Scope & Positioning

RNDM occupies a unique position in the conference landscape as the only annual workshop dedicated exclusively to network resilience as a cross-cutting discipline spanning theory, design, and practice.

Workshop Scope

The International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling focuses on the resilience of communication networks — the ability to provide and maintain an acceptable level of service in the face of faults, failures, and operational challenges. The workshop covers the full spectrum of resilience topics:

Core Research Areas

Network Survivability — Protection and restoration mechanisms at the optical, IP, and transport layers
Resilient Network Design — Topology optimization, capacity planning, and routing for resilience
Fault Management — Detection, localization, diagnosis, and automated recovery
SDN/NFV Resilience — Reliability and availability of software-defined and virtualized network functions
Optical Network Resilience — Survivability in WDM, elastic optical, and multi-band (C+L, SuperC) networks
5G/6G and Mobile Resilience — Ultra-reliable low-latency communications, network slicing resilience
AI for Autonomous Networks — Machine learning for predictive fault management and self-healing
Critical Infrastructure Protection — Power grids, transportation, industrial control, and smart city networks
Network Modeling & Simulation — Analytical models, stochastic processes, and simulation frameworks
IoT and Edge Resilience — Dependability in resource-constrained, distributed environments
Security & Resilience Intersection — Joint treatment of security attacks and resilience mechanisms

Industry Positioning

RNDM is distinguished from general networking conferences by its focused scope on resilience. While larger venues such as IEEE INFOCOM, ACM SIGCOMM, and IEEE ICC cover resilience as one of many topics, RNDM provides a dedicated forum where researchers specialized in survivability, fault tolerance, and reliability can engage deeply with peers working on the same challenges.

The workshop is particularly valued by the optical networking community, where resilience is a first-class design constraint, and by the carrier-grade networking sector, where five-nines availability is a fundamental requirement. It also attracts significant participation from the critical infrastructure and data center networking domains.

Relationship with IEEE

RNDM is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). All proceedings are published in IEEE Xplore, ensuring worldwide visibility, permanent digital archiving, and rigorous quality standards. The workshop typically accepts 25–35 papers per edition, maintaining a balanced acceptance rate that ensures quality while sustaining community growth.

Academic Standing

RNDM is indexed in:

DBLP Computer Science Bibliography — All editions from 2009 to present
Scopus — Bibliometric database covering peer-reviewed literature
Google Scholar — Full proceedings indexed
IEEE Xplore — Full-text access via IEEE Digital Library

The workshop has a well-established reputation, particularly in the optical network survivability and resilience modeling communities. Papers published at RNDM receive consistent citation impact, and selected best papers are regularly invited to extended journal publications in leading venues.

Community & International Reach

With over 15 editions spanning 16 years, RNDM has built a loyal, international community of researchers from Europe, North America, and Asia. The workshop's single-track format fosters deep discussion and cross-pollination of ideas. Past editions have featured keynote presentations from distinguished researchers at Infinera, Nokia Bell Labs, Cisco, Huawei, and leading academic institutions worldwide.

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