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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 29/07/2026

📄 My summary of the Internet Research Task Force (#IRTF) activities at #IETF126. The report covers ANRW, the IRTF Open Meeting, and all 14 Research Groups – from AI networking and Internet architecture to routing, privacy, sustainability, and quantum networking. 🔗 dirk-kutscher.info/irtf/ietf-126/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 29/07/2026

📄 I just published my summary of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) activities at #IETF126. The report covers ANRW, the IRTF Open Meeting, and all 14 Research Groups, highlighting current Internet research from AI networking to quantum networking. 🔗 dirk-kutscher.info/irtf/ietf-126/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 23/07/2026

The following IRTF research groups are meeting today at IETF-126 in Vienna: - Global Access to the Internet for All - Sustainability and the Internet - Measurements and Analysis for Protocols - Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes Agendas: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/126/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 23/07/2026

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 22/07/2026

The following IRTF research groups are meeting today at IETF-126 in Vienna: - Crypto Forum - Internet Congestion Control - Information-Centric Networking See datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/126/... for meetings agendas.

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 21/07/2026

The following IRTF research groups are meeting today at IETF-126 in Vienna: - Systems and Protocol Aspects for Circumstellar Environments - Quantum Internet - Path-Aware Networking - Privacy Enhancements and Assessments See datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/126/... for meetings agendas.

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 20/07/2026

Keynote by Prof. Dr. Johanna Ullrich from the Interdisciplinarty Transformation University Austria on "The Internet A Critical Infrastructure". www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/ datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/126/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 20/07/2026

ANRW-2026 kicked off at IETF-126 in Vienna by TPC Chairs Thomas Schmidt and Suresh Krishnan. www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 19/07/2026

The IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) will be awarded to two researchers at IETF-126 in Vienna next week: 1) Rumaisa Habib for her work on formalizing dependence of web infrastructure 2) Diwen Xue for his work on fingerprinting deep packet inspection devices www.irtf.org/anrp/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 19/07/2026

The ACM/IRTF Applied Networking Research Workshop will take place in Vienna at IETF-126 on Monday, July 20th. Check out the program at www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/pr... and see www.ietf.org/meeting/126/ for online participation options.

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 27/05/2026

We are offering a number of Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the IETF-127 Meeting in San Francisco in November 2027. More details at www.irtf.org/travelgrants/ Application deadline: July 03, 2026

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 24/04/2026

The Deadline for ANRW-2026 has been extended until May 4th: Submit your best applied networking research work to ANRW-2026! Check out the Call for Papers: www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 02/03/2026

Submit your best applied networking research work to ANRW-2026! Check out the Call for Papers: www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 16/02/2026

We are pleased to offer a number of Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the IETF-126 Meeting in Vienna, Austria, in July 2026. irtf.org/travelgrants/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 19/01/2026

We have announced the winners of the 2026 Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) of the IRTF. Congratulations to all winners – we are looking forward to an excellent ANRP program in 2026! www.irtf.org/anrp/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 06/11/2025

Ready for an electrifying look at a greener internet? Join IRTF SUSTAIN RG on Friday in Montreal, with talks on a unique dataset of routers' energy demand and how to reduce it, sunsetting 3G in an operational network, carbon accounting, and augmenting the Path Energy Traffic Ratio API.

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 04/11/2025

IRTF DINRG is meeting today at 14:30 in Montreal to discuss recent central Internet infrastructure outage events, new ideas for combining privacy and decentralization for Encrypted Client Hello (ECN), decentralized system design, and AT protocol design challenges.

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 04/11/2025

IRTF at IETF-124 today: - Network Management: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... - Usable Formal Methods: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... - Decentralization of the Internet: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... - Global Access to the Internet for All: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 03/11/2025

IRTF groups that are meeting today at IETF-124: - Quantum Internet Research Group: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... - Crypto Forum: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... - Human Rights Protocol Considerations: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... - IRTFOPEN: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 31/10/2025

Looking forward to an exciting IRTFOPEN meeting at IETF-124 next week Monday with two ANRP winner talks by Jacob Ginesin and Saksham Agarwal. In addition, we invited Renata Teixeira for a keynote on Netflix Streaming over Starlink, datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 06/10/2025

We are pleased to offer a number of Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the IETF-125 Meeting in Shenzhen, China, in March 2026. irtf.org/travelgrants/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 01/10/2025

Submit nominations for the 2026 award period of the Applied Networking Research Prize until November 17, 2025 www.irtf.org/anrp/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 25/07/2025

Congratulations to Haarika Manda from the University of California Santa Barbara for winning the IRTF's Applied Networking Research Prize for her work on studying Internet Access Inequities in the US. Paper and presentation here: irtf.org/anrp/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 25/07/2025

Congratulations to Hendrik Cech from Technical University Munich for winning the IRTF's Applied Networking Research Prize for his work on Starlink performance measurements. Paper and presentation here: irtf.org/anrp/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 23/07/2025

At IETF-123 in Madrid, the following IRTF groups are meeting today: Measurement and Analysis for Protocols with a special session on AI Crawler Traffic Impacts: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/... Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 22/07/2025

Laurent Vanbever opening the IRTF Applied Networking Research Workshop at IETF-123 with his keynote on "Verifying configurations was the easy part: my ongoing quest toward correct network operations and musings about how AI could help". irtf.org/anrw/2025/pr...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 21/07/2025

IETF-123 has started in Madrid. The following IRTF groups are meeting this morning: - Quantum Internet: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/... - Thing-to-Thing: github.com/t2trg/2025-i... - Path Aware Networking: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 08/07/2025

The Applied Networking Research Workshop 2025, co-located with IETF-123 in Madrid, will take place on Tuesday, July 22nd. I will feature a keynote by Laurent Vanbever and exciting paper presentations. Check out the program here: irtf.org/anrw/2025/pr...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 07/07/2025

At the upcoming IRTF-123 meeting in Madrid, the IRTF MAP Research Group is going to hold a special meeting on AI Crawler Traffic Impacts. See the agenda here: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 01/07/2025

We are pleased to offer a number of Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the IETF-124 Meeting in Montreal, Canada, in November 2025. More details at www.irtf.org/travelgrants/

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 26/03/2025

The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Open session at #IETF122 featured Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) presentations on using Large Language Models (LLMs) to support network configuration and on secure collaborative path control in BGP: Watch: www.ietf.org/blog/ietf122...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 20/03/2025

Starting shortly, at 09:30 Indochina Time, the IRTF Open Meeting with the Applied Networking Research Prize talks by Changjie Wang and Henry Birge-Lee. Streaming live for those who can’t make it in-person at www.ietf.org/live/ietf122...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 17/03/2025

The #IETF122 meeting is getting underway in Bangkok today. We have a number of research group meetings plus two excellent Applied Networking Research Prize Award Talks coming this week. See datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/122/... for a full agenda of IRTF-related events. #IETF

Night photo of Bangkok with the text IETF 122 Bangkok, 15-21 March 2025

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 04/03/2025

Call for papers: ACM/IRTF Applied Networking Research Workshop 2025 www.irtf.org/anrw/2025/ Please consider submitting your work to ANRW 2025, which will co-locate with #IETF123 in Madrid in the week of 19-25 July 2025. 1/3

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 14/02/2025

We're pleased to offer Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the #IETF123 Meeting in Madrid in July 2025. Details at www.irtf.org/travelgrants/ – apply by March 21, 2025 #IETF

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 08/01/2025

We're pleased to announce that the winners of the 2025 Applied Networking Research Prize are Jacob Ginesin, Saksham Agarwal, Hendrik Cech, Haarika Manda, Changjie Wang, and Henry Birge-Lee. Look out for their award talks during the IRTF Open Meetings in the coming year www.irtf.org/anrp/ #IETF

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 19/12/2024

The recent Decentralization of the Internet (DIN) workshop at ACM CoNEXT-2024 brought together network researchers, law and policy experts and digital right activists to discuss Internet consolidation. Read more about the workshop from the DINRG Co-chairs: www.ietf.org/blog/acm-din...

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 02/12/2024

Deadline in one week! – We're pleased to offer Diversity Travel Grants for early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with #IETF122 in Bangkok in March 2025. Details at www.irtf.org/travelgrants/ – apply by December 9, 2024

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 25/11/2024

We're pleased to offer Diversity Travel Grants to support early-career academics and PhD students from under-represented groups to attend the IRTF meetings co-located with the #IETF122 Meeting in Bangkok in March 2025. Details at www.irtf.org/travelgrants/ – apply by December 9, 2024 #IETF

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Internet Research Task Force @irtf.org · 19/11/2024

The IRTF promotes research into the evolution of the Internet and helps to connect the research community with the protocol designers, implementors, and operators working in the @ietf.bsky.social to develop technical standards for the Internet. www.irtf.org

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