SNAI 2024

The 1st Symposium on Networking and Artificial Intelligence (SNAI 2024) was the inaugural edition of the SNAI series, dedicated to research at the two-way intersection of computer networking and artificial intelligence: AI for networking — learned congestion control, traffic engineering, anomaly detection, and self-driving networks; and networking for AI — collective communication, edge inference placement, distributed training topologies, and federated learning over real networks.

SNAI 2024 was held on 18–20 October 2024 at the Zijingang Campus of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. The symposium ran as a hybrid event, with in-person sessions streamed virtually for remote attendees. The programme featured two keynote talks, oral sessions across four research tracks, a poster session, three co-located workshops, and a conference banquet at the West Lake.

The proceedings are archived in the LiteConf open-access repository: LiteConf CFP record for SNAI 2024.

Highlights

• 4 research tracks covering AI for networking and networking for AI
• 3 co-located workshops on emerging topics
• 2 keynotes delivered by leading researchers in networking and learning systems
• Double-blind peer review with at least three independent reviewers per paper
• Hybrid format with virtual streaming of all main sessions

Final statistics

Tracks

• AI for Network Management and Optimization
• Edge and In-Network Inference
• Distributed and Federated Learning over Networks
• Machine Learning for Network Security

Proceedings & archive

• Call for Papers — closed 28 June 2024
• Call for Workshops — closed 15 March 2024; three workshops were held
• Accepted papers — 24 papers across the four tracks
• Conference programme — 18–20 October 2024
• Keynote speakers — Kenji Nakamura (U Tokyo) and Sarah Whitfield (U Melbourne)

Awards

• Best Paper — Track 1, AI for Network Management and Optimization
• Best Student Paper — Track 4, Machine Learning for Network Security
• Distinguished Reviewer Award

About the SNAI series

The SNAI symposium series was founded in 2024 to give a dedicated home to research at the intersection of networking and AI. Later editions:

• SNAI 2025 — 2nd edition, Singapore · 143 submissions, 38 accepted, 260 attendees
• SNAI 2026 — 3rd edition, Barcelona, Spain · 7–9 December 2026