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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>
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<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>
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style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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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<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>
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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">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>
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<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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