[aims-announce] IM 2015 - Call For Participation - May 11-15, 2015 - In Only 1 Week from Now!

[Giovane C. M. Moura]

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IFIP/IEEE IM 2015

The 14th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management

"Integrated Management in the Age of Big Data"

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 11-15 May 2015

http://www.ieee-im.org

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REGISTER NOW AT:http://im2015.ieee-im.org/registration

HOTELS:http://im2015.ieee-im.org/content/hotels

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IM 2015 is focused on the theme "Integrated Management in the Age of Big
Data"
presenting recent, emerging approaches and technical solutions for
dealing with Big Data
as well as using it for management solutions. It offers several types of
sessions including
technical, experience, poster, dissertation, panel and demo sessions,
and it covers a variety
of challenging topics such as cloud computing, software-defined
networking, internet of
things, data center management and security.

More details regarding the program
onhttp://im2015.ieee-im.org/content/program

KEYNOTES

- Practical Meets Transformational Aspirations
  Ibrahim Gedeon (TELUS, Canada)

- Big Data in Science: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  Joseph L. Hellerstein (University of Washington, USA)

- Data Science: The Analytics of Big Data
  Jose M. F. Moura (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

- Harnessing a Petabyte: Opportunities and Challenges for Next
Generation Ultra-Scale Data Platforms
  Richard J. Friedrich (HP Labs, USA)

- From Software-Defined Infrastructures to Smart City Platforms
  Alberto Leon-Garcia (University of Toronto, Canada)

- Micro Cloud: Moving Computing to Data to Deal with Data Management and
Security Issues for Enterprise Clouds
  Dinesh C. Verma (IBM Research, USA)

DISTINGUISHED EXPERTS PANEL

- Can We Manage "Everything"? Management Implications of IoT, IoE, IoX!

PANELS

- Rise of Machines: Bots in Network Operation Centers?

- Integrated Management of Software-Defined Infrastructures

- DevOps: a New Way of Managing Systems and Networks?

- On the Management of 5G Networks: New Challenges or Same Old Story?

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SESSION

- SDN/NFV Technology Trends and Academic Research in Canada
  Chris Bachal (CTO, Juniper Networks Canada)

TUTORIALS

- Emerging Paradigm Changes in Data Center Management Technologies
  Yechia Yemini (Columbia University)

- Network Function Virtualization: Perspectives, Reality and Challenges
  Cesar Marcondes (Federal University of Sao Carlos) and Christian
Rothenberg (University of Campinas)

- Cloud and Big Data: Technologies, Analytics and Use Cases
  Salman A. Baset, Sambit Sahu, Rohit Wagle (IBM Research T. J. Watson)

- Management of Future Networks: Issues and Opportunities in
Information-Centric Networks
  Cedric Westphal (Huawei Innovations & University of California )

WORKSHOPS

- 7th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Management of the Future
Internet (MANFI,http://www.manfi.org)

- 3rd IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Experience Centric
Management (QCMAN,http://qcman.org)

- 1st IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Cognitive Network & Service
Management (COGMAN,http://www.cogman.org)

- 1st IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Security for Emerging
Distributed Network Technologies (DISSECT,http://dissect2015.vcu.edu)

- 10th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Business-driven IT Management
(BDIM,http://www.bdim.net)

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HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

- Ibrahim Gedeon, TELUS, Canada
- Kent MacDonald, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

- Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Wahab Almuhtadi, Algonquin College, Canada

TPC CO-CHAIRS

- Shingo Ata, Osaka City University, Japan
- Remi Badonnel, TELECOM Nancy - LORIA/INRIA, France
- Jin Xiao, IBM T.J. Watson, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE

- Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland
- Alex Clemm, Cisco, USA
- Olivier Festor, Telecom Nancy, France
- Nobuo Fujii, NTT, Japan
- Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, Brazil
- Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherlands
- Doug Zuckerman, Applied Communication Sciences, USA
- James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea

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VISITOR INFORMATION

Ottawa is the perfect place for the 14th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on
Integrated Network
Management (IM 2015): it is a major national hi-tech center, in fact it
is the biggest
industry in the city, and it uniquely combines an excellent balance of
suburbia, rivers,
parks and tourist attractions.

Details to organize your venue onhttp://im2015.ieee-im.org/hotel-travel

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