Internet Research Task Force

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The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) supports research of importance to the evolution of the Internet protocols, applications, architecture, and technology.

The IRTF focusses on supporting research related to the Internet, while the parallel organization, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making.

Websitehttps://irtf.org
Internet Research Task ForceMar 2
Submit your best applied networking research work to ANRW-2026! Check out the Call for Papers: www.irtf.org/anrw/2026/
Internet Research Task ForceFeb 16

We 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.

https://irtf.org/travelgrants/

Internet Research Task ForceJan 19

We 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!

https://www.irtf.org/anrp/

Internet Research Task ForceNov 6
Ready 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.
Internet Research Task ForceNov 4
IRTF 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.
Internet Research Task ForceNov 4

IRTF 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-01

Internet Research Task ForceNov 3

IRTF 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-05

Internet Research Task ForceOct 31
Looking 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/irtfopen
Internet Research Task ForceOct 6

We 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.

https://irtf.org/travelgrants/

Internet Research Task ForceOct 1
Submit nominations for the 2026 award period of the Applied Networking Research Prize until November 17, 2025
www.irtf.org/anrp/