Hosted by: Barefoot Networks Inc.
Dates: Thursday, November 19, 2015 – Friday, November 20, 2015
Agenda:
Thursday, November 19, 2015
8:00-8:30am: Check-in and Breakfast
8:30-9:00am: Welcome Keynote, by Nick McKeown (No Slides or Video for this portion)
9:00-9:30am: Introduction to P4, by Chang Kim (Slides) (Video)
- Why P4?
- Intro to P4.org
- Explanation of CLA
9:30-10:00am: Demo of new and existing networking features developed in P4, by Chang Kim (Video)
- In-band Network Telemetry (INT)
- Flowlet Switching
10:00-10:15am: Break
10:15-12:00pm: P4 Walkthrough, by Vladimir Gurevich (Slides) (Video 1, Video 2)
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch Onsite
1:00-1:30pm: P4 Development Tools, by Vladimir Gurevich (Lab VM*) (Slides) (Video)
(* For instructions on using the Lab VM check out the Slides/Video for this section.)
1:30-4:30pm: Labs Part I: Hands-on training of P4 development environment, by Antonin Bas, Vladimir Gurevich, Praveen Kumar (GitHub) (Slides) (Video)
- Assignment I (source routing)
- Assignment II (flowlet switching)
4:30-4:45pm: Break
4:45-6:00pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A with Participants from Industry (No Slides or Video for this portion)
- Exchange P4-programming experiences for research & engineering projects
- Discuss research topics regarding novel data-plane protocols, programming models, and development environment
Friday, November 20, 2015
8:30-9:00am: Breakfast
9:00-12:00pm: Labs Part II: Hands-on training of P4 development environment, by Antonin Bas, Vladimir Gurevich, Praveen Kumar, Chang Kim (GitHub) (Slides) (Video)
- Attendees worked on their own P4 projects
12:00-1:30pm: Lunch Onsite
1:30-2:30pm: Discussion on Language Evolution and Research Topic, by Mihai Budiu (No Slides or Video for this portion)
2:30-6:00pm: Participants’ presentation/s and discussion, Led by all students (No Slides or Video for this portion)
- Feedback from other students, Nick McKeown, Chang Kim, et al.
7:00-10:00pm: Free form coding/debugging session (a.k.a. P4 Party!) (No Slides or Video for this portion)
- Barefoot Instructors were there to help
