Seminar in
Computer Networks Spring 2026

Networked Systems Group

Join us to explore and discuss classical and recent works in computer networks!

In addition to covering new ideas and big open questions in computer networks, this seminar will hone your skills in scientific presentation, discussion moderation, and critical thinking.

News

Feb 23 Paper assignments are available. Please look for a green label with your name next to a paper.
Feb 19 The intro slides and background slides for week 3 are now online.
Feb 11 Website for the 2026 edition is now online.

Contact

Lecturers

  • Laurent Vanbever
  • Georgia Fragkouli

Research group Networked Systems Group

Assistants:

  • Sushovan Das
  • Ayush Mishra

Course information

Refer to the Course Catalogue.

Reviewing platform   HotCRP

Where & When

Thursday 2 pm–4 pm,  ETZ J 91

Week 1 Feb 19
Introduction
Seminar's organization
Laurent   Sushovan   Georgia   Ayush  
Slides
Background for Week 3
Georgia   Ayush  
Week 2 Feb 26
No session
Week 3 Mar 5
Managing contention I
Understanding the Host Network
(SIGCOMM 2024)   Georgia
Paper | Background | Discussion
Principles for Internet Congestion Management
(SIGCOMM 2024)   Ayush
Paper | Background | Discussion
Background for Week 5
Michele   Elvan  
Week 4 Mar 12
No session
Week 5 Mar 19
Managing contention II
Elasticity Detection: A Building Block for Internet Congestion Control
(SIGCOMM 2022)   Michele
Paper | Background
Scheduling Mix-flows in Commodity Datacenters with Karuna
(SIGCOMM 2016)   Elvan
Paper | Background
Background for Week 7
Moritz   Kah Leong  
Week 6 Mar 26
No session
Week 7 Apr 2
Wide area networks
B4: Experience with a Globally-Deployed Software Defined WAN
(SIGCOMM 2013)   Moritz
Paper
ARROW: Restoration-Aware Traffic Engineering
(SIGCOMM 2021)   Kah Leong
Paper
Background for Week 9
Nils   Oliver  
Week 8 Apr 9
No session Easter break
Week 9 Apr 16
Datacenter networks
A Tale of Two Topologies: Exploring Convertible Data Center Network Architectures with Flat-tree
(SIGCOMM 2017)   Nils
Paper
Shale: A Practical, Scalable Oblivious Reconfigurable Network
(SIGCOMM 2024)   Oliver
Paper
Background for Week 11
José   Sascha  
Week 10 Apr 23
No session
Week 11 Apr 30
Networking for machine learning I
Enabling Efficient GPU Communication over Multiple NICs with FuseLink
(OSDI 2025)   José
Paper
CASSINI: Network-Aware Job Scheduling in Machine Learning Clusters
(NSDI 2024)   Sascha
Paper
Background for Week 12
Lyubomir   Jolanda  
Week 12 May 7
Networking for machine learning II
Efficient Memory Management for Large Language Model Serving with PagedAttention
(SOSP 2023)   Lyubomir
Paper
DistServe: Disaggregating Prefill and Decoding for Goodput-optimized Large Language Model Serving
(OSDI 2024)   Jolanda
Paper
Background for Week 14
Niklas   Edem  
Week 13 May 14
No session Ascension day
Week 14 May 21
Programmable networks
Programmable Calendar Queues for High-speed Packet Scheduling
(NSDI 2020)   Niklas
Paper
Everything Matters in Programmable Packet Scheduling
(NSDI 2025)   Edem
Paper
Week 15 May 28
No session