## GenXNet'25: First International Workshop on Generative and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence for Networking 2025 - Program

#### Monday, October 20

### Monday, October 20 11:00 - 12:30

#### N2WOMEN Panel: AI/ML for the Next Generation Wireless Networks

Room 1, Room 2, Room 3
Chairs: Francesca Meneghello (Northeastern University, USA), Arcangela Rago (Politecnico di Bari, Italy), Stefania Zinno (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

### Monday, October 20 4:00 - 6:00

#### GenXNet'25: The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Generative and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence for Networking (GenXNet)

Room 3
Chair: Alfredo Nascita (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy)

FlowPicClip: Improving Network Traffic Classification Using Language Supervision
  Daniel Shalev (Tel Aviv University, Israel); Yuval Shavitt (Tel-Aviv University, Israel); Tal Shapira (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Reco AI, Israel)
Understanding What Federated Learning Models Learn: a Comparative Study with Traditional Models
  Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira (University of Aveiro, Portugal & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Leonardo Almeida and Pedro Rodrigues (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Julio Corona (University of Aveiro, Portugal & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Mário Antunes (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Rui L Aguiar (University of Aveiro, Portugal & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
Towards Better-Calibrated ML Models for Reliable Network Intrusion Detection via Calibration-Aware SHAP-Based Feature Selection
  Hussein Fawaz (Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland & Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland); Fatima Ezzeddine (Università Della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland & University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland); Silvia Giordano (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland); Omran Ayoub (University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland)
Generative Explainability for Next-Generation Networks: LLM-Augmented XAI with Mutual Feature Interactions
  Kiarash Rezaei (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Omran Ayoub (University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland); Sebastian Troia (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Francesco Lelli (Tilburg University, The Netherlands); Paolo Monti and Carlos Natalino (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
SG-VAE: Explainable Semi-Generative Model for Attack Detection in IoT Healthcare Systems
  Komal Ghafoor (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy); Furqan Rustam (University College Dublin, Ireland); Devis Bianchini (University of Brescia, Italy); Anca Delia Jurcut (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Lightweight Fine-Tuning of LLMs for Explainable Intrusion Detection in SDN
  Suvajit Lodh (National College of Ireland, Ireland); Islam Obaidat (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA); Furqan Rustam and Anca Delia Jurcut (University College Dublin, Ireland)

#### Tuesday, October 21

### Tuesday, October 21 11:00 - 11:30

#### OP: WiMob 2025 Opening Ceremony

Room 1, Room 2, Room 3
Chairs: Abderrahim Benslimane (University of Avignon & LIA/CERI, France), Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

### Tuesday, October 21 11:30 - 12:30

#### Keynote 1: Bridging Communication and Edge Intelligence through Machine Learning

Room 1, Room 2, Room 3
Chair: Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

#### Wednesday, October 22

### Wednesday, October 22 11:30 - 12:30

#### Keynote 2: View on 6G from Nokia and European Flagship Hexa-X-II

Room 1, Room 2, Room 3
Chair: Abderrahim Benslimane (University of Avignon & LIA/CERI, France)