Program
The 7th edition of the KuVS Fachgespr?ch "Machine Learning in Networking (MaLeNe)" will be held on March 19–20, 2026 at the University of Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany.?The workshop is also technically sponsored by VDE ITG KT2.
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Program at a glance
All times are for the Central European (CET) timezone.
In total, 13 papers and two keynote talks will be presented during the MaLeNe workshop.
Regular paper presentations will have a duration of 15 minutes each.
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The preliminary timetable is as follows:
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Day 1 - Thursday 19.03.2026
| 12:00-13:00 | Registration |
| 13:00-13:45 | Keynote Talk 1 - Andreas M?der (Nokia) |
| 13:45-15:20 | Session 1: Security and Intrusion Detection |
| 15:20-15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45-17:20 | Session 2: Learning-Based Routing and Congestion Control |
| 17:20-18:30 | Free Time & Hotel Check-in |
| 18:30-22:00 | Social Program |
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Session 1: Security and Intrusion Detection (13:45-15:20)
- SPARTAN: Persona-Driven Smart-Home IoT Security Dataset for APT Detection -?Victor Jüttner, Miguel ?ngel Vargas, Xenia Wagner, Julius Jolig, Erik Buchmann and Christoph Jahn.
- Rethinking Feature Engineering: ML-Based Network Intrusion Detection in IPFIX Networks -?Marleen Sichermann, Katharina Dietz, Jochen K?gel, Rüdiger Gunreben, Stefan Gei?ler and Tobias Ho?feld.
- Is this a New Attack? Active Learning for Zero Knowledge Open-Set Network Intrusion Detection -?Johannes Schleicher, Leo Stumpf, Katharina Dietz and Michael Seufert.
- An Expert Evaluation of Efficient Models for Packet Level Traffic Generation information -?Maurice Falk, Hannes Schwanzer, Adrian Ulges, Martin Gergeleit and Alexander Prange.
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Session 2: Learning Based Routing and Congestion Control (15:45-17:20)
- Machine Learning-Enhanced Parent Node Prediction in Software-Defined Wireless Sensor Networks -?Ahmed Al-Dulaimy and Prof. Dr. Hannes Frey.
- Learning-Based Local Routing Decisions in Sparse Aeronautical Communication Networks -?Musab Ahmed, Kevin Nabiev, Konrad Fuger, Koojana Kuladinithi and Andreas Timm-Giel.
- Can Neural Networks Provide Latent Embeddings for Telemetry-Aware Greedy Routing? -?Andreas Boltres, Niklas Freymuth and Gerhard Neumann.
- C3S: Towards Generalizing Coordinated Congestion Control Across Flows and Topologies -?Michael K?nig and Martina Zitterbart
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Social Progam (18:30-22:00)
- City Tour
- Social Dinner?
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Day 2 - Friday 20.03.2026
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee |
| 9:00-9:45 | Keynote Talk 2 - ?Industrial AI Today. Autonomous Industry Tomorrow. (Siemens) |
| 9:45-10:55 | Session 3: AI for Network Management |
| 10:55-11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20-12:10 | Session 4: Systems, Platforms and Digital Twins? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? |
| 12:10-12:30 | Closing Ceremony |
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Session 3: AI for Network Management (9:45-10:55)
- Spatial PDE-aware Selective State-space with Nested Memory for Mobile Traffic Grid Forecasting -?Zineddine Bettouche, Khalid Ali, Andreas Fischer and Andreas Kassler.
- Proactive IIoT Gateway Load Balancing via Federated Learning -?Ibrahima Ndiaye and Mesut Günes
- Automated Network Access Control with LLMs -?Jonas Wessner, Tobias Meuser and Frank Kargl.
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Session 4:?Systems, Platforms and Digital Twins (11:20-12:10)
- A High-Fidelity Virtualized Digital Twin System for ISP Core Networks -?Johannes Sp?th and Georg Carle.
- Portable IoT Platform for Experimental Cadaverine Measurements -?Sebastian Hauschild and Horst Hellbrück.