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Dear Colleagues,<br>
The deadline for IM 2015 is in less than 8 weeks from now (September
15th, 2014).<br>
We look forward to your submissions for a successful IM 2015 in the
capital city of Canada.<br>
Best regards,<br>
IM 2015 TPC Chairs<br>
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CALL FOR PAPERS - IFIP/IEEE IM 2015<br>
<br>
The 14th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service
Management <br>
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 11-15 May 2015<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ieee-im.org/">http://www.ieee-im.org/</a>
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(Paper Submission Date: September 15, 2014)<br>
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"Integrated Management in the Age of Big Data"<br>
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<div align="left">The 14th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated
Network and Service Management <br>
(IM 2015) will be held 11-15 May 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada and hosted by <br>
the Ottawa Convention Centre. Held in odd-numbered years since
1989, IM 2015 <br>
follows the 27 years tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary IEEE
Communications <br>
Society's forum for technical exchange on management
of information and <br>
communication technology focusing on research,
development, integration, <br>
standards, service provisioning, and user communities. IM 2015
will focus on the<br>
theme "Integrated Management in the Age of Big Data"
presenting recent, <br>
emerging approaches and technical solutions for dealing with
Big Data as well as <br>
using it for management solutions. IM 2015 will offer
five types of sessions: <br>
technical, experience, poster, panel and dissertation. High
quality will be assured <br>
through a well qualified Technical Program Committee and
stringent peer review <br>
of paper submissions. A special call for demonstrations
is organized to allow<br>
industry partners and researchers to demonstrate early products
and prototypes.<br>
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TOPICS OF INTEREST<br>
<br>
Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related
to the topic areas <br>
that are listed below. In addition, we invite
submissions of proposals for <br>
demonstrations, exhibits, technical panels, tutorials and
workshops. Papers can be <br>
submitted as technical session full papers, technical
session short papers, <br>
experience session papers and dissertation papers.<br>
<br>
Network Management & Operational Experience<br>
- Software Defined Networks (SDN)<br>
- Smart Cities, Smart Grids<br>
- Internet of Things (IoT)<br>
- Future Internet<br>
- Content Distribution Networks (P2P, CDN, ICN)<br>
- Virtual and Overlay Networks<br>
- Data Centers, Storage Area Networks<br>
- Cyber-Physical Systems<br>
- Wireless and Mobile Networks (Ad-Hoc, Mesh, Sensor, Vehicular)<br>
- Smart Devices and Home Networks<br>
- Broadband Access Networks<br>
- Cognitive Radio Networks<br>
- IP/MPLS Networks<br>
- Optical Networks<br>
- Heterogeneous Networks<br>
<br>
Service Management<br>
- Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)<br>
- IT Service Management<br>
- Multimedia and Data Services<br>
- QoE-Centric Management<br>
- Service Discovery, Migration and Orchestration<br>
- Resource Provisioning and Management<br>
- Hosting and Virtualized Infrastructures<br>
- OTT Service Management<br>
- Management as a Service<br>
<br>
Business Management<br>
- Legal and Ethical Issues<br>
- Process Management<br>
<br>
Functional Areas<br>
- Deployment<br>
- Fault Management<br>
- Diagnostics, Tracing, Troubleshooting<br>
- Configuration Management<br>
- Accounting and Billing Management<br>
- Performance Management<br>
- Service Level Management<br>
- Security Management, IDS, IPS<br>
<br>
Management Approaches<br>
- Centralized management<br>
- Distributed management<br>
- Autonomic and self-management<br>
- Policy-based management<br>
- Federated Management<br>
- Pro-Active Management<br>
- Energy-Aware Management<br>
- Management Architectures<br>
<br>
Management Enablers & Technologies<br>
- Network Programmability<br>
- Cloud Computing<br>
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Service Chaining <br>
- (Big) Data, Information and Semantic Modeling<br>
- Protocols and Languages<br>
- Message and Software Buses<br>
- Middleware, Grids<br>
- Mobile Agents<br>
- Social Networking<br>
- Human-Machine Interactions<br>
- Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS)<br>
<br>
Methodologies for Network Operations and Management<br>
- (Big) Data Analytics and Data Mining<br>
- Monitoring and Measurements<br>
- Control Theories<br>
- Optimization Theories<br>
- Economic Theories<br>
- Machine learning and Genetic Algorithms<br>
- Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Queuing Theory<br>
- Design and Simulation<br>
- Experimental Studies<br>
- Visualization<br>
<br>
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<br>
<br>
Authors are invited to submit original contributions (written
in English) in PDF <br>
format through the IM 2015 web site. Only original papers that
have not been <br>
published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be
submitted. Each <br>
submission will be limited to 8 pages (full papers) or 4
pages (short papers) in <br>
IEEE 2-column style. Papers exceeding these limits, multiple
submissions, and<br>
self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review.
The authors of the <br>
IM 2015 top papers will be encouraged to extend their work and
submit to IEEE <br>
TNSM (IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
These extended<br>
papers will undergo the normal TNSM peer-review process.<br>
<br>
More information about technical paper submissions on:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/technical-session-papers">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/technical-session-papers</a><br>
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IMPORTANT DATES<br>
<br>
Paper submission: September 15, 2014<br>
Notification of acceptance: November 30, 2014<br>
Camera ready submission: February 1, 2015<br>
<br>
SUMMARY OF IM 2015 CALLS<br>
<br>
Technical Papers (deadline: September 15, 2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/technical-session-papers">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/technical-session-papers</a><br>
<br>
Experience Papers (deadline: September 15, 2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/experience-session-papers">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/experience-session-papers</a><br>
<br>
Dissertation Papers (deadline: October 30, 2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/dissertation-papers">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/dissertation-papers</a><br>
<br>
Panel Proposals (deadline: October 31, 2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/panels">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/panels</a><br>
<br>
Tutorial Proposals (deadline: October 17, 2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/tutorials-0">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/tutorials-0</a><br>
<br>
Workshop Proposals (deadline: August 1, 2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/workshops-0">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/workshops-0</a><br>
<br>
Exhibit and Demo Proposals (deadline: January 30, 2015)<br>
<a href="http://www.ieee-im.org/content/demos">http://www.ieee-im.org/content/demos</a><br>
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GENERAL CO-CHAIRS<br>
<br>
- Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
- Wahab Almuhtadi, Algonquin College, Canada<br>
<br>
TPC CO-CHAIRS<br>
<br>
- Shingo Ata, Osaka City University, Japan<br>
- Remi Badonnel, TELECOM Nancy - LORIA/INRIA, France<br>
- Jin Xiao, IBM T.J. Watson, USA<br>
<br>
STEERING COMMITTEE<br>
<br>
- Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
- Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland<br>
- Alex Clemm, Cisco, USA<br>
- Olivier Festor, Telecom Nancy, France<br>
- Nobuo Fujii, NTT, Japan<br>
- Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, Brazil<br>
- Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherlands<br>
- Doug Zuckerman, Telcordia Technologies, USA<br>
<br>
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br>
<br>
- Abdelkader Lahmadi, ENSEM, France<br>
- Adarsh Sethi, University of Delaware, USA<br>
- Adel El-Atawy, Google, USA<br>
- Aiko Pras, University of Twente, Netherland<br>
- Akihiro Nakao, The University of Tokyo, Japan<br>
- Alberto Gonzalez, Cisco Systems, USA<br>
- Aldri dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil<br>
- Alexander Clemm, Cisco Systems, USA<br>
- Alexander Keller, IBM Global Technology Services, USA<br>
- Alva Couch, Tufts University, USA<br>
- Andrzej Kochut, IBM T. J. Watson, USA<br>
- Anna Sperotto, University of Twente, Netherlands<br>
- Anwar Haque, Bell Canada, Canada<br>
- Arosha Bandara, The Open University, UK<br>
- Artur Ziviani, LNCC, Brazil<br>
- Bradley Simmons, York University, Canada<br>
- Brendan Jennings, TSSG - Waterford Institute of Technology,
Ireland<br>
- Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland<br>
- Carlos Westphall, Federal Uiversity of Santa Catarina, Brazil<br>
- Carol Fung, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA<br>
- Chonggang Wang, InterDigital Communications, USA<br>
- Choong Seon Hong, Kyung Hee University, South Korea<br>
- Christopher Ward, SiriusXM, USA<br>
- Clarissa Marquezan, Duisburg-Essen University, Germany<br>
- Danny Raz, Technion, Israel<br>
- David Breitgand, IBM - Haifa Research Lab, Israel<br>
- David Hausheer, TU Darmstadt, Germany<br>
- Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA<br>
- Edmundo Madeira, UNICAMP, Brazil<br>
- Emil Lupu, Imperial College, UK<br>
- Fetahi Wuhib, Ericsson Research, Sweden<br>
- Filip De Turck, Ghent University - iMinds, Belgium<br>
- Gabi Dreo Rodosek, University of Federal Armed Forces, Munich
Germany<br>
- George Pavlou, University College London, UK<br>
- Gerard Parr, University of Ulster, UK<br>
- Giovane Moura, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands<br>
- Guillaume Doyen, UTT, France<br>
- Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada<br>
- Helmut Reiser, Leibniz-Supercomputing Centre, Germany<br>
- Henning Sanneck, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co KG, Germany<br>
- Hongtaek Ju, Keimyung University, South Korea<br>
- Isabelle Chrisment, Université de Lorraine, France<br>
- Iyad Katib, King Abdulaziz University Saudi, Arabia<br>
- James Hong, POSTECH, South Korea<br>
- Javier Baliosian, University of the Republic, Uruguay<br>
- Jérôme François, INRIA Nancy Grand Est, France<br>
- Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin, EPFL, Switzerland<br>
- Jeroen Famaey, Ghent University - iMinds, Belgium<br>
- Jerry Rolia, HP Laboratories, USA<br>
- Jiahai Yang, Tsinghua University, China<br>
- Jinho Hwang, IBM Research, USA<br>
- Joan Serrat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain<br>
- Joe Betser, The Aerospace Corporation, USA<br>
- John Strassner, Huawei Technologies (US), USA<br>
- Jorge López de Vergara, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain<br>
- Jorge Lobo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain<br>
- José De Souza, UFC, Brazil<br>
- Jose-Marcos Nogueira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil<br>
- Juergen Schoenwaelder, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany<br>
- Kazuhiko Kinoshita, Osaka University, Japan<br>
- Liam Fallon, Ericsson, Ireland<br>
- Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, Brazil<br>
- Luca Deri, ntop.org, Italy<br>
- Luciano Paschoal Gaspary, UFRGS, Brazil<br>
- Lucy Cherkasova, Hewlett Packard Labs, USA<br>
- Malgorzata Steinder, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA<br>
- Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland<br>
- Marinos Charalambides, University College London, UK<br>
- Mario Golling, University of Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany<br>
- Masum Hasan, Cisco Systems, USA<br>
- Mauro Tortonesi, University of Ferrara, Italy<br>
- Maxwell, Young Drexel University, USA<br>
- Metin Feridun, IBM Research, Switzerland<br>
- Michael Bauer, University of Western Ontario, Canada<br>
- Michael Menth, University of Tuebingen, Germany<br>
- Michele Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil<br>
- Nancy Samaan, University of Ottawa, Canada<br>
- Nikos Anerousis, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA<br>
- Noriaki Kamiyama, Osaka University/NTT Laboratories, Japan<br>
- Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
- Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada<br>
- Olivier Festor, TELECOM Nancy, France<br>
- Omar Cherkaoui, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada<br>
- Osamu Akashi, NTT, Japan<br>
- Paulo Simoes, University of Coimbra, Portugal<br>
- Peer Hasselmeyer, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany<br>
- Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS, France<br>
- Piotr Cholda, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland<br>
- Prasad Calyam, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA<br>
- Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France<br>
- Qi Zhang, University of Toronto, Canada<br>
- Quanyan Zhu, New York University, USA<br>
- Radu State, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg<br>
- Rami Langar, UPMC - Paris University, France<br>
- Ramin Sadre, Aalborg University, Denmark<br>
- Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
- Reaz Ahmed, University of Waterloo, Canada<br>
- Ritu Chadha, Applied Communication Sciences (formerly Telcordia),
USA<br>
- Roberto Riggio, CREATE-NET, Italy<br>
- Rocky K. C. Chang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China<br>
- Sejun Song, University of Missouri Kansas City, USA<br>
- Serge Mankovskii, CA Labs, USA<br>
- Sidath Handurukande, Ericsson Ireland, Ireland<br>
- Stefan Wallin, Tail-f Systems, Sweden<br>
- Stefano Secci, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, France<br>
- Steven Latre, University of Antwerp - iMinds, Belgium<br>
- Sven van der Meer, Ericsson, Ireland<br>
- Taghrid Samak, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA<br>
- Tamar Eilam, IBM, USA<br>
- Thomas Bocek, University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>
- Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Germany<br>
- Thomas Schaaf, University of Munich (LMU), Germany<br>
- Toshio Tonouchi, NEC, Japan<br>
- Toufik Ahmed, University of Bordeaux, France<br>
- Tsuyoshi Ide, IBM Research, Japan<br>
- Xiaoyun Zhu, VMware Inc., USA<br>
- Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, University of La Rochelle, France<br>
- Yang Song, IBM Research, USA<br>
- Yixin Diao, IBM Research, USA<br>
- Yoshiaki Kiriha, NEC, Japan<br>
- Young-Tak Kim, Yeungnam University, South Korea<br>
- Zhikui Wang, HP Laboratories, USA<br>
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For more information, please feel free to contact the TPC chairs <br>
at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:im2015tpcchairs@gmail.com">im2015tpcchairs@gmail.com</a>
or visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ieee-im.org">http://www.ieee-im.org</a><br>
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