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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>
        <br>
        <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>
          <b>Register now at :</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="https://networking.ifip.org/2020/registration">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/registration</a><br>
        </span><font color="#ff0000"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></font><span
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          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>
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    <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>
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        <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" 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="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" 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="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" 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></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" 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></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" 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>
      </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" 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>
      <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" 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>
      <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" 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>
      <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" 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
            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"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://networking.ifip.org/2020/</a></span></span></font>
    <div><font style="" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:16px"><br>
        </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"
          moz-do-not-send="true">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>
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      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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