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<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">***************************************************************************************</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> Call for Demos </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2017)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> Lisbon // Portugal // 8-12 May 2017</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> <a href="http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-demos" class="">http://im2017.ieee-im.org/call-demos</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">***************************************************************************************</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">The IFIP/IEEE IM 2017 symposium invites proposals for research prototype </font><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">demonstrations. </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">As a high-profile, leading edge forum for researchers and engineers in the field of </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">network and service management, IM 2017 offers a unique opportunity to showcase </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">applications, engage with a highly skilled and innovating audience and discuss emerging </span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">technologies and recent research prototypes with key thought leaders.</span></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Demonstrations showcasing working systems, innovative applications, groundbreaking </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">ideas, and novel concepts related to network and service management are welcome. In </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">particular, we are seeking the following types of contributions:</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Demos from student authors about the concepts presented in their paper(s),</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Demos from all other authors of accepted contributions in the main conference and workshops,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Demos from faculty and academic research groups related to IM 2017 key topics,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Demos from industrial researchers.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">An award for the best student demo will be presented at the IM 2017 closing ceremony.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Submission Guidelines for Demos</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Prospective contributors are expected to turn in a demo proposal in the form of a 2-page </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">paper in IEEE conference double-column format, preferably incorporating a demo system </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">architecture illustration. Demo papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">included in the electronic conference/workshops proceedings bundle provided to IM 2017 </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">delegates and will be subsequently made available via IEEExplore. Demo papers should be </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><a href="https://jems.sbc.org.br/jems2/index.php?r=conference/main&c=2655" class="">submitted via JEMS</a> by January 13. The demo proposals will be reviewed by the IM 2017 program </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">committee and will be approved based on availability of demo space as well as on the </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">following </font><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">criteria:</span></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Extent and significance of the research contribution,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Potential impact on the audience,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Quality of the proposed implementation,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Presentation quality.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">At least one author of each accepted demo proposal is required to register for the IM 2017 </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">main conference and present their demo at the scheduled demo session(s). </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><a href="https://jems.sbc.org.br/jems2/index.php?r=conference/main&c=2655" class="">Submit your proposal through JEMS</a>.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Important Dates</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Submission deadline: January 13, 2017</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Acceptance notification: January 23, 2017</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Camera ready: January 29, 2017</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Demonstrations Co-Chairs</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">Please feel free to contact the demo Co-Chairs if you have any questions regarding the demo </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">content or setup.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Dr. Nadjib Aitsaadi, University Paris Est Creteil (UPEC), France (<a href="mailto:nadjib.aitsaadi@u-pec.fr" class="">nadjib.aitsaadi@u-pec.fr</a>)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Dr. Nikos Anerousis, IBM, USA (<a href="mailto:nikos@us.ibm.com" class="">nikos@us.ibm.com</a>) </font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier" class="">- Dr. Alberto Schaeffer-Filho, UFRGS, Brazil (<a href="mailto:alberto@inf.ufrgs.br" class="">alberto@inf.ufrgs.br</a>)</font></div></div></body></html>