[aims-announce] [NetSoft 2021] CfP - IEEE NetSoft 2021 - Deadline: December 14, 2020!

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                                 Call for Papers 
                                IEEE NetSoft 2021 

          The 7th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization 
             "Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age" 

                       June 28 - July 2, 2021, Tokyo, Japan 

                               http://ieee-netsoft.org 

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***Important Dates*** 
Paper submission deadline: ***December 14, 2020*** 
Acceptance notification: March 8, 2021 
Camera-ready paper: April 11, 2021 


***Scope*** 
Over the years, software has become  the core value provider in the
telecommuni- 
cations industry. Boosted by scientific breakthroughs, 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 move ahead,  cognitive network softwarization,  NetSoft 2021 will serve
as a 
forum to discuss the latest advances in network softwarization technologies,
AI- 
based software-defined networks, a utonomic networking, intent/policy-based
net- 
work management,  network slicing,  and other  related  research areas  that
are 
anticipated to radically transform today's networks. 
The need for  further advances in these topics is reflected in the overall
theme 
of NetSoft 2021: "Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age".


NetSoft 2021 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*** 
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 softwarized 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 Submission*** 
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical
papers 
for presentation  at the conference and  publication  in the Proceedings  of
the 
conference.  All submissions  must be  written in English  and must use
standard 
IEEE two-column conference template that can be downloaded from 
 <https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html>
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html 

Technical Papers can be of two types: Full papers or Short papers, up to 9
pages 
and 5 pages respectively, including tables, figures and references.  Full
papers 
accepted as short papers will be required to be reduced to 5-pages length. 

Papers submitted should describe original, and not previously published
research 
results, not currently  under review by  another conference or journal. All
sub- 
mitted papers will be peer-reviewed. 

Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process, and all manuscripts
must 
be electronically submitted through EDAS:  <https://edas.info/N27856>
https://edas.info/N27856 

***Important*** 
NetSoft 2021 is enforcing  a strict publication and no-show policy, as
stated by 
IEEE. By submitting a contribution,  you agree with the terms of the
publication 
and no-show policy as mentioned here: 
 
<https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/publication-and-no-show-policy
/>
https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/publication-and-no-show-policy/



***More details about submissions are available at: 
 <https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/>
https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/ 


***TPC Co-Chairs*** 
Christian Esteve Rothenberg - University of Campinas, Brazil 
Barbara Martini - CNIT, Italy 
Eiji Oki - Kyoto University, Japan 

***General Co-Chairs*** 
Kohei Shiomoto - Tokyo City University, Japan 
Young-Tak Kim - Yeungnam University, Korea 


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