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CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
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IEEE/IFIP IM 2017<br>
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*** Special Track on Autonomic Management ***<br>
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IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management<br>
Lisbon, Portugal, 8-12 May 2017<br>
http:/goo.gl/8Hc64L<br>
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(Paper Submission Date: 24 January 2017)<br>
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Programmable and software networks require more than ever management<br>
systems with smart, adaptive and effective decisions, recommendations<br>
and actuations. Management systems should incorporate autonomic<br>
management principles to be able to sense their environment, perceive the<br>
changes and react quickly to changing conditions in order to optimize<br>
operation and performance, diagnose faults, and protect from threats.<br>
Papers for this special session should address the diverse challenges in<br>
the development and deployment of autonomic management solutions<br>
including, but not limited to:<br>
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- Self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing and self-protection<br>
in programmable and software-defined networks<br>
- Self-optimization for dynamic controllers and virtual network functions<br>
placement<br>
- Policy-based management, including imperative, declarative (intent), <br>
and other paradigms<br>
- Learning and reasoning techniques for programmable networks<br>
- Data analytics and machine learning for autonomic management<br>
- Autonomic based service lifecycle management and orchestration<br>
- Autonomic resource allocation and configuration in virtualized <br>
infrastructures<br>
- Adaptive scheduling in cloud computing environments<br>
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This special track is supported by the IEEE ComSoc Technical Subcommittee<br>
on Autonomic Communications (TCAC). More information about TCAC can be<br>
found at http://ac.committees.comsoc.org/<br>
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Paper Submission<br>
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Authors are invited to submit original contributions written in English<br>
that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.<br>
Papers must be formatted using the IEEE 2-column format and not exceed 8<br>
pages (excluding references). All papers should be submitted through<br>
JEMS at https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=2717<br>
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All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted and presented<br>
papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted<br>
to IEEE Xplore. <br>
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Important Dates<br>
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Paper submission: Jan. 24, 2017<br>
Author notification: Feb. 15, 2017<br>
Final paper due: March 1, 2017<br>
Conference date: May 8-12, 2017<br>
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Special Track Co-Chairs<br>
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Imen Grida Ben Yahia (Orange Labs, France)<br>
Noura Limam (University of Waterloo, Canada)<br>
Mohamed Faten Zhani (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)<br>
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