The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage, weather sensing). Next generation network paradigms such as Software Defined Networking and Information Centric Networking along with novel mechanisms such as machine learning/AI for predicting future application requirements, in-networking compute and storage optimization, edge computing, data and computation placement near the users, and on-demand resource allocation can reduce end-to-end latency.

The central theme of this workshop is to understand the latency requirements of various communities, challenges in achieving desired latency targets, and the use of novel networking and application layer protocols to support applications with low latency requirements. We seek research and position submissions that discuss the latest research that identifies the difficulties and challenges of low latency applications, explore state-of-the-art protocols, novel techniques, or a combination of cutting-edge mechanisms to reduce latency (e.g., intelligent data placement, predicting the requirements of applications, and more).

• • Low latency applications and communication and computing challenges

  • Novel network and application techniques for latency improvements

  • Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for low latency applications

  • Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for low latency applications

  • Software-Defined Networking for low latency applications

  • Machine Learning/AI for low latency applications

  • Low latency communication for challenged networks (e.g., disaster scenarios)

  • Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions

  • Network slicing for low latency applications

  • Low latency for Internet of Things (IoT)

  • Management of low latency applications

  • In-network computing for low latency applications

  • In-network caching and data placement

  • Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance

  • Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of low latency computing systems and architectures

  • Low latency applications in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms

  • Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis

  • Microservice architectures

  • Low latency data processing frameworks

  • Low latency Interaction techniques for remote collaborative applications

  • Collaborative applications in AR/VR demonstrating latency reduction or techniques to "ignore" latency

  • Open-source projects that support low latency applications

  • Security and Privacy in low latency systems

  • Virtualization for low latency computing systems

The workshop solicits position and research papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers.

Research submissions should be no more than 6 pages in length. Position papers should be no more than 4 pages in length (both excluding references).

Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their papers at the workshop.

Register and submit your paper at: https://nlpa2021.hotcrp.com/

Important Dates

• Registration Deadline: Saturday, 11 September, 2021

• Submission Deadline: Friday, September 17, 2021

• Notification Deadline: Monday, October 18, 2021

• Camera Ready: October 25, 2021

TPC Chairs

• • Susmit Shannigrahi, Tennessee Tech

  • Spyridon Mastorakis, University of Nebraska at Omaha

  • Francisco Ortega, Colorado State University

  • Nathaniel Blanchard, Colorado State University

TPC Members

• TBD

Web Chair

• • Md Washik Al Azad, University of Nebraska at Omaha

  • Zahra (Faezeh) Borhani, Colorado State University

Publicity Chairs

• Zahra (Faezeh) Borhani, Colorado State University

Please contact Susmit Shannigrahi (sshannigrahi@tntech.edu) for any questions.