</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" styl e="text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;">\n<p>Student Hackathon wit h Best Team Award</p>\n</li>\n<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: jus tify\; line-height: normal\;">\n<p>Industry Led Panel Discussions</p>\n</l i>\n</ol> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR