------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (IEEE HPSR) 20–22 May 2025 @ Suita, Osaka, Japan https://hpsr2025.ieee-hpsr.org/ Paper Submission Due: 15 January 2025 Acceptance Notifications: 20 March 2025 Camera Ready Due: 15 April 2025 Author Registration Deadline: 15 April 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The design of next-generation networks and future communication systems will be shaped by improved services, leading to greater management complexity for network providers across diverse technology platforms. Innovative networking technologies are essential to efficiently and effectively handle the complexities of traffic demands, particularly with the rise of over-the-top services offered by network data-center operators and individual companies. The focus of IEEE HPSR 2025 is to asses groundbreaking services and technologies and their impact on networks, telecommunications, and supporting data communication systems. To inspire these discussions, we are seeking original and thought-provoking works on switching, routing, and networking and their applied technologies. Submissions on autonomous networks, 5G/6G, IoT, Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, virtualization, and other advanced topics, including AI/ML for communications and networking, are also encouraged. Research work on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome for consideration: High-Performance Functionality and Architectures: * Address lookup algorithms, packet classification, scheduling, and dropping * Applications of data science and analysis on high-performance networks * Applications of GPU on network functions * Data center and wide-area networks * Efficient data structures for networking applications * High-speed packet processors * Multiprocessor networks * Network management * Network traffic analysis and measurements * Power-aware switching, bridging, and routing protocols * Routing and resource allocation * Standardization activities of emerging switching and routing * Switching architectures * Switching, bridging, and routing protocols * Traffic characterization and engineering Optical Communication and Networks: * Disaster-resilient networks * Fiber-wireless convergence * Free space optics and optical LANs * Hollow-core fiber communication * Hybrid fiber-wireless networks * Optical access networks * Optical backhaul for wireless networks * Optical data center networks * Optical fiber communication and networks * Optical network architectures * Optical networks for cloud/fog * Quantum optical communications * Subsea communication and networks * Techno-economics and network economics * Visible light communication and networks Network Technologies and Applications: * AI/ML for communications and networking * Augmented and virtual reality * Big data and analytics in smart city * Blockchain for communications and networking * Cyber-physical systems and networks * Defence communications and networking * Game theory with networks * Network economics and pricing * Network function virtualization * Open networking * Power-line communication * Rural and remote connectivity * Security, privacy, and trust * Signal processing for communications * Smart grid communication networks * Software-defined networks * Spectrum sharing models Emerging Technologies: * 5G-advanced and 6G technologies * Edge technologies * Full-duplex communications * Future technologies for IoT * Green communications and networking * Haptic and holographic technologies * ICT enabling technologies for e-health systems * Integrated sensing and communication * Intelligent meta-surfaces * Millimeter-wave communications * Molecular communications * Nano-networking * Quantum communication and networks * Satellite internet * Semantic communications * Testbed and prototype implementation * UAV communications and networking * Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications * Wireless body area networks * New paradigms in networking and communication systems Important Dates: Paper Submission Due: 15 January 2025 Acceptance Notifications: 20 March 2025 Camera Ready Due: 15 April 2025 Author Registration Deadline: 15 April 2025 General Chairs: Kohei Shiomoto, Tokyo City University, Japan Guido Alberto Maier, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Technical Program Chairs: Eiji Oki, Kyoto University, Japan Bijoy Chand Chatterjee, South Asian University, New Delhi, India Roberto Rojas-Cessa, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor Computer Engineering Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini@unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab’s News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> “Those who know, do. 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