The Next Decade of Networking Challenges and Opportunities

Explore a comprehensive 56-minute conference talk by Aditya Akella from the University of Texas at Austin that delves into the evolution and future of networking technology. Gain insights into the rapid transformations of networking over the past two decades, including breakthroughs in software-defined networking, network virtualization, and programmable switches. Learn about emerging advances across network transport, congestion control, network switches, interface cards (NICs), and network software stacks. Understand how these developments have enhanced edge, cloud, and data center infrastructure while examining the opportunities and challenges in supporting future applications with extreme demands running across distributed computing environments.