[aims-announce] Call for Papers to NetSoft 2020 -> Deadline extended to January 6, 2020

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                                 Call for Papers

                                IEEE NetSoft 2020

 

          The 6th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization

              "Bridging the gap between AI and Network Softwarization"

 

                       June 29 - July 3, 2020, Ghent, Belgium

                            

                              http://ieee-netsoft.org


 

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The 6th  IEEE  International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft
2020) 

will  be  held  from  June  29  to  July 3, 2020 in  the  historic city of
Ghent 

in Belgium. IEEE  NetSoft  has  been  created  as  a  flagship conference
aiming 

at  addressing   softwarization  of  networks  and  systemic  trends  raised
by 

the   convergence   of   Cloud   Computing,   Software-Defined  Networking
(SDN)  

and  Network  Function  Virtualization (NFV), leading to a significant
evolution 

of networks and services.

 

*** Scope ***

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Over  the  last  few  years,  software has become the core value provider in
the 

telecommunications  industry.  Boosted  by  scientific  breakthrough,
continuous 

innovation  and  stringent requirements for new services, network
softwarization 

is  currently  transforming  telecommunications  and networking industry,
and is 

bringing   several  opportunities,  while  raising  new  challenges,  from
both 

conceptual and operational perspectives.

 

To  pave  the  way  for  the  next big step toward full network automation,
with 

unprecedented capabilities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), NetSoft
2020 

will  serve as  a forum to discuss the latest advances in network
softwarization 

technologies,  AI-based software-defined networks, autonomic networking,
policy-

based network management, network slicing, and other related research areas
that 

are  anticipated  to  radically transform todayís networks. The need for
further 

advances  in  these  topics  is  reflected in the overall theme of NetSoft
2020: 

"Bridging the gap between AI and Network Softwarization".

 

NetSoft  2020  will  feature technical paper presentations, keynotes,
tutorials, 

workshops, demos and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing
service 

providers, vendors, research institutes, open source projects and academia.

 

*** Topics of interest ***

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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

 

- Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures

- Softwarized cloud, fog and edge infrastructures

- Cognitive and autonomic networking

- AI techniques to support network automation

- Big data analytics for managing softwarized networks

- Network slicing and slice management

- Mobility management in software networks

- Policy-based and intent-based Networking

- Centralized vs distributed control, management & orchestration

- Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services and functions

- Service Function Chaining

- Container/microservice-based network functions

- Efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV

- QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures

- Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks

- Network softwarization for 5G

- Network management at the edge for low-latency services

- Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments

- Security, Safety, Trust and Privacy in virtualized environments

- SDN switch/router architecture and design

- Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes

- Lifecycle management of network software

- DevOps methodologies for network softwarization

- Debugging and introspection of software-defined systems

- Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT)

- Energy efficient and green software-defined infrastructures (SDI)

- Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV

- New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization

- Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization

- Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments

 

*** Paper Submissions ***

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Authors  are  invited  to  submit  original English-written contributions in
PDF 

format.  Only  original  papers  not  published  or  submitted  for
publication 

elsewhere  can  be  submitted.  Papers can be of two types: full (up to 9
pages) 

or  short  (up to 5 pages)  papers. Full Papers accepted as short Papers
will be 

required to be reduced to 5 pages.

 

Papers should be in IEEE 2-column US-Letter style using IEEE Conference
template 

(see https://goo.gl/osSfEF).  Only  PDF  files  will  be accepted for the
review 

process   and   all   manuscripts  must  be  electronically  submitted
through 

EDAS: https://edas.info/N26524

 

Papers exceeding these limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized
papers

will  be  rejected  without further review. All submitted papers will be
subject 

to a peer-review process. At least one author of each accepted paper is
required 

to  register  to  the NetSoft 2020 main conference to have their paper
published 

in  the  conference  proceedings. The paper  must be presented at the
conference 

by one author to be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore.

 

Important: NetSoft 2020 is enforcing  a strict publication and no-show
policy as 

stated by IEEE. Please check details on the NetSoft 2020 website.

 

More details about submissions are available at
http://ieee-netsoft.org/authors

 

*** Important dates ***

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- Paper submission deadline:  January 6, 2020 (firm deadline)

- Acceptance notification:    March 9, 2020

- Camera-ready Papers:        April 6, 2020

 

Please register your paper at your earliest convenience on EDAS.

 

*** General Co-Chairs ***

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Filip De Turck, Ghent University - imec, Belgium 

Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs (retired), France

 

*** TPC Co-Chairs ***

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Tim Wauters, Ghent University - imec, Belgium 

Mohamed Faten Zhani, ETS Montreal, Canada 

Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy

 

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Website: http://ieee-netsoft.org

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