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<p> CALL FOR PAPERS CNSM 2016 <br>
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12th International Conference on Network and Service Management <br>
IFIP / IEEE / In-cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM <br>
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October 31 - November 4, 2016, Montreal, Canada <br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Submission Deadline: May 15, 2016</b></font><b><br>
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The 12th International Conference on Network and Service
Management <br>
(CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions
in <br>
the network and service management research area. CNSM 2016
is <br>
a selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of
the <br>
management of networks and services, pervasive systems,
enterprises, <br>
and cloud computing environments. The core track is
accompanied <br>
by a series of workshops and poster sessions. <br>
<br>
Papers accepted and presented at CNSM 2016 will be published
open <br>
access on the conference Web site (with IFIP copyright).
Authors <br>
of selected papers accepted for publication in the CNSM
2016 <br>
proceedings will be invited to submit an extended version of
their <br>
paper to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management <br>
journal. <br>
<br>
Topics of interest include but are not limited to: <br>
<br>
Network Management <br>
- Software-defined networks <br>
- Virtual networks <br>
- Overlay networks <br>
- Wireless networks and cellular networks <br>
- Wireless sensor networks <br>
- Internet of Things networks <br>
- Information-centric networks <br>
- Enterprise networks and campus networks <br>
- Data center networks <br>
- Optical networks <br>
- IP networks <br>
- Home networks <br>
- Access networks <br>
- SCADA networks and distributed control systems <br>
- Smart Cities and Smart Grids <br>
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Management Paradigms <br>
- Centralized management <br>
- Distributed management <br>
- Hierarchical management <br>
- Federated management <br>
- Autonomic and cognitive management <br>
- Policy-based management <br>
- Pro-active management <br>
- Energy-aware management <br>
- Quality of experience-centric management <br>
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Service Management <br>
- Cloud computing services <br>
- Content delivery services <br>
- Multimedia services <br>
- Internet connectivity and Internet access <br>
- Internet of Things services <br>
- Security services <br>
- Context-aware services <br>
- Information technology services <br>
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Business Management <br>
- Economic aspects <br>
- Multi-stakeholder aspects <br>
- Service level agreements <br>
- Lifecycle aspects <br>
- Process and workflow aspects <br>
- Legal perspective <br>
- Regulatory perspective <br>
- Privacy aspects <br>
<br>
Functional Areas <br>
- Deployment management <br>
- Fault management <br>
- Configuration management <br>
- Accounting management <br>
- Performance management <br>
- Security management <br>
<br>
Management Technologies <br>
- Network function virtualization <br>
- Software-defined networking <br>
- Orchestration <br>
- Cloud computing and cloud storage <br>
- Communication protocols <br>
- Middleware <br>
- Data models, information models semantic models <br>
- Operations support systems and business support systems <br>
- Information visualization <br>
<br>
Methods <br>
- Mathematical optimization <br>
- Control theory <br>
- Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory <br>
- Machine learning <br>
- Evolutionary algorithms <br>
- Economic theory and game theory <br>
- Mathematical logic and automated reasoning <br>
- Data mining and (big) data analysis <br>
- Monitoring and measurements <br>
- Computer simulation experiments <br>
- Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation <br>
- Field trials <br>
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES <br>
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Authors are invited to submit original contributions that
have <br>
not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
Papers <br>
should be prepared using the IEEE 2-column conference style and
are <br>
limited to 8 pages excluding references (full papers) or 4
pages <br>
excluding references (short papers). They have to be
submitted <br>
electronically in PDF format through EDAS. Papers exceeding
page <br>
limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will
be <br>
rejected without further review. All other papers will
sustain <br>
a thorough single-blind review process, followed by a
rebuttal <br>
phase. <br>
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IMPORTANT DATES <br>
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Paper Submission : <b>May 15, 2016</b> <br>
Rebuttal Phase : July 11-17, 2016 <br>
Acceptance Notification: Aug. 1, 2016 <br>
Camera Ready due : Sept. 11, 2016 <br>
Conference : Oct. 31 Nov. 4, 2016 <br>
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General Chair <br>
Noura Limam (University of Waterloo, Canada) <br>
Mohamed Cheriet (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada) <br>
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Technical Program Co-Chairs <br>
Mohamed Faten Zhani (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada)
<br>
Olivier Festor (INRIA Nancy - Grand Est, France) <br>
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Steering Committee <br>
Raouf Boutaba (University of Waterloo, Canada) <br>
Marcus Brunner (Swisscom, Switzerland) <br>
Prosper Chemouil (Orange Labs, France) <br>
James Hong (POSTECH, Korea) <br>
Deep Medhi (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA) <br>
Aiko Pras (University of Twente, The Netherlands) <br>
Doug Zuckerman (Applied Communication Sciences, USA) </p>
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