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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> IEEE NetSoft 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> The 6th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> "Bridging the gap between AI and Network Softwarization"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> June 29 - July 3, 2020, Ghent, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> http://ieee-netsoft.org <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>The 6th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft 2020) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>will be held from June 29 to July 3, 2020 in the historic city of Ghent <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>in Belgium. IEEE NetSoft has been created as a flagship conference aiming <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>at addressing softwarization of networks and systemic trends raised by <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>the convergence of Cloud Computing, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), leading to a significant evolution <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>of networks and services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*** Scope ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Over the last few years, software has become the core value provider in the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>telecommunications industry. Boosted by scientific breakthrough, continuous <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>innovation and stringent requirements for new services, network softwarization <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>is currently transforming telecommunications and networking industry, and is <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>bringing several opportunities, while raising new challenges, from both <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>conceptual and operational perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>To pave the way for the next big step toward full network automation, with <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>unprecedented capabilities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), NetSoft 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>will serve as a forum to discuss the latest advances in network softwarization <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>technologies, AI-based software-defined networks, autonomic networking, policy-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>based network management, network slicing, and other related research areas that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>are anticipated to radically transform todayís networks. The need for further <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>advances in these topics is reflected in the overall theme of NetSoft 2020: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>"Bridging the gap between AI and Network Softwarization".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>NetSoft 2020 will feature technical paper presentations, keynotes, tutorials, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>workshops, demos and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing service <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>providers, vendors, research institutes, open source projects and academia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*** Topics of interest ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>**************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Softwarized cloud, fog and edge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Cognitive and autonomic networking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- AI techniques to support network automation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Big data analytics for managing softwarized networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Network slicing and slice management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Mobility management in software networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Policy-based and intent-based Networking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Centralized vs distributed control, management & orchestration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services and functions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Service Function Chaining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Container/microservice-based network functions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Network softwarization for 5G<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Network management at the edge for low-latency services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Security, Safety, Trust and Privacy in virtualized environments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- SDN switch/router architecture and design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Lifecycle management of network software<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- DevOps methodologies for network softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Debugging and introspection of software-defined systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Energy efficient and green software-defined infrastructures (SDI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*** Paper Submissions ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Authors are invited to submit original English-written contributions in PDF <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>format. Only original papers not published or submitted for publication <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>elsewhere can be submitted. Papers can be of two types: full (up to 9 pages) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>or short (up to 5 pages) papers. Full Papers accepted as short Papers will be <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>required to be reduced to 5 pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Papers should be in IEEE 2-column US-Letter style using IEEE Conference template <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>(see https://goo.gl/osSfEF). Only PDF files will be accepted for the review <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>process and all manuscripts must be electronically submitted through <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>EDAS: https://edas.info/N26524<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Papers exceeding these limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>will be rejected without further review. All submitted papers will be subject <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>to a peer-review process. At least one author of each accepted paper is required <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>to register to the NetSoft 2020 main conference to have their paper published <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>in the conference proceedings. The paper must be presented at the conference <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>by one author to be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Important: NetSoft 2020 is enforcing a strict publication and no-show policy as <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>stated by IEEE. Please check details on the NetSoft 2020 website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>More details about submissions are available at http://ieee-netsoft.org/authors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*** Important dates ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>***********************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Paper submission deadline: January 6, 2020 (firm deadline)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Acceptance notification: March 9, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Camera-ready Papers: April 6, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Please register your paper at your earliest convenience on EDAS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*** General Co-Chairs ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Filip De Turck, Ghent University - imec, Belgium <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs (retired), France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*** TPC Co-Chairs ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>*********************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Tim Wauters, Ghent University - imec, Belgium <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Mohamed Faten Zhani, ETS Montreal, Canada <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>********<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Website: http://ieee-netsoft.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>