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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
style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
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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>
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<font color="#ff0000">Register now as attendee at a very
reduced fee at </font></span><font color="#ff0000"><span
lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/registration"
target="_blank"><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></font><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. The program covers</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>highlights</b> include the following:</span><br>
</font> </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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>
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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="
target="_blank"><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="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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="
target="_blank"><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="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/ifipn_202006/997440/?view="
target="_blank"><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></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><font size="-1"
face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"></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="
target="_blank"><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></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><font size="-1"
face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"></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="
target="_blank"><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>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><font
size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">Vibrant <b>poster and demo sessions</b> showcasing
new ideas and hot topics in networking</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><font
size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">An <b>industry session</b> reporting latest
industrial developments on emerging networking technologies</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><font
size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">A distinguished expert <b>panel</b> with theme
“Networking challenges for the next decade: just a few or
too many?!”</span></font></li>
</ul>
<font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">In conjunction with the main IFIP Networking 2020
conference are <b>four international workshops</b> on June 22:</span></font>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><font
size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">The 23rd IEEE Global Internet Symposium (GIS
2020): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/workshops/gis-2020"
target="_blank"><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>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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"
target="_blank"><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>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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"
target="_blank"><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>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;line-height:normal"><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"
target="_blank"><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
style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></li>
</ul>
<font size="-1" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">Further details on the conference are available at </span><span
lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/" target="_blank">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/</a></span></span></font>
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</span></font></div>
<font size="4" face="Calibri"><font style=""><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"></span>The student travel grant program is still
open for applications. Students can apply for <b style="">IFIP
student travel grant</b> or <b style="">NSF student travel
grant</b>. For more details click on </font></font><font
face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: large; color: rgb(0, 0,
0);"><a
href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/travel-grants-and-awards">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/travel-grants-and-awards</a>.
The travel grant will be able to cover the virtual conference
registration fees.</span><font size="4"><font style=""><br>
</font></font></font><font face="Courier New, Courier,
monospace"><font style="" face="Calibri"><br>
<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;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;font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
<i style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12pt"
lang="EN-GB">IFIP Networking 2020 General Chairs</span></i><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB">Xiaoming Fu
(University of Goettingen, Germany),<br>
Silvia Giordano (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of
Southern, Switzerland),<br>
Christian Jacquenet (Orange Labs, France)</span><br>
<i style="font-size:small"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px" lang="EN-GB">IFIP
Networking 2020 Program Chairs</span></i></font></font>
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