Events and Conferences

ESnet Events

Upcoming

• Confab25: April 7-10, 2025, in San Francisco. Registration is open! Confab25 includes:
  • ESCC Meeting
  • EJFAT User Meeting

Conference Presentations, Demos, & Workshops 2024

2025

• Kate Robinson and Jason Zurawski, “Science Driven Requirements for 400Gbps Networking,” Quilt 2025 Winter Meeting, Feb. 5.
• Brian Tierney, “Recent Linux Improvements that Impact TCP Throughput: Insights from R&E Networks,” NANOG 93, Feb. 3
• Inder Monga,  “QUANT-NET: A Distributed Quantum Computing Testbed,” Cisco Quantum Summit, Jan. 30.
• Justas Balcik, “SmartNICs--What’s Working and What’s Next? ESnet, CERN Successes; AutoGOLE/SENSE Orchestration” and “Programmable Networking and Testbed Integration, Sixth National Research Platform (6NRP) Workshop, Jan. 28. 
• Jason Zurawski, “Science DMZ Overview: Practical Designs and Use Cases,” Edge’s  workshop on Science DMZ, Globus, and InCommon Federation, Jan. 8. 

2024

Internet2’s TechEX24 in Boston Dec. 9-13: Program

Monday 12/9

• Andrew Lake, Mark Feit/Internet2: “perfSONAR Tutorial,” 8 am - 4:30 pm, Simmons 
• Jason Zurawski + Jorge Crichigno, Ali Mazloum, Sergio Elizalde (University of South Carolina); Hans Addleman (Indiana University); Nathaniel Mendoza, Corey Eichelberger (TACC): "Border Gateway Protocol: Concepts and Implementation", 8:00am - 11:30am, Salon H/I (4th Floor)

Tues, 12/10:

• Kapil Agarwal: “Secure Development Practices for the Next-gen Automation Engineer,”  10:20 am, Salon H/I 
• Andy Lake + Mark Feit (Internet2), Lætitia Delvaux (PSNC): “20 Years of perfSONAR and the Road Ahead,” 2:05pm, Salon G 
• Kate Robinson + Jonah Keough (Pacific Northwest Gigapop), Hans Addleman (Indiana University), Chris Wilkinson (Internet2): “Dynamic Research Connections Across Borders - NA-REX,” 2:40pm Salon G
• Jason Zurawski + Corey Eichelberger, Jennifer Schopf, and Nathaniel Mendoza (TACC): “The Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC) Office Hours,” 12:10 pm, Clarendon  
• Jason Zurawski + Nathaniel Mendoza (TACC): “Science Engagement Through Conversation: Meta Analysis of 7 years of EPOC Deep Dive Activities,” 3:10pm Salon G 

Wednesday, 12/11:

• Ed Balas: “MetrANOVA Update,” 8 a.m., Salon G 
• Kate Robinson + Brenna Meade (Indiana University), Karen Lopez (NREL), Deshon Miguel (Arizona State University): “Empowering Women in IT: Bridging the Gender Gap through Program Funding,” 10:20 am, Salon G
• Scott Campbell: “Getting a Second Chance to Redesign your Management Network,” 1:40pm Salon H/I
• Michael Sinatra: “The Path Taken Only 10% of the Time: Exploring a Method of Stop-Gap Traffic Engineering,” 2:05 pm, Salon G
• Fatema Bannat-Wala: “Zone-Hopping: Sensitive Information Leakage Prevention for DNSSEC-NSEC,” 4pm, Salon H/I 

Thursday 12/12

• Marc Körner + Karl Newell (Internet2): “Network Automation - Different Paths, Similar Results,” 9 am, Salon G
• Kapil Agrawal: “Secure Development Practices for the Next-Gen Automation Engineer,” 10:20 am, Salon H/I
• James Kafader, Katrina Turner + Thanos Karachalios (Grafana): “New Grafana Visualizations for Network Analytics and Beyond,” 3:05pm, Salon G
• Scott Campbell: “Developing Better Security Services,” 4pm, Salon H/I 

SC24, Atlanta, 11/17-22: Read story

• Eli Dart: Data, Data Everywhere panel, part of the annual Parallel Data Systems Workshop, 4:35 pm, 11/17 B309
• Eli Dart, Brian Tierney, Kiran Vasu, and others: Recent Linux Improvements that Impact TCP Throughput: Insights from R&E Networks (INDIS Workshop), 2 p.m. 11/18 B305
• ESnet staff were involved with this DIII-D collaboration and will be in attendance: IRI Fusion Pathfinder Multi-Facility (demo), 7 p.m. 11/18 at the DOE booth, #3401 in the exhibit hall 
• John Wu with Paul Lin, NERSC, on the DIII-D Fusion Pathfinder Project: Accurate in-situ in-transit analysis of particle diffusion for large-scale tokamak simulations (demo), 8 p.m. 11/18 at the DOE booth (#3401) 

• Yatish Kumar (and Vardan Gyurjyan, Jefferson Lab): Practical Hardware Accelerated Real-Time Multi-facility Streaming Workflow (EJFAT) demo, 11 a.m. 11/19 at the DOE booth (#3401)   
• Eli Dart (and others): Birds of a Feather: Real-Time Scientific Data Streaming to HPC Nodes: Challenges and Innovations, 12:15 p.m. 11/19, B213
• Justas Balcas: Network control that makes SENSE (part of SC24-NRE-022 PDF and SC24-NRE-023 PDF), 11/19, 4:20 pm, SCinet Theater (#2049)
• Eli Dart (with Debbie Bard, NERSC, and others): IRI Outreach and Engagement committee office hours, 2 pm 11/19 and 11/20 in the DOE booth (#3401) 

• Yatish Kumar (and Vardan Gyurjyan, Jefferson Lab): Demo: Practical Hardware Accelerated Real-Time Multi-facility Streaming Workflow (EJFAT), 2 p.m. 11/20 at the DOE booth (#3401) 
• Tom Lehman, Xi Yang, Justas Balcas: Presentation — SENSE Services for Data Movement Systems (XRootD, dCache), 11/20, 3:40 p.m., SCinet Theater (#2049) 
• Yatish Kumar (with Ilya Baldin, Jefferson Lab: Featured Booth Talk: Implementing Time-Critical Streaming Science Patterns Using Distributed Computational Facilities, 4 p.m. 11/20 at the DOE booth (#3401)  

• John MacAuley, Xi Yang, and others: Birds of a Feather: IRI: What novel interfaces will HPC expose for cross-facility workflows?, 12:15 p.m. 11/21, B311
• Eric Pouyoul (with Raj Kettimuthu/Argonne and Mario Cromaz, Berkeley Lab): Demo: GRETA/DELERIA integration with SciStream, 12:40 p.m. 11/21, SCinet Theater (#2049)
• Justas Balcas: FABRIC Research Infrastructure Lightning Talk — Traffic Steering Without the Switch: Offloading Big Flows to the NIC, 1:40-1:50 p.m. (RENCI Booth #3923)

TNC24, June 10-14, Rennes, France

• Ed Balas, “Introducing MetrANOVA: a consortium to advance the tools, tactics, and techniques of network measurement” 
• Marc Koerner, “Network Automation - Different Paths, Similar Results”
• Scott Richmond and Chris Cummings, “Going Beyond Network Automation Towards Service Orchestration”
• Chris Cummings, “Using ESnet SmartNIC for Line Rate IPv6 Translation on FPGAs” (lightning talk)
• Andy Lake, perfSONAR Grafana Workshop
• Eli Dart, speaker and co-organizer, Global Science Network Forum side meeting  

Ken Miller, Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZ, Globusworld 2024, May 7-9  

Eli Dart, “Use of Overlay Networks,” Special Interest Group for Next Generation Networks (SIG-NGN), April 8-9, Catania, Sicily 

LHCONE Meeting, April 9-11, Catania, Sicily

• • Kate Robinson, Eli Dart, and Dale Carder, “ESnet Transatlantic Engineering”
  • Kate Robinson, Eli Dart, and Dale Carder, “DC24 from the ESnet perspective”
  • Eli Dart and Brian Tierney “BBRv3 Preliminary Results”
  • Tom Lehman, “LHC Workflow R&D/Testing using AutoGOLE, SENSE, and FABRIC” 

Inder Monga, Plenary Session: "Networking Alchemy: Transforming Science Through Connectivity," OFC24, San Diego, March 26

CENIC 2024, Monterey, CA, March 25-27, 2024

• Panel: "A Community of Innovation: National Research and Education Networks in North America," with Kathryn Anthonisen, Inder Monga (ESnet Executive Director), Howard Pfeffer, Moisés Torres Martínez, and Sylvie Cosgrove, 3/25 9:10-10:10 a.m. (Ballroom)
• Talk: "ESnet's OSCARS Modernization for LHC Data Challenge and IRI," Evangelos Chaniotakis, 3/25, 3:35-4:05 p.m. (Ballroom)
  
• Discussion: "Network Orchestration," with Johannes Houen, Marc Koerner, Markus Krog, and Karl Newell, 3/26 4:15 - 5 p.m. (Ballroom)
• Panel: "Leveraging Private Networks for Campus Future Data and Networking Requirements," (Panel), with Bill Britton, Jonathan Polly, Carl Temme, Andrew Wiedlea, 3/27 10:45-11:45 a.m. (Ballroom)
• Panel: "EPOC’s Network Assistance Assessment, and How it Impacts CENIC Users," with with Nathaniel Mendoza, George Robb, and Jason Zurawski, March 27, 10:45-11:45 a.m. (Regency 1/2)
• Talk: "Towards an Interoperable Wireless Environment for Field Science," Andrew Wiedlea, March 27, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Regency 1/2)

Supercomputing Asia (SC2024), Sydney, Feb 19-22

• Inder Monga, "If Data is the new Gold, what are the prospects of the network?" Feb. 21.

Internet2 Community Exchange (CommEx24), Chicago, March 4-7

• Ed Balas, Introducing MetrANOVA: A neutral, trusted, and open consortium for Advancing Network Observation and Analysis, March 5
• George Robb, What Breaks a Network? An EPOC Analysis, March 5

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