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<p><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Call for Participation – IFIP Networking 2020</span></b><span
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">The IFIP Networking
2020 conference is around the corner! </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"><br>
<br>
Register now as attendee at a very reduced fee at </span><span
lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/registration"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/registration</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (early registration
deadline: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">June
8, 2020).</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span> <br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Due to the COVID-19
pandemic, <b>IFIP Networking 2020 will take place virtually
and online during the week of June 22-25</b>, using video
conferencing tools. IFIP Networking 2020 showcases <b>a
high-quality technical program</b> including cutting-edge
research on various issues in networking. <span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The program covers</span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> 3 days with 2- or
3-parallel tracks each day, and a total of 55 full paper and
25 short paper (selected from 235 submissions) presentations.
Topics include cloud and data center networking, routing,
transport protocols, network management, programmable control
and data planes, service function chaining, network security,
blockchains, 5G and beyond, IoT, industrial and vehicular
networking, streaming services, AI for networking, network and
user behaviour modelling, traffic analysis, and more. Other
program <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">highlights</b>
include the following:</span><br>
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36.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><b><i><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">5 Keynotes:</span></i></b><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Prof. Serge Fdida (Sorbonne
University, France): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/ifipn_202006/997424/?view="
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">New
directions to Research Infrastructure in Digital
Sciences</span></a></span><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dr. Marina Thottan (Research Director,
Nokia Bell Labs, USA): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/ifipn_202006/997425/?view="
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Future
of Network and Service Automation</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dr. Chih-Lin I (Chief Scientist, China
Mobile Research Institute, China):<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span
lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/ifipn_202006/997440/?view="
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
Afterthought of 5G and a Peek at 6G</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><font
size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"></span></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
10pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;
font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto;
font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings:
normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Prof. George
Varghese (UCLA, USA): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/ifipn_202006/997448/?view="
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Network
Verification -- When Clarke Meets Cerf</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><font
size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"
lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"></span></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
10pt;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none;
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normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dr. Dario Rossi
(Chief Expert and Director, Huawei Technologies, France):
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/ifipn_202006/997454/?view="
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
long and winding road to self-driving networks</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><font
face="Calibri"><br>
</font><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Vibrant <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">poster and demo sessions</b> showcasing new ideas
and hot topics in networking</span></font></li>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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36.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">An <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">industry session</b> reporting latest industrial
developments on emerging networking technologies</span></font></li>
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36.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">A distinguished expert <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">panel</b> with theme
“Networking challenges for the next decade: just a few or
too many?!”</span></font></li>
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<font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"
lang="EN-GB">In conjunction with the main IFIP Networking 2020
conference are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">four
international workshops</b> on June 22:</span></font>
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">The 23rd IEEE Global Internet Symposium
(GIS 2020):<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span
lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/gis-2020"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/gis-2020</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">The International Workshop on
Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR 2020): </span><span
lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/tensor-2020"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/tensor-2020</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">The International Workshop on Network
Slicing (Network Slicing 2020): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/network-slicing-2020"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/network-slicing-2020</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
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72.0pt"><font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">The International Workshop on the Future
of Internet Transport (FIT 2020): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/fit-2020"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/fit-2020</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span
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<font face="Calibri"> </font><font size="-1" face="Courier New,
Courier, monospace"><font face="Calibri"> <span style="font-size:
12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Further details on the conference are
available at </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"> We are looking
forward to seeing you soon in the online conference IFIP
Networking 2020! </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Raouf Boutaba
(Waterloo University, Canada),<br>
Guy Pujolle (Sorbonne University, France)</span><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">IFIP Networking
2020 General Chairs</span></i><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Xiaoming Fu
(University of Goettingen, Germany), <br>
<span style="mso-tab-count:1"></span>Silvia Giordano
(University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern,
Switzerland),<br>
Christian Jacquenet (Orange Labs, France)</span><br>
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"
lang="EN-GB">IFIP Networking 2020 Program Chairs</span></i></font><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;" lang="EN-GB"> <br>
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