77 Search Results for "Zhou, Yuan"


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BuffCut: Prioritized Buffered Streaming Graph Partitioning

Authors: Linus Baumgärtner, Adil Chhabra, Marcelo Fonseca Faraj, and Christian Schulz

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 371, 24th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2026)


Abstract
Streaming graph partitioners enable resource-efficient and massively scalable partitioning, but one-pass assignment heuristics are highly sensitive to stream order and often yield substantially higher edge cuts than in-memory methods. We present BuffCut, a buffered streaming partitioner that narrows this quality gap, particularly when stream ordering is adversarial, by combining prioritized buffering with batch-wise multilevel assignment. BuffCut maintains a bounded priority buffer to delay poorly informed decisions and regulate the order in which nodes are considered for assignment. It incrementally constructs high-locality batches of configurable size by iteratively inserting the highest-priority nodes from the buffer into the batch, effectively recovering locality structure from the stream. Each batch is then assigned via a multilevel partitioning algorithm. Experiments on diverse real-world and synthetic graphs show that BuffCut consistently outperforms state-of-the-art buffered streaming methods. Compared to the strongest prioritized buffering baseline, BuffCut achieves 20.8% fewer edge cuts while running 2.9× faster and using 11.3× less memory. Against the next-best batched method, it reduces edge cut by 15.8% with only modest overheads of 1.8× runtime and 1.09× memory.

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Linus Baumgärtner, Adil Chhabra, Marcelo Fonseca Faraj, and Christian Schulz. BuffCut: Prioritized Buffered Streaming Graph Partitioning. In 24th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 371, pp. 5:1-5:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{baumgartner_et_al:LIPIcs.SEA.2026.5,
  author =	{Baumg\"{a}rtner, Linus and Chhabra, Adil and Faraj, Marcelo Fonseca and Schulz, Christian},
  title =	{{BuffCut: Prioritized Buffered Streaming Graph Partitioning}},
  booktitle =	{24th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2026)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-422-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{371},
  editor =	{Aum\"{u}ller, Martin and Finocchi, Irene},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2026.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-260097},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2026.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: graph partitioning, streaming, online, buffered, prioritized partitioning}
}
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HASCO: A Hybrid AI Simulation Compiler for Semantic Accident Reconstruction

Authors: Edin Jelačić, Rong Gu, Cristina Seceleanu, Ning Xiong, Peter Backeman, Tiberiu Seceleanu, Zhennan Fei, and Ali Nouri

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 143, 30th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2026)


Abstract
The validation of Automated Driving Systems (ADSs) has shifted from distance-based metrics to Scenario-Based Testing (SBT). Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools with potential for generating vehicular scenarios at scale. However, generative models, used for direct simulation synthesis, produce inadequate output, therefore necessitating a more structured compilation approach. In this regard, we present HASCO (Hybrid AI Simulation COmpiler), a system that translates natural-language driving scene specifications into executable simulation artifacts (XOSC/XODR files) for the esmini/OpenSCENARIO ecosystem. While LLMs excel at narrative parsing, we demonstrate that direct synthesis of simulation artifacts fails in the vast majority of cases due to hallucinated physics or schema violations. To resolve this, HASCO treats scenario creation as a compilation task rather than a generative one. The pipeline supports three compilation paths: direct synthesis, a Python intermediate (via scenariogeneration), and an ontology-guided path that grounds intent into an intermediate representation (IR) before compilation. We further evaluate a self-judging mechanism for automated repair. Across six operating modes evaluated on 40 real-world accident reports, the ontology-guided compiler and Python-based compiler achieve 95% and 90% executability rates, respectively (compared to 5% for direct synthesis). Additionally, we evaluate outputs on semantic fidelity, positioning HASCO as a robust tool for forensic scene reconstruction.

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Edin Jelačić, Rong Gu, Cristina Seceleanu, Ning Xiong, Peter Backeman, Tiberiu Seceleanu, Zhennan Fei, and Ali Nouri. HASCO: A Hybrid AI Simulation Compiler for Semantic Accident Reconstruction. In 30th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 143, pp. 4:1-4:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{jelacic_et_al:OASIcs.AEiC.2026.4,
  author =	{Jela\v{c}i\'{c}, Edin and Gu, Rong and Seceleanu, Cristina and Xiong, Ning and Backeman, Peter and Seceleanu, Tiberiu and Fei, Zhennan and Nouri, Ali},
  title =	{{HASCO: A Hybrid AI Simulation Compiler for Semantic Accident Reconstruction}},
  booktitle =	{30th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies (AEiC 2026)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:22},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-425-3},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{143},
  editor =	{Filieri, Antonio and Backeman, Peter},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.AEiC.2026.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-259220},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.AEiC.2026.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Autonomous Driving, OpenSCENARIO, Large Language Models, Scenario Generation, Semantic Reconstruction}
}
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Separating Oblivious and Adaptive Differential Privacy Under Continual Observation

Authors: Mark Bun, Marco Gaboardi, and Connor Wagaman

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 368, 7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026)


Abstract
We resolve an open question of Jain, Raskhodnikova, Sivakumar, and Smith (ICML 2023) by exhibiting a problem separating differential privacy under continual observation in the oblivious and adaptive settings. The continual observation (a.k.a. continual release) model formalizes privacy for streaming algorithms, where data is received over time and output is released at each time step. In the oblivious setting, privacy need only hold for data streams fixed in advance; in the adaptive setting, privacy is required even for streams that can be chosen adaptively based on the streaming algorithm’s output. We describe the first explicit separation between the oblivious and adaptive settings. The problem showing this separation is based on the correlated vector queries problem of Bun, Steinke, and Ullman (SODA 2017). Specifically, we present an (ε,0)-DP algorithm for the oblivious setting that remains accurate for exponentially many time steps in the dimension of the input. On the other hand, we show that every (ε,δ)-DP adaptive algorithm fails to be accurate after releasing output for only a constant number of time steps.

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Mark Bun, Marco Gaboardi, and Connor Wagaman. Separating Oblivious and Adaptive Differential Privacy Under Continual Observation. In 7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 368, pp. 22:1-22:11, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{bun_et_al:LIPIcs.FORC.2026.22,
  author =	{Bun, Mark and Gaboardi, Marco and Wagaman, Connor},
  title =	{{Separating Oblivious and Adaptive Differential Privacy Under Continual Observation}},
  booktitle =	{7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026)},
  pages =	{22:1--22:11},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-419-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{368},
  editor =	{Lin, Huijia (Rachel)},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FORC.2026.22},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-259959},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FORC.2026.22},
  annote =	{Keywords: differential privacy, continual observation, continual release, streaming algorithms, adaptive algorithms}
}
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When to Ask a Question: Understanding Communication Strategies in Generative AI Tools

Authors: Charlotte Park, Kate Donahue, and Manish Raghavan

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 368, 7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026)


Abstract
Generative AI models differ from traditional machine learning tools in that they allow users to provide as much or as little information as they choose in their inputs. This flexibility often leads users to omit certain details, relying on the models to infer and fill in under-specified information based on distributional knowledge of user preferences. Such inferences may privilege majority viewpoints and disadvantage users with atypical preferences, raising concerns about fairness. Unlike more traditional recommender systems, LLMs can explicitly solicit more information from users through natural language. However, while directly eliciting user preferences could increase personalization and mitigate inequality, excessive querying places a burden on users who value efficiency. We develop a stylized model of user-LLM interaction and develop an objective that captures tradeoff between user burden and preference representation. Building on the observation that individual preferences are often correlated, we analyze how AI systems should balance inference and elicitation, characterizing the optimal amount of information to solicit before content generation. Ultimately, we show that information elicitation can mitigate the systematic biases of preference inference, enabling the design of generative tools that better incorporate diverse user perspectives while maintaining efficiency. We complement this theoretical analysis with an empirical evaluation illustrating the model’s predictions and exploring their practical implications.

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Charlotte Park, Kate Donahue, and Manish Raghavan. When to Ask a Question: Understanding Communication Strategies in Generative AI Tools. In 7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 368, pp. 7:1-7:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{park_et_al:LIPIcs.FORC.2026.7,
  author =	{Park, Charlotte and Donahue, Kate and Raghavan, Manish},
  title =	{{When to Ask a Question: Understanding Communication Strategies in Generative AI Tools}},
  booktitle =	{7th Symposium on Foundations of Responsible Computing (FORC 2026)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:25},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-419-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{368},
  editor =	{Lin, Huijia (Rachel)},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FORC.2026.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-259782},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FORC.2026.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: human-AI interaction, user modeling, personalization}
}
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Locality Sensitive Hashing in Hyperbolic Space

Authors: Chengyuan Deng, Jie Gao, Kevin Lu, Feng Luo, and Cheng Xin

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 367, 42nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2026)


Abstract
For a metric space (X, d), a family ℋ of locality sensitive hash functions is called (r, cr, p₁, p₂) sensitive if a randomly chosen function h ∈ ℋ has probability at least p₁ (at most p₂) to map any a, b ∈ X in the same hash bucket if d(a, b) ≤ r (or d(a, b) ≥ cr). Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) is one of the most popular techniques for approximate nearest-neighbor search in high-dimensional spaces, and has been studied extensively for Hamming, Euclidean, and spherical geometries. An (r, cr, p₁, p₂)-sensitive hash function enables approximate nearest neighbor search (i.e., returning a point within distance cr from a query q if there exists a point within distance r from q) with space O(n^{1+ρ}) and query time O(n^ρ) where ρ = (log 1/p₁)/(log 1/p₂). But LSH for hyperbolic spaces ℍ^d remains largely unexplored. In this work, we present the first LSH construction native to hyperbolic space. For the hyperbolic plane (d = 2), we show a construction achieving ρ ≤ 1/c, based on the hyperplane rounding scheme. For general hyperbolic spaces (d ≥ 3), we use dimension reduction from ℍ^d to ℍ² and the 2D hyperbolic LSH to get ρ ≤ 1.59/c. On the lower bound side, we show that the lower bound on ρ of Euclidean LSH extends to the hyperbolic setting via local isometry, therefore giving ρ ≥ 1/c².

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Chengyuan Deng, Jie Gao, Kevin Lu, Feng Luo, and Cheng Xin. Locality Sensitive Hashing in Hyperbolic Space. In 42nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 367, pp. 39:1-39:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{deng_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2026.39,
  author =	{Deng, Chengyuan and Gao, Jie and Lu, Kevin and Luo, Feng and Xin, Cheng},
  title =	{{Locality Sensitive Hashing in Hyperbolic Space}},
  booktitle =	{42nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2026)},
  pages =	{39:1--39:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-418-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{367},
  editor =	{Ahn, Hee-Kap and Hoffmann, Michael and Nayyeri, Amir},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2026.39},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-258454},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2026.39},
  annote =	{Keywords: Locality Sensitive Hashing, Hyperbolic Geometry, Dimension Reduction, Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search}
}
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A Survey of Real-Time Support, Analysis, and Advancements in ROS 2

Authors: Daniel Casini, Jian-Jia Chen, Jing Li, Federico Reghenzani, and Harun Teper

Published in: LITES, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2026). Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1


Abstract
The Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) has emerged as a relevant middleware framework for robotic applications, offering modularity, distributed execution, and communication. In the last six years, ROS 2 has drawn increasing attention from the real-time systems community and industry. This survey presents a comprehensive overview of research efforts that analyze, enhance, and extend ROS 2 to support real-time execution. We first provide a detailed description of the internal scheduling mechanisms of ROS 2 and its layered architecture, including the interaction with DDS-based communication and other communication middleware. We then review key contributions from the literature, covering timing analysis for both single- and multi-threaded executors, metrics such as response time, reaction time, and data age, and different communication modes. The survey also discusses community-driven enhancements to the ROS 2 runtime, including new executor algorithm designs, real-time GPU management, and microcontroller support via micro-ROS. Furthermore, we summarize techniques for bounding DDS communication delays, message filters, and profiling tools that have been developed to support analysis and experimentation. To help systematize this growing body of work, we introduce taxonomies that classify the surveyed contributions based on different criteria. This survey aims to guide both researchers and practitioners in understanding and improving the real-time capabilities of ROS 2.

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Daniel Casini, Jian-Jia Chen, Jing Li, Federico Reghenzani, and Harun Teper. A Survey of Real-Time Support, Analysis, and Advancements in ROS 2. In LITES, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2026). Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 1:1-1:37, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@Article{casini_et_al:LITES.11.1.1,
  author =	{Casini, Daniel and Chen, Jian-Jia and Li, Jing and Reghenzani, Federico and Teper, Harun},
  title =	{{A Survey of Real-Time Support, Analysis, and Advancements in ROS 2}},
  journal =	{Leibniz Transactions on Embedded Systems},
  pages =	{1:1--1:37},
  ISSN =	{2199-2002},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{11},
  number =	{1},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LITES.11.1.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-257914},
  doi =		{10.4230/LITES.11.1.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: ROS 2, middleware, real-time, timing predictability, publish-subscribe}
}
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Linking High-Level Synthesis with FPGA Runtime Orchestration

Authors: Despoina Tomkou, Aggelos Ferikoglou, Dimosthenis Masouros, Sotirios Xydis, and Dimitrios Soudris

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 141, 17th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 15th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2026)


Abstract
FPGAs are increasingly being adopted across the edge-to-cloud continuum due to their ability to provide both high performance and energy efficiency. However, the complexity of programming FPGAs often leads to deployed designs that underutilize available resources. FPGA multi-tenancy has been proposed to enhance resource utilization, yet monolithic designs and dynamic workload demands continue to challenge efficient FPGA usage and compliance with Quality of Service requirements. To address these issues, we propose a novel framework for the optimal orchestration of FPGAs across the edge-to-cloud continuum while meeting user demands. The framework generates approximations of Pareto-optimal designs for each application, capturing trade-offs between performance and resource usage with minimal bitstream generation. This information allows the runtime orchestrator to select the most suitable design based on available PR regions and the QoS requirements of each user. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves an average reduction of QoS violations by a factor of 8.1× across diverse workloads and baseline configurations. Overall, the framework offers a practical and effective solution for realizing FPGA-as-a-Service across the edge-to-cloud continuum.

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Despoina Tomkou, Aggelos Ferikoglou, Dimosthenis Masouros, Sotirios Xydis, and Dimitrios Soudris. Linking High-Level Synthesis with FPGA Runtime Orchestration. In 17th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 15th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 141, pp. 7:1-7:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{tomkou_et_al:OASIcs.PARMA-DITAM.2026.7,
  author =	{Tomkou, Despoina and Ferikoglou, Aggelos and Masouros, Dimosthenis and Xydis, Sotirios and Soudris, Dimitrios},
  title =	{{Linking High-Level Synthesis with FPGA Runtime Orchestration}},
  booktitle =	{17th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 15th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2026)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:14},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-416-1},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{141},
  editor =	{Baroffio, Davide and Busia, Paola and Denisov, Lev and Shukla, Nitin},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.PARMA-DITAM.2026.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-256746},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.PARMA-DITAM.2026.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: FPGA, Orchestration, Partial Reconfiguration, FPGAaaS}
}
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Performance Modeling & Mapping of LLM Inference on Heterogeneous Vectorized CGRAs

Authors: Dionysios Kefallinos, Georgios Alexandris, Alexis Maras, Panagiotis Chaidos, Manil Dev Gomony, Henk Corporaal, Dimitrios Soudris, and Sotirios Xydis

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 141, 17th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 15th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2026)


Abstract
Since the emergence of transformer-based models, the computational demands for Large Language Model (LLM) inference have been increasing exponentially, primarily due to their compounding parameter sizes, their structural complexity, and the use of non-linear functions. This tendency leads to the necessity of deploying them on low-power edge devices and DNN accelerators, to fuel next-generation agentic AI systems. Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures (CGRAs) have proven to be a compelling paradigm for edge acceleration, combining the programmability of general-purpose platforms with the high performance and energy efficiency associated with ASICs. In this work, we introduce an end-to-end performance modeling and mapping framework for LLM inference on heterogeneous CGRAs. Our methodology enables rapid exploration of the micro-architectural design space parameters, i.e., the number of processing elements, vector sizes, and memory configurations, by providing an accurate, explainable, and analytical CGRA performance modeling methodology, with an average cycle error of 0.9%. Architecturally, we build upon R-Blocks, a heterogeneous CGRA platform, and extend it to support floating-point arithmetic operations as well as a full-stack compilation and mapping flow for both full (FP32) and quantized (INT8) Llama2 models. The proposed methodology, evaluated on a 22nm technology node, achieves superior peak performance per Watt compared to related works such as REVAMP and CFEACT (1.8× and 2.8× respectively).

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Dionysios Kefallinos, Georgios Alexandris, Alexis Maras, Panagiotis Chaidos, Manil Dev Gomony, Henk Corporaal, Dimitrios Soudris, and Sotirios Xydis. Performance Modeling & Mapping of LLM Inference on Heterogeneous Vectorized CGRAs. In 17th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 15th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 141, pp. 8:1-8:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{kefallinos_et_al:OASIcs.PARMA-DITAM.2026.8,
  author =	{Kefallinos, Dionysios and Alexandris, Georgios and Maras, Alexis and Chaidos, Panagiotis and Gomony, Manil Dev and Corporaal, Henk and Soudris, Dimitrios and Xydis, Sotirios},
  title =	{{Performance Modeling \& Mapping of LLM Inference on Heterogeneous Vectorized CGRAs}},
  booktitle =	{17th Workshop on Parallel Programming and Run-Time Management Techniques for Many-Core Architectures and 15th Workshop on Design Tools and Architectures for Multicore Embedded Computing Platforms (PARMA-DITAM 2026)},
  pages =	{8:1--8:14},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-416-1},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{141},
  editor =	{Baroffio, Davide and Busia, Paola and Denisov, Lev and Shukla, Nitin},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.PARMA-DITAM.2026.8},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-256752},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.PARMA-DITAM.2026.8},
  annote =	{Keywords: Edge AI, LLM, CGRA, Heterogeneous Architectures, Performance Modeling, Hardware Acceleration, Low Power Computing}
}
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EcoCell: Energy Conservation Through Traffic Shaping in Cellular Radio Access Networks

Authors: Zikun Liu, Seoyul Oh, Bill Tao, Yaxiong Xie, Anuj Kalia, and Deepak Vasisht

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
Cellular networks contribute significantly to global energy demands and carbon emissions due to the millions of base stations deployed worldwide. We characterize the energy consumption of production base stations by performing fine-grained power and network telemetry measurements using off-the-shelf base stations. Our measurements reveal unique insights about how variations in temporal-usage patterns affect base station energy consumption. Based on these insights, we design EcoCell, a software-only solution that introduces energy-efficient traffic patterns in network flows. EcoCell can be implemented either as a traffic scheduler in the radio access network or as an independent middlebox. We evaluate EcoCell with five popular networked applications on a production basestation. We demonstrate savings up to 32% in dynamic energy consumption of a base station, without drops in application-level quality of experience.

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Zikun Liu, Seoyul Oh, Bill Tao, Yaxiong Xie, Anuj Kalia, and Deepak Vasisht. EcoCell: Energy Conservation Through Traffic Shaping in Cellular Radio Access Networks. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 6:1-6:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{liu_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.6,
  author =	{Liu, Zikun and Oh, Seoyul and Tao, Bill and Xie, Yaxiong and Kalia, Anuj and Vasisht, Deepak},
  title =	{{EcoCell: Energy Conservation Through Traffic Shaping in Cellular Radio Access Networks}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{6:1--6:25},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.6},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255911},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.6},
  annote =	{Keywords: energy efficiency, traffic shaping, cellular networks, radio access networks}
}
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What Obstructed Skies Teach Us About Satellite Internet

Authors: Bhaskar Kataria, Hammas Bin Tanveer, Rishab Nithyanand, and Rachee Singh

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
Low Earth Orbit satellite networks can extend Internet connectivity to remote areas where traditional broadband infrastructure is unavailable. However physical obstructions, e.g., dense forest cover, can interfere with satellite communication by blocking the user terminal’s line of sight to the satellite constellation. Unfortunately the impact of such obstructions on the connectivity of user terminals is not well studied. We bridge this gap by conducting an experimental study of how physical obstructions influence satellite network connectivity. Through controlled experiments using a purpose-built hardware testbed, we quantify the performance degradation caused by physical obstructions to user terminals. Our results show that obstructions increase round-trip latency by an average of 4% and packet loss by 0.3%. Obstructions cause user terminals to connect to a different satellite than the unobstructed terminal approximately 15% of the time. We find evidence of a previously undocumented adaptive mechanism we call responsive routing, where the satellite network switches obstructed terminals to alternative satellites within the standard 15-second interval between typical handovers. Our data is publicly available as supplementary material to this article.

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Bhaskar Kataria, Hammas Bin Tanveer, Rishab Nithyanand, and Rachee Singh. What Obstructed Skies Teach Us About Satellite Internet. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 7:1-7:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{kataria_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.7,
  author =	{Kataria, Bhaskar and Tanveer, Hammas Bin and Nithyanand, Rishab and Singh, Rachee},
  title =	{{What Obstructed Skies Teach Us About Satellite Internet}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{7:1--7:25},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.7},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255923},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.7},
  annote =	{Keywords: Satellite Internet, Starlink, Network Measurement, LEO Satellites, Obstructions}
}
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Tight Loops, Smooth Streams: Responsive Congestion Control for Real-Time Video

Authors: Pantea Karimi, Sadjad Fouladi, Vibhaalakshmi Sivaraman, and Mohammad Alizadeh

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
Real-time video streaming relies on rate control to match video bitrate to network capacity while keeping latency low. Existing deployed video rate controllers react slowly to network changes, causing under-utilization and latency spikes. In contrast, modern delay-sensitive congestion control algorithms (CCAs) adapt on round-trip-time timescales, maintaining a tight feedback loop that achieves both high utilization and low latency. We introduce Vidaptive, a lightweight framework that enables real-time video to leverage responsive CCAs without codec changes. Vidaptive decouples encoding from transmission: it paces video frames at the CCA’s rate and injects dummy packets when the encoder output is insufficient, preserving a continuous feedback loop. An online algorithm dynamically adjusts the encoder’s target bitrate to align with CCA capacity while bounding frame latency. Implemented in Google WebRTC, Vidaptive improves both video quality and tail latency on diverse cellular traces. Compared to GCC, it delivers 1.5× higher bitrate, +40% VMAF, +1.4 dB SSIM, +1.3 dB PSNR, and reduces 95th-percentile frame latency by 57% (2.2 seconds). Against Salsify, it achieves lower tail latency without invasive codec modifications. These results show that coupling existing CCAs with a thin adaptation layer can outperform specialized video rate controllers while remaining deployable in practice.

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Pantea Karimi, Sadjad Fouladi, Vibhaalakshmi Sivaraman, and Mohammad Alizadeh. Tight Loops, Smooth Streams: Responsive Congestion Control for Real-Time Video. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 9:1-9:29, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{karimi_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.9,
  author =	{Karimi, Pantea and Fouladi, Sadjad and Sivaraman, Vibhaalakshmi and Alizadeh, Mohammad},
  title =	{{Tight Loops, Smooth Streams: Responsive Congestion Control for Real-Time Video}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:29},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255942},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: real-time video, congestion control, transport protocols, video rate control, low-latency video communication, tight feedback loop}
}
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No Signal to Rule Them All: A Systematic Analysis of In-Network Congestion Signals

Authors: Sarah McClure, Nandita Dukkipati, Sylvia Ratnasamy, and Scott Shenker

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
In this paper, we address the following question: what in-network signals should a network provide to congestion control algorithms? To answer this guiding question, we use prior work to automatically generate congestion control algorithms optimized for a given performance objective and set of in-network congestion signals. We then make observations about the relative value of these congestion signals across a range of performance objectives. Our analysis yields a surprising central finding: for the average case, sophisticated In-Network Telemetry (INT) offers minimal performance benefits over traditional end-to-end (E2E) signals, with performance typically within 3%. We also find no single "best" INT signal, but rather a clear trade-off that manifests in many scenarios: link-based signals often excel at controlling delay, while queue-based signals are better for maximizing throughput. To make these findings concrete, we validate them by examining the extent to which in-network signals improve the performance of the BBR congestion control algorithm.

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Sarah McClure, Nandita Dukkipati, Sylvia Ratnasamy, and Scott Shenker. No Signal to Rule Them All: A Systematic Analysis of In-Network Congestion Signals. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 12:1-12:30, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{mcclure_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.12,
  author =	{McClure, Sarah and Dukkipati, Nandita and Ratnasamy, Sylvia and Shenker, Scott},
  title =	{{No Signal to Rule Them All: A Systematic Analysis of In-Network Congestion Signals}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:30},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255974},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: Congestion control, in-network telemetry}
}
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In-Kernel Aggregation and Broadcast Acceleration for Distributed Communication

Authors: Jianchang Su, Yifan Zhang, and Wei Zhang

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
Broadcasting and aggregation dominate the communication overhead in distributed systems, from machine learning training to data analytics. Current acceleration approaches require specialized hardware (RDMA) or dedicated resources (DPDK), limiting their deployment in commodity clouds. However, we present a counter-intuitive alternative: rather than bypassing the kernel, we move operations into it using eBPF. While this imposes severe constraints including no floating-point, limited memory, and stateless execution, we show these restrictions paradoxically drive innovative protocol designs that yield unexpected benefits. We introduce AggBox, which implements broadcast and aggregation operations entirely within eBPF’s constrained environment. Our key innovations include stateless group acknowledgments for reliability, edge quantization for floating-point aggregation using only integer arithmetic, and tail-call chains that create virtual memory beyond eBPF’s 512-byte stack limit. These designs emerge from and exploit the constraints rather than fighting them. AggBox achieves remarkable performance on commodity hardware: 84.5% reduction in broadcast latency, 43× speedup for MapReduce workloads, and 56.1% faster ML gradient aggregation, all without specialized NICs or dedicated cores. Beyond performance, our work demonstrates that constrained environments can drive fundamental innovation in protocol design, offering insights for future resource-limited and verified systems.

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Jianchang Su, Yifan Zhang, and Wei Zhang. In-Kernel Aggregation and Broadcast Acceleration for Distributed Communication. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 13:1-13:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{su_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.13,
  author =	{Su, Jianchang and Zhang, Yifan and Zhang, Wei},
  title =	{{In-Kernel Aggregation and Broadcast Acceleration for Distributed Communication}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{13:1--13:23},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.13},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255981},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.13},
  annote =	{Keywords: eBPF, distributed communication, broadcast, aggregation, in-kernel processing, XDP}
}
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BISCAY: Practical Radio KPI Driven Congestion Control for Mobile Networks

Authors: Jon Larrea, Tanya Shreedhar, Atte Niemi, Adel Sefiane, and Mahesh K. Marina

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
Mobile application performance is often bottlenecked by cellular links with rapid bandwidth fluctuations. We show that radio KPIs from the device chipset can precisely and promptly measure available cellular bandwidth. Building on this, we propose Biscay, a practical KPI-driven congestion control for mobile networks. Biscay leverages OpenDiag, an in-kernel, real-time KPI extractor we introduce along with a KPI-based bandwidth estimator to adjust the congestion window, utilizing available bandwidth while minimizing delay. We implement Biscay and OpenDiag on unrooted Android 5G phones. Across trace-driven emulations and real-world 4G/5G experiments, Biscay outperforms state-of-the-art CCAs (e.g., BBR, CUBIC), typically reducing average and tail delay by >90% while matching or improving throughput. These gains stem from OpenDiag’s 100× finer on-device KPI granularity than existing alternatives like MobileInsight.

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Jon Larrea, Tanya Shreedhar, Atte Niemi, Adel Sefiane, and Mahesh K. Marina. BISCAY: Practical Radio KPI Driven Congestion Control for Mobile Networks. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 15:1-15:32, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{larrea_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.15,
  author =	{Larrea, Jon and Shreedhar, Tanya and Niemi, Atte and Sefiane, Adel and Marina, Mahesh K.},
  title =	{{BISCAY: Practical Radio KPI Driven Congestion Control for Mobile Networks}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:32},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-256002},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: Cellular Networks, Congestion Control, LTE/5G}
}
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Don’t Get Caught, Keep Your Onions in a Vault

Authors: Humza Ikram, Rumaisa Habib, Muaz Ali, and Zartash Afzal Uzmi

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 139, 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)


Abstract
When web applications wish to operate anonymously, they routinely host themselves as "Hidden Services" in the Tor network. However, these services are frequently threatened by deanonymization attacks, whereby their IP address and location may be inferred by the authorities. We present VaulTor, a novel architecture for the Tor network that ensures an extra layer of security for the Hidden Services against deanonymization attacks. In this new architecture, a volunteer (vault) is incentivized to host the web application content on behalf of the Hidden Service. The vault runs the hosted application in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and becomes the point of contact for interested clients. This setup can substantially reduce the uptime requirement of the original Hidden Service provider, thereby significantly decreasing the chance of deanonymization attacks against them. Using a vault node in place of the hidden service node does not cause any noticeable performance degradation when accessing the hosted content.

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Humza Ikram, Rumaisa Habib, Muaz Ali, and Zartash Afzal Uzmi. Don’t Get Caught, Keep Your Onions in a Vault. In 1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 139, pp. 17:1-17:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{ikram_et_al:OASIcs.NINeS.2026.17,
  author =	{Ikram, Humza and Habib, Rumaisa and Ali, Muaz and Uzmi, Zartash Afzal},
  title =	{{Don’t Get Caught, Keep Your Onions in a Vault}},
  booktitle =	{1st New Ideas in Networked Systems (NINeS 2026)},
  pages =	{17:1--17:24},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-414-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{139},
  editor =	{Argyraki, Katerina and Panda, Aurojit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.17},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-256027},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.NINeS.2026.17},
  annote =	{Keywords: Tor, anonymity, Hidden Services, Trusted Execution Environments}
}
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