PROCON 2024 Best Paper Award — Winning Paper

🏆 Best Paper Award

Adaptive Load Balancing for Multi-Tier CDN Edge Networks: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

Author: Yinan Qian

Affiliation: Pinterest, Inc., San Francisco, CA · Tufts University, Medford, MA

Published in: Proceedings of the PROCON 2024 Workshop, in conjunction with the International Teletraffic Congress (ITC)

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The Workshop About PROCON

The International Workshop on Programmability for Cloud Networks and Applications (PROCON) is a specialized academic workshop focused on the programmability, automation, and intelligent orchestration of cloud network infrastructures and distributed applications. Held in conjunction with the International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) — the first international conference in networking science and practice, founded in 1955 — PROCON brings together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of cloud computing, software-defined networking, network function virtualization, and intelligent edge systems.

Each edition features a Best Paper Award selected by the Technical Program Committee based on originality, technical rigor, and potential for real-world impact. The 2024 edition recognized outstanding contributions in the area of adaptive, intelligent load balancing for multi-tier edge-cloud architectures.

PROCON 2024 — Workshop Details

  • Workshop: International Workshop on Programmability for Cloud Networks and Applications (PROCON)
  • Edition: 2024
  • Affiliated with: International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) — Founded 1955
  • General Chair: Prof. Roberto Bifulco (NEC Laboratories Europe / TU Munich)
  • TPC Chair: Dr. Fulvio Risso (Politecnico di Torino)
  • Workshop Co-Chair: Prof. Stefano Salsano (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
  • Technical Sponsor: IEEE Communications Society