The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) supports research of importance to the evolution of the Internet protocols, applications, architecture, and technology. https://www.irtf.org/https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3mka6tgeaxk2vThe 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/2026/24 Apr 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka6tgeaxk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3mg3blz42as27Submit your best applied networking research work to ANRW-2026! Check out the Call for Papers: www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/02 Mar 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3blz42as27https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3meyqw4ugyc23We 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/16 Feb 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyqw4ugyc23https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3mcrjgcsjsk2iWe 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/19 Jan 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrjgcsjsk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m4yhjheyqs24Ready 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.06 Nov 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4yhjheyqs24https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m4t6hq63yc27IRTF 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.04 Nov 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t6hq63yc27https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m4suwl4ksk22IRTF at IETF-124 today: - Network Management: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-nmrg-03 - Usable Formal Methods: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-ufmrg-02 - Decentralization of the Internet: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-dinrg-06 - Global Access to the Internet for All: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-gaia-0104 Nov 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4suwl4ksk22https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m4q4kkbo5s22IRTF groups that are meeting today at IETF-124: - Quantum Internet Research Group: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-qirg-04 - Crypto Forum: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-cfrg-10 - Human Rights Protocol Considerations: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-hrpc-02 - IRTFOPEN: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/materials/agenda-124-irtfopen-0503 Nov 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4q4kkbo5s22https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m4if2wnud22qLooking 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, https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/session/irtfopen31 Oct 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4if2wnud22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m2k7n3u7kc2oWe 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/06 Oct 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2k7n3u7kc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3m25b45vfxc2qSubmit nominations for the 2026 award period of the Applied Networking Research Prize until November 17, 2025 www.irtf.org/anrp/01 Oct 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25b45vfxc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lurusniyg226Congratulations 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/25 Jul 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurusniyg226https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lurupzohls26Congratulations 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/25 Jul 2025 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurupzohls26https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lumxhz5gis2pWe 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 irtf.org/travelgrants/ Application deadline: August 1st https://irtf.org/travelgrants/23 Jul 2025 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumxhz5gis2phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lumetddd4k2pAt 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: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-maprg-sessa-02 Research and Analysis of Standard-Setting Processes: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-rasprg-0123 Jul 2025 06:19 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumetddd4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3luk55be4o22pSide meeting on (Inter) Networking for AI at IETF-123 in Madrid today, at 19:00 today: https://github.com/IRTF-net4AI/IETF123-sidemeeting/22 Jul 2025 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3luk55be4o22phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lujzalkb6s2pLaurent 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". https://irtf.org/anrw/2025/program.html22 Jul 2025 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lujzalkb6s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3luhvilcnmc2pAt IETF-123 in Madrid, the following IRTF groups are meeting this afternoon: - Decentralization of the Internet: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-dinrg-01 - Human Rights Protocol Considerations: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-hrpc-01 See www.ietf.org/meeting/123/ for online participation options.21 Jul 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhvilcnmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3luhmfu4nqk2pIETF-123 has started in Madrid. The following IRTF groups are meeting this morning: - Quantum Internet: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-qirg-03 - Thing-to-Thing: https://github.com/t2trg/2025-ietf123 - Path Aware Networking: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-panrg-0221 Jul 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhmfu4nqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3ltwjlnnc522pAt IETF-123 next week, the IRTF's HRPC research group will host talks about the constraints and considerations of legal frameworks in armed conflict, about censorship in Iran, and a talk by Maria Farrell, author of "We Need to Rewild the Internet. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/agenda-123-hrpc/14 Jul 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwjlnnc522phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lth2lytns226The 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: https://irtf.org/anrw/2025/program.html08 Jul 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lth2lytns226https://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3ltexoa7jy22pAt 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: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/123/materials/agenda-123-maprg-0107 Jul 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltexoa7jy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lsvcvkplos2pWe 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/01 Jul 2025 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvcvkplos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3llcszrwsms2iThe 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: https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf122-anrp/26 Mar 2025 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcszrwsms2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lku6li4joc2xFinally, a reminder that today is the deadline to apply for diversity travel grants to attend IRTF events co-located with #IETF123 in Madrid in July 2025 www.irtf.org/travelgrants/ https://www.irtf.org/travelgrants/21 Mar 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lku6li4joc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lku6i6nes22xIf you missed any of the IRTF meeting at #IETF122 this week, materials are archived at https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/materials#irtf and video recordings are at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC86T-6ZTP5i9ogKVq-2kQdcj9DWhIAVz – all open access, free of charge21 Mar 2025 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lku6i6nes22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/irtf.org/post/3lku67ncob22xAlso today, at 15:00 Indochina Time, the Human Rights Protocol Considerations Research Group will discuss Indigenous 5G in India, Ethics in Digital Public Infrastructure, and Intimate Partner Violence Digital Considerations https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/122/session/hrpc21 Mar 2025 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:ozf2zsuijug6myakfr4xsv3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lku67ncob22x