Paolo Costa

Committees

Organizer

I am co-chairing or I have co-chaired the following events:

• ACM SIGCOMM 2021 Workshop on Optical Systems Design (OptSys) (opens in new tab), co-located with SIGCOMM 2021
• ACM SIGCOMM 2020 Workshop on Optical Systems Design (OptSys) (opens in new tab), co-located with SIGCOMM 2020
• ACM SIGCOMM 2019 Workshop on Optical Systems Design (OptSys) (opens in new tab), co-located with SIGCOMM 2019
• OFC 2019 workshop on  “Opportunities and Challenges for Optical Switching in the Data Center” (opens in new tab)
• The 17^th ACM/IFIP/Usenix Middleware Conference (Industrial track) 2016 (opens in new tab)
• Second International Workshop on Rack Scale Computing (WRSC 2015) (opens in new tab), co-located with EuroSys’15
• First International Workshop on Rack Scale Computing (WRSC 2014) (opens in new tab), co-located with EuroSys’14
• Student Workshop for ACM CoNEXT 2012 (opens in new tab)

Program Committee Membership

I am or have been on the Program Committee of the following events:

Conferences

• The 23^rd USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2026) (opens in new tab)
• The Inaugural Edition of New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026) (opens in new tab)
• The 21^st ACM European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys 2026) (opens in new tab)
• The ACM Conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM 2025) (opens in new tab)
• The 22^nd USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2025) (opens in new tab)
• The 21^st USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2024) (opens in new tab)
• The 19^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2024) (opens in new tab)
• The 19^th ACM European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys 2024) (opens in new tab)
• The 29^th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 2024) (opens in new tab)
• The ACM Conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM 2023) (opens in new tab)
• The 20^th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2023) (opens in new tab)
• The 16^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2021) (opens in new tab)
• The ACM Conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM 2020) (opens in new tab)
• The 16^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2020) (opens in new tab)
• The 2020 ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SoCC 2020)  (opens in new tab)
• The 2019 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC 2019) (opens in new tab)
• The 14^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2018) (opens in new tab)
• The 2018 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC 2018) (opens in new tab)
• The 14^th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2018) (opens in new tab)
• The 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2018) (opens in new tab)
• The 13^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2017) (opens in new tab)
• The 13^th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2017) (opens in new tab)
• The 13^th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2016) (opens in new tab)
• The 12^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2016) (opens in new tab)
• The 2016 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC 2016) (opens in new tab)
• The 12^th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2016) (opens in new tab)
• The 16^th ACM/IFIP/Usenix Middleware Conference (Middleware 2015) (opens in new tab)
• The 11^th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2015) (opens in new tab)
• The 24^th ACM International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC’15) (opens in new tab)
• The 10^th ACM Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2014) (opens in new tab)
• The 10^th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS 2014) (opens in new tab)
• The 34^th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2014) (opens in new tab)
• The 23^rd ACM International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC’14) (opens in new tab)
• The 11^th USENIX International Conference On Autonomic Computing (ICAC 2014) (opens in new tab)
• The 2^nd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E 2014) (opens in new tab)
• The 12^th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Percom 2014) (opens in new tab)
• The European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys’14) [Poster Track] (opens in new tab)
• The 17^th International Conference On Principles Of Distributed Systems (OPODIS 2013) (opens in new tab)
• The 22^nd ACM International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC’13) (opens in new tab)
• The 11^th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Percom 2013) (opens in new tab)
• The 1^st IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E 2013) (opens in new tab)
• The 13^th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2013) (opens in new tab)
• The 10^th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Percom 2012) (opens in new tab)
• The 21^st ACM International Symposium on High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC’12) (opens in new tab)
• The 12^th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Conference on Middleware (Middleware 2011) (opens in new tab)
• The 9^th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Percom 2011) (opens in new tab)
• The 30^th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS’10) (opens in new tab)
• The 8^th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Percom 2010) (opens in new tab)
• The 25^th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2010) (opens in new tab), Special Track on Cloud Computing
• The 10^th ACM/IFIP/USENIX Int. Conference on Middleware (Middleware 2009) (opens in new tab)
• The 11^th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2009) (opens in new tab)
• The 9^th ACM/IFIP/USENIX Int. Conference on Middleware (Middleware 2008) (opens in new tab)
• 68^th IEEE Int. Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008-Fall) (opens in new tab)
• 8^th ACM/IFIP/USENIX Int. Conference on Middleware (Middleware 2007) (opens in new tab)

Workshops

• The 9^th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet’25) (opens in new tab)
• The 8^th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet’24) (opens in new tab)
• The 14^th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets 2023) (opens in new tab)
• The 12^thACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets 2021) (opens in new tab)
• The 1st P4 European Workshop (P4EU) (opens in new tab)
• The 7^th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud 2015) (opens in new tab)
• The ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Distributed Cloud Computing (DCC 2014) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM SIGCOMM 2014
• The International Workshop on Distributed Cloud Computing (DCC 2013) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE/ACM UCC 2013
• The International Workshop on Dependability and Interoperability in Heterogeneous Clouds (DIHC) (opens in new tab), co-located with EuroPar 2013
• The International Workshop on Optimization techniques for Resources Management in Clouds (ORMaCloud) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM HPDC 2013
• The 6^th International Workshop on Architectures, Services and Applications for the Next Generation Internet (WASA-NGI-VI) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE LCN 2013.
• The 7^th Int. Workshop on Middleware Tools, Services and Run-Time Support for Sensor Networks (MidSens’12) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2012.
• The 5^th International Workshop on Architectures, Services and Applications for the Next Generation Internet (WASA-NGI-V) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE LCN 2012.
• The 2^nd International International Workshop on Cloud Computing Platforms (CloudCP 2012) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM EuroSys 2012.
• The 2^nd IEEE Int. Workshop on on Complex and Communication Networks (CCNet 2011) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE Globecom 2011.
• The 6^th Int. Workshop on Middleware Tools, Services and Run-Time Support for Sensor Networks (MidSens’11) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2011.
• The 4^th International Workshop on Architectures, Services and Applications for the Next Generation Internet (WASA-NGI-IV) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE LCN 2011.
• The IEEE International Workshop on the Future of Software Engineering for/in the Cloud (FoSEC) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE Services 2011
• The International Workshop on Resource Discovery Mechanisms for P2P Systems (P2P-RDM) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE CIT 2011
• The 1^st International International Workshop on Cloud Computing Platforms (CloudCP 2011) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM EuroSys 2011.
• The 5^th Int. Workshop on Middleware Tools, Services and Run-Time Support for Sensor Networks (MidSens’10) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2010.
• The 1^st IEEE Int. Workshop on on Complex and Communication Networks (CCNet 2010) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE Globecom 2010.
• The 2^nd IEEE Int. Workshop on Grid and P2P Systems and Applications (GridPeer 2010) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE ICCCN 2010.
• The 4^th Int. Workshop on Middleware Tools, Services and Run-Time Support for Sensor Networks (MidSens’09) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2009.
• IEEE Int. Workshop on Grid and P2P Systems and Applications (GridPeer 2009) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE ICCCN 2009.
• 69^th IEEE Int. Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2009-Spring) (opens in new tab)
• The IEEE International Workshop on Information Retrieval in Sensor Networks (IRSN’09) (opens in new tab), co-located with IEEE CCNC 2009.
• 3^rd Int. Workshop on Middleware for Sensor Networks (MidSens’08) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2008.
• 6^th Int. Workshop on Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing (MPAC 2008) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2008.
• Int. Workshop on Mobile Middleware: Embracing the Personal Communication Device (MobMid’08) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2008.
• 3^rd Int. Workshop On Reliability in Decentralized Distributed Systems (RDDS 2008) (opens in new tab), co-located with DOA 2008.
• 6^th Int. Workshop on Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications (Minema’08) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM EuroSys 2008.
• 2^nd Int. Workshop on Advanced Data Processing in Ubiquitous Computing ( (opens in new tab)ADPUC 2007 (opens in new tab)), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2007.
• 5^th Int. Workshop on Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing (MPAC 2007) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2007.
• 2^ndInt. Workshop on Middleware for Sensor Networks (MidSens’07) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2007.
• 2nd Int. Workshop On Reliability in Decentralized Distributed Systems (RDDS 2007) (opens in new tab), co-located with DOA 2007.
• First Int. Workshop on Middleware for Sensor Networks (MidSens’06) (opens in new tab), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2006.
• 4^th Int. Workshop on Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications (Minema’06) (opens in new tab)

Journal Reviewing

I have been a reviewer for the following scientific journals:

• IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (opens in new tab)
• ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Journal On Selected Areas In Communications (JSAC) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Internet Computing (IC) (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Network (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Systems Journal (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Communications Letters (opens in new tab)
• IEEE Distributed Systems Online (DSOnline) (opens in new tab)
• Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks (ComNet) (opens in new tab)
• Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) (opens in new tab)
• Elsevier Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) (opens in new tab)
• Elsevier Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) (opens in new tab)
• Springer Computing (opens in new tab)
• Wiley Software: Practice and Experience (SPE) (opens in new tab)
• The Oxford Computer Journal (opens in new tab)
• International Journal on Wireless & Optical Communications (IJWOC) (opens in new tab)