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Website<\/strong>: Microsoft Research Summit 2021 (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n

Future of Cloud Networking at Microsoft Research Summit<\/h3>\n

For 30 years, our research community at Microsoft has worked across disciplines, institutions, and geographies to envision and realize the promise of new technologies for Microsoft and for society. Today, we\u2019re inviting the global science and technology community to continue this exploration\u2014because ensuring that future advancements benefit everyone is up to all of us.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Research has been at the forefront of network innovation for the cloud for over a decade. Our work, in partnership with Azure, spans all aspects of the network stack, along with network management and verification. Our research has shipped in various parts of the Azure stack and has won several awards. In this session, you will learn about some of these innovations and current problems we\u2019re working to solve, from researchers in Microsoft Research and from leaders in Azure.<\/p>\n

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Introduction & Keynote <\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ranveer Chandra<\/strong> (Head, Networking Research, MSR Redmond)
\nDave Maltz<\/strong> (CVP, Azure Networking)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Topics<\/strong><\/th>\nSpeakers<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
PHY<\/td>\nHitesh Ballani<\/strong> (Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Switches\/NICs<\/td>\nAlec Wolman<\/strong> (Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research)
\nLihua Yuan<\/strong> (Partner Engineer Manager, Microsoft)
\nDaniel Firestone<\/strong> (Partner Engineer Manager, Microsoft)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Net Management<\/td>\nBehnaz Arzani<\/strong> (Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research)
\nRanjita Bhagwan<\/strong> (Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network Verification<\/td>\nAndrey Rybalchenko<\/strong> (Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge)
\nGeorge Varghese<\/strong> (Professor, UCLA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WAN<\/td>\nJitu Padhye<\/strong> (moderator, Partner Engineer Manager, Microsoft)
\nSylvia Ratnasami<\/strong> (Professor, UC Berkeley)
\nErica Lan<\/strong> (CVP, Azure Networking)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apps<\/td>\nVenkat Padmanabhan<\/strong> (Deputy Managing Director, Microsoft Research India)
\nZhixiong Niu<\/strong> (Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research)
\nFrancis Yan<\/strong> (Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Defined Networks<\/td>\nDeepak Bansal<\/strong> (CVP, Azure Networking)
\nSrikanth Kandula<\/strong> (Sr. Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Closing Keynote and remarks<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Victor Bahl<\/strong> (Technical Fellow, CTO, Azure for Operators)
\nLidong Zhou<\/strong> (Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

This track will take place in three broadcast regions:<\/p>\n