<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">**********************************************************************</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> IFIP/IEEE IM 2017</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> The 15th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> on Integrated Network Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> 8-12 May 2017, Lisbon, Portugal</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> <a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/" class=""><font color="blue" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org</u></font></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> "Integrated Management in the Cloud and 5G Era"</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">**********************************************************************</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">The 15th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Management (IM 2017) will be held 8-12 May 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal.</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Held in odd-numbered years since 1989, IM 2017 follows the 29 years</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary IEEE Communications Society’s</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">forum for technical exchange on management of information and</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">communication technology focusing on research, development,</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">integration, standards, service provisioning, and user communities.</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">IM 2017 will focus on the theme "Integrated Management in the Cloud</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">and 5G Era" presenting recent, emerging approaches and technical</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">solutions for dealing with 5G and cloud infrastructures, as well as</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">associated services and applications. Submissions addressing</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">traditional network management challenges are also in the scope of the</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">conference. IM 2017 will offer five types of sessions: technical,</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">experience, poster, panel, and dissertation. High quality will be</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">assured through a well-qualified Technical Program Committee and</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">rigorous peer review of papers. A special call for demonstrations is</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">organized to allow industry partners and researchers to demonstrate</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">early products and prototypes. </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Technical Papers (deadline: September 4, 2016)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-technical-session-papers" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-technical-session-papers</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Experience Papers (deadline: September 4, 2016)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-experience-session-papers" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-experience-session-papers</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Demo Proposals (deadline: January 13, 2017)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-demos" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-demos</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Dissertation Papers (deadline: December 1, 2016)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-dissertation-papers" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-dissertation-papers</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Panel Proposals (deadline: December 9, 2016)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-panels" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-panels</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Tutorial Proposals (deadline: September 30, 2016)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-tutorials" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-tutorials</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Workshop Proposals (deadline: September 9, 2016)</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-for-workshops" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="blue" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><u class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-for-workshops</u></span></font></a><font face="Courier New" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">TOPICS OF INTEREST</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">the topic areas that are listed below.</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Network Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Software-Defined Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- IP Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Wireless and Cellular Networks Optical Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Overlay Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Virtual Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Home Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Access Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Enterprise and Campus Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Data Center Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- SCADA Networks and DCS</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Wireless Sensor Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Internet of Things Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Information-Centric Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Service Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Multimedia Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Content Delivery Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Cloud Computing Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Internet Connectivity and Access</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Internet of Things Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Security Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Context-Aware Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Information Technology Services</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Business Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Economic Aspects</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Multi-Stakeholder Aspects</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Service Level Agreements</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Lifecycle Aspects</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Process and Workflow Aspects</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Legal Perspective</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Regulatory Perspective</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Privacy Aspects</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Functional Areas</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Fault Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Configuration Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Accounting Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Performance Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Security Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Management Paradigms</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Centralized Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Hierarchical Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Distributed Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Federated Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Autonomic and Cognitive Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Policy-Based Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Pro-Active Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Energy-Aware Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- QoE-Centric Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Intent-Based Management</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Technologies</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Fog and Edge Computing</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Communication Protocols</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Middleware</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Overlay Networks</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Data, Information & Semantic Models</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Information Visualization</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Software-Defined Networking</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Network Function Virtualization</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Orchestration</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Operations/Business Support Systems</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">Methods</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Mathematical Logic and Automated Reasoning</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Mathematical Optimization</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Control Theory</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, and Queuing Theory</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Machine Learning</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Evolutionary Algorithms</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Economic and Game Theory</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Monitoring and Measurements</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Data Mining and (Big) Data Analysis</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Computer Simulation Experiments</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Prototype Implementation and Testbed Experimentation</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Field Trials</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">GENERAL CO-CHAIRS</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">TPC CO-CHAIRS</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Marinos Charalambides, University College London, UK</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Edmundo Madeira, University of Campinas, Brazil</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class="">- Paulo Simões, University of Coimbra, Portugal</div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></font></div></body></html>