Aldo Artigiani
14 maggio
- Alla frontiera delle infrastrutture di ricerca

Biografia
Aldo Artigiani brings over 20 years of experience at Vodafone, where he contributed extensively to the Global Transport and Core Competence Centre. Additionally, he spent 9 years at Huawei in the Datacom Strategy Department. He has served as a rapporteur in multiple ETSI Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) and Technical Committees (TCs). He is also the author of several articles and whitepapers focused on the application of AI in data center networks (DCNs) and IP backbone networks.
Biografia
Aldo Artigiani brings over 20 years of experience at Vodafone, where he contributed extensively to the Global Transport and Core Competence Centre. Additionally, he spent 9 years at Huawei in the Datacom Strategy Department. He has served as a rapporteur in multiple ETSI Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) and Technical Committees (TCs). He is also the author of several articles and whitepapers focused on the application of AI in data center networks (DCNs) and IP backbone networks.
Abstract
Tecnologie e strumenti della IA abilitanti per l'Intent- Based Networking
Questo talk offre una panoramica delle tecnologie di networking e del mondo della IA che stanno abilitando il nuovo paradigma denominato intent-based networking, che permette la generazione di policy guidata dall’intelligenza artificiale, per l’analisi in tempo reale e le funzioni di rete avanzate—elementi chiave per le reti autonome di nuova generazione. Viene presentato un framework olistico in cui gli intenti di alto livello, definiti dagli operatori di rete, costituiscono la base per la configurazione, la gestione e l’ottimizzazione automatizzate della rete. In questo paradigma, i sistemi di rete sono in grado di configurarsi, gestirsi e persino autogestirsi dinamicamente in risposta a esigenze operative variabili o a guasti imprevisti. Ciò avviene attraverso la traduzione degli intenti astratti in policy operative grazie ad algoritmi avanzati di intelligenza artificiale. Al centro di questo approccio si trova il concetto di intento—un obiettivo di alto livello, definito dall’utente, che racchiude i risultati desiderati in termini di prestazioni della rete, qualità del servizio (QoS) e sicurezza. Esempi di tali intenti includono l’istituzione di un tunnel di rete sicuro, il mantenimento della latenza al di sotto di una soglia specifica durante una sessione, o la garanzia di connettività ininterrotta. Una volta definito, l’intento viene tradotto dall’IA in policy di rete dettagliate, attraverso un processo che scompone gli obiettivi astratti in parametri ingegneristici di traffico specifici e quantificabili. Questi parametri guidano il comportamento di componenti di rete critici come i controller SDN, i router e le funzioni del Core 5G, che fungono anche da fonti di dati fondamentali. Le policy risultanti vengono distribuite in modo trasparente attraverso l’infrastruttura, abilitando un modello di provisioning zero-touch che riduce drasticamente—se non elimina del tutto—la necessità di configurazioni manuali.
Presentazioni
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Bio
Aldo Artigiani brings over 20 years of experience at Vodafone, where he contributed extensively to the Global Transport and Core Competence Centre. Additionally, he spent 9 years at Huawei in the Datacom Strategy Department. He has served as a rapporteur in multiple ETSI Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) and Technical Committees (TCs). He is also the author of several articles and whitepapers focused on the application of AI in data center networks (DCNs) and IP backbone networks.
Abstract
Intent- Based Networking, Technology Enablers, Analytics and AI tools
This talk delves into the transformative convergence of intent-based networking with AI-driven policy generation, real-time analytics, and advanced network functions—key enablers of next-generation autonomous networks. It presents a holistic framework in which high-level intents, defined by network operators, serve as the foundation for automated network configuration, management, and optimization. In this paradigm, network systems are capable of dynamically configuring, managing, and even self-healing in response to shifting operational demands or unexpected faults. This is achieved by translating abstract intents into actionable policies using sophisticated AI algorithms. At the core of this approach lies the concept of intent—a high-level, user-defined objective that encapsulates desired outcomes related to network performance, quality of service (QoS), and security. Examples of such intents include establishing a secure network tunnel, maintaining latency below a specific threshold during a session, or ensuring uninterrupted connectivity. Once defined, these intents are translated by AI into detailed network policies through a process that decomposes the abstract goals into precise, quantifiable traffic engineering parameters. These parameters guide the behavior of critical network components such as SDN controllers, routers, and 5G Core functions, which also act as key data sources. The resulting policies are seamlessly deployed across the infrastructure, enabling a zero-touch provisioning model that dramatically reduces—or even eliminates—the need for manual configuration.