Scope of the Roundtable

• Discuss and identify RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) challenges, requirements, and methodologies in emerging technology areas, such as, Cloud Computing, Wireless/Mobility (with focus on 5G technologies), NFV (Network Functions Virtualization), SDN (Software Defined Networking), or similar large-scale distributed and virtualization systems.
• Discuss RAS requirements and technologies for mission-critical industries (e.g., airborne systems, railway communication systems, the banking and financial communication systems, etc.), health care systems, and intelligent vehicles with the goal to promote the interindustry sharing of related ideas and experiences.
• Discuss the huge impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with an emphasis on reliability/trustworthiness of AI solutions (Generative AI, Responsible AI, Sustainable AI and AI for Sustainability), use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to find new/increase coverage of failure models (both security and other failures).
• Discuss Serviceability and Reliability-impacted Security Aspects under Resilience, potential directions for resolving identified issues and propose possible solutions.

The focus for this year’s edition will be on Vehicular Networks:

• 6G is currently in the phase in which technology is still being researched, before entering the standardisation phase. However, still in this phase, applications scenarios are already being looked at, not only because technological developments need to accommodate their requirements, but also because their implementation success will also depend on both business cases and close interaction with the players and stakeholders of these scenarios.
• Vehicular networks have been an area for research and development for quite some time, but, lately, with the emergence of autonomous vehicles and of electric vehicles, this type of networks gained a new momentum. This application scenario puts a set of requirements that cannot be fully met by the generations prior to 6G, since it imposes quite strict parameters due to security of communications and the safety of passengers and goods.  Therefore, communications quality & reliability is key in this scenario, and should be discussed in detail.