[aims-announce] CfP - 11th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security (AIMS 2017) - Deadline in 6 days

[Daphne Tuncer]

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              11th International Conference on Autonomous
          Infrastructure, Management, and Security (AIMS 2017)

      July 10-14, 2017, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
http://www.aims-conference.org/2017/

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The  AIMS  International  Conference  on  Autonomous Infrastructure,
Management, and Security is a  single-track event targeted  at junior
researchers  and  Ph.D. students in network and service management and
security. It  features a range  of sessions including conference paper
presentations, hands-on lab courses, educational  keynotes, as well as
tutorials on transversal aspects of a research activity  (e.g., publi-
cation strategies, paper reviewing, and research presentation design).
The  objective  of  AIMS  is to  offer  junior  researchers and Ph.D.
students  a  dedicated place,  where they  can  discuss their research
work  and   experience, receive  constructive  feedback  from senior
scientists, and benefit from a number of practical  hands-on sessions
and tutorials on emerging technologies and Ph.D./research life-related
topics. By putting the focus on junior researchers and Ph.D. students,
AIMS  acts  as  a   complementary  piece  in the  set of international
conferences in the network and service management community, providing
an  optimal  environment  for  in-depth  discussions  and networking.

AIMS 2017 will focus on the theme of security of networks and services
in  an  all-connected  world. With  the rapid  development of advanced
communication and networking services, providing security, reliability
and resilience while guaranteeing the best performance in a wide range
of  more  complex,  more dynamic and hyper-connected environments, has
become crucial. To  address these challenges, new paradigms, smart and
fully  distributed  approaches,  as  well  as  scalable  and flexible
management solutions  have to be investigated. The design, monitoring,
configuration, and  protection of  the  next  generation of networked
systems  in  an  efficient,  secure,  and smart manner are crucial  to
commercially viable and successful networks and services.

Conference Topics:

Authors are invited  to submit  papers in the theme of the conference
on the following topics, including related fields:

Network Environments and Services
- Wireless networks (e.g., ad-hoc, mesh, sensor, or vehicular)
- 5G networks
- Internet-of-Things (IoT)
- Smart cities
- Smart grids
- Smart contracts and blockchains
- SCADA networks and Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
- Overlay, grid, and virtual networks
- Big data
- Software-defined Networks (SDN)
- Data centers and clouds (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
- Content delivery (e.g., P2P, OLN, CDN, or ICN)
- Social networks

Management Functions
- Intrusion detection
- Protection of infrastructures and services
- Security management
- Configuration management
- Accounting of systems, services, and behavior
- Economic traffic and service management
- Service provisioning
- Resilience of management infrastructures and services
- Privacy and management data
- Quality-of-Service (QoS) and Quality-of-Experience (QoE)

Techniques and Methodologies
- Security protocols
- Modeling of security and attack
- Autonomic and self-management
- Distributed monitoring and correlation
- Risk management
- Knowledge plane design and deployment
- P2P-based management
- Modeling of management technologies and procedures
- Flow-based management
- Scalability of management infrastructures
- Evaluation of reliability and resilience
- Experimental studies
- Open Source intelligence
- Information gathering
- Security performance evaluations

Conference Paper Submission:

The paper submission is handled by the JEMS system, accessible from the
AIMS  2017  Web  page and  available at https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/.

Authors can submit two types of papers:

Full  papers  are  expected to report  substantial  research results
relevant for the subjects  listed  in the conference topics. The first
author  of  the submitted paper  must  be a junior researcher or Ph.D.
student. Only original and full papers that have not been published or
submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. Each submission
must be written in English and are limited  to 14 pages, including all
references and figures/tables, in LNCS paper format. Papers exceeding
14 pages,  multiple  submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be
rejected without further review.

Ph.D. Research Proposals are short papers describing the current state
of  the  student's  research.  The  paper  needs  to  include a clear
description of the research problem and the chosen approach, argue why
the problem is hard and the approach  novel, and it has to outline the
results achieved to date. Specific, low-level technical details are to
be avoided. Papers  should  have no more than two(in exceptional cases
three) authors:  the  student and one or two advisors. Each submission
must be written in English and has to be limited to 5 pages, including
all references and figures/tables, in the LNCS paper format.

Proceedings:

All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of AIMS 2017,
an   IFIP  sponsored   event.  The   conference  will  be published in
Springer's  Lecture   Notes  of   Computer   Science   (LNCS) series.

Important Dates:

- Paper registration: February 14, 2017
- Paper submission: February 28, 2017
- Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2017
- Camera Ready Papers Due: April 14, 2017
- Conference dates: July 10-14, 2017

Organizing Committee:

General Chair:
- Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

TPC Co-chairs:
- Daphne Tuncer, University College London, London, U.K.
- Robert Koch, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany

Lab Session Co-chairs:
- Thomas Bocek, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Martin Drasar, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Publications Co-chairs:
- Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Remi Badonnel, INRIA, Nancy, France

Local Chair:
- Barbara Jost, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Publicity & Web Master:
- Corinna Schmitt, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Lab Courses and Further Information

AIMS  2017  will  also  include hands-on sessions and Lab Courses that
attendees, who registered  for  the  event  as a whole, can attend for
free  and in which they will receive instructor teaching and practical
guidance in a selected range  of those  topics listed above. For final
information  on  those  topics  as  well  as  further information  on
AIMS  2017  in general, as soon  as  it  will become available, please
consult the AIMS 2017 Web site at http://www.aims-conference.org/2017.


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