<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">[Apologies in advance, if you receive multiple copies of the Call for Tutorials]<br><br>**********************************************************************************************<br>CALL FOR TUTORIALS<br>IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2015)<br>11-15 May 2015<br>Ottawa, Canada<br><a href="http://im2015.ieee-im.org">http://im2015.ieee-im.org</a><br><br><div><b>*** Tutorial proposal submission deadline: 31 October 2014 (extended) ***<br></b></div><div><br></div><div>**********************************************************************************************<br><br>Tutorials are an integral part of the program of IEEE/IFIP IM 2015. They provide participants with broad and comprehensive overviews of emerging fields in management of information and communication technology. Experts are invited to submit half-day (3.5 hours) tutorial proposals.<br><br>SUGGESTED TOPICS<br><br>Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:<br>- Big data analytics and mining in the context of network/service management<br>- Network Function Virtualization (NFV) management<br>- Managing Software Defined Networks (SDN)<br>- Managing converged networks and services<br>- Managing cloud computing and services<br>- State of the art on wireless network management<br>- Smart grid management<br>- State of the art on security management<br>- Smart devices management<br>- Managing future networks<br>- Green communication management<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br><br>- Tutorial proposal submission: 31 October 2014 (extended)<br>- Notification of acceptance: 28 November 2014<br>- Final version: 13 March 2015<br><br>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES<br><br>Tutorial proposals should contain a title, an abstract, intended audience, a preliminary outline of the tutorial w.r.t topics covered and a short bio of the presenter(s). Submissions should be made by uploading your proposal through JEMS.</div><div><br>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<br><br>Once accepted, a tutorial will be held provided that there is a minimum audience of 7 registrants for the tutorial. Either a free conference registration or a stipend will be offered per tutorial (to be shared among speakers for a particular tutorial if more than one speaker presents the tutorial).<br><br>For further information, please contact the Tutorial Co-Chairs:<br><br>Luciano Paschoal Gaspary, UFRGS, Brazil, <a href="mailto:paschoal@inf.ufrgs.br">paschoal@inf.ufrgs.br</a><br>Joseph Betser, The Aerospace Corporation, USA, <a href="mailto:jbetser@gmail.com">jbetser@gmail.com</a><br><br>------------------------------<br>Prof. Luciano Paschoal Gaspary<br>Associate Professor<br>Instituto de Informática<br>Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul<br><a href="http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~paschoal">http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~paschoal</a><br>------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div></body></html>