CHI-NOG 12 – Agenda Published

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We’re thrilled to announce the full agenda for CHI-NOG 12, and it’s shaping up to be one of our most exciting lineups yet. From cutting-edge AI in networking to deep dives into automation, low latency networking, routing security, and real-world deployment strategies, hands on workshop on Containerlab—this year’s program has something for everyone in the networking community.

Join us in Chicago for a day packed with fresh insights, innovative tools, and practical lessons from industry leaders and researchers.

🔍 Here’s a look at what you can expect:

AI in Networking
How Networking Changed with Pre-training, Post-training and Inference
Petr Lapukhov (NVIDIA)
Explore how AI is reshaping network design and operations, from model training phases to real-time inference.

Low Latency Networks
Networking at the Speed of Light – A Peek Inside a High-Frequency Trading Firm
Jeremy Filliben (Jump Trading)
Take a rare look at the extreme demands and design of ultra-low-latency networks used in high-frequency trading.

Network Modeling
Feasibility of State Space Models for Network Traffic Generation
Nick Feamster (University of Chicago)
Learn about the latest in traffic generation using AI-powered models that more closely mirror real-world traffic.

Network Observability
What a Distributed Network Sees: Internet Observations from All Over
John Kristoff (dataplane.org\UIC)
Gain insights from global measurements and monitoring data that uncover how the Internet behaves in the wild.

Network Automation
Building Trustworthy Network Automation, From Principles to Practice
Damien Garros (OpsMill)
Explore real-world frameworks and best practices for building automation systems you can trust.

Routing
SRv6 Deployment Strategies
Mike McBride (Futurewei)
Get practical guidance on implementing Segment Routing over IPv6 for traffic engineering and scalability.

Datacenter Networking
Comfortable Complexity of Overlays
Sergey Kolobov (Arista)
Understand the balance of performance and complexity in modern overlay network design.

Routing Security
Fighting Route Leaks at Cloudflare
Bryton Herdes & Mingwei Zhang (Clourflare)
Discover how Cloudflare is innovating in route leak detection and prevention at scale.

Routing Security
The Routing Security Crystal Ball: RPKI Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Jon Worley (ARIN)
A forward-looking perspective on the evolution and future of RPKI in securing global routing.

SD-WAN
SD-WAN is Dead, Long Live SD-WAN!
Dane Jackson (Catonetworks)
A refreshing take on how SD-WAN is evolving and where it fits in today’s networking landscape.

Network Automation
Vendor-Agnostic Automation with Ansible Network Resource Modules
Brandon Ewing (IMC)
Learn how to simplify automation with Ansible’s modular and vendor-neutral approach.

Network Automation
Network Automation Pipelines – From Near-Zero to Hero in 30 Minutes
Jon Howe (Myriad360)
Watch how quickly and effectively you can ramp up automation with practical, hands-on strategies.

Network Lab Tooling
ContainerLab: Building Multi-vendor Labs as Code
Amer Fahar & Mo Zaman (Nokia)
Master the art of creating reproducible, scalable labs with ContainerLab and infrastructure-as-code principles in this 60 in hands on workshop.

Network Automation / OT
Operation Technology Approach to NetDevOps
Phillip McGough (Emerson)
Bridge the gap between OT and IT by bringing NetDevOps into the industrial and critical infrastructure space.

🗓️ Don’t miss out!
Join us and connect with some of the brightest minds in networking at CHI-NOG 12.
👉 Register now. Regular registration end on April 28th. Check out the full schedule at Agenda.

Let’s build, learn, and grow—together.