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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'><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>16th International Conference on Network and Service Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>CNSM 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>2-6 November 2020, Izmir, Turkey<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 16th International Conference on Network and Service Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>(CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>area of network and service management research. CNSM 2020 is a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>management of networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>and cloud computing environments. The core track will be accompanied<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>by a series of workshops and poster sessions.<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'>Following the advice and guidelines from healthcare officials and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>local authorities, CNSM 2020 will now be held virtually on 2-6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>November 2020. Accepted papers for the CNSM 2020 will be published<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>open access on the conference Web site with IFIP copyright, and will<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>be submitted for possible inclusion in IEEE Xplore, ACM and IFIP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Digital Libraries. Furthermore, registration fees for the CNSM 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>will be drastically reduced.<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 accepted and presented at CNSM 2020 will be published as open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>access on the conference website (with IFIP copyright), and will be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>submitted to IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors of selected papers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>accepted for publication in the CNSM 2020 proceedings, will be invited<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>to submit an extended version of their papers to the IEEE Transactions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>on Network and Service Management journal.<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 (but not limited to)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Network Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Software-defined networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Virtual networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Overlay networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Wireless and cellular networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Sensor networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Internet of Things networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Information-centric networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Enterprise networks and campus networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Data center networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Optical networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• IP networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Home networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Access networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Smart cities and Smart grids<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'>Management Paradigms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Centralized management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Distributed management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Hierarchical management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Federated management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Autonomic and cognitive management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Policy-based management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Pro-active management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Energy-aware management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Quality of experience-centric management<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'>Service Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Cloud computing services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Content delivery services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Multimedia services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Internet connectivity and Internet access<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Internet of Things services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Security services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Context-aware services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Information technology 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'>Business Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Economic aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Multi-stakeholder aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Service level agreements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Lifecycle aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Process and workflow aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Legal perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Regulatory perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Privacy aspects<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'>Functional Areas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Deployment management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Fault management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Configuration management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Accounting management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Performance management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Security management<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'>Management Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Network function virtualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Software-defined networking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Orchestration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Cloud computing and cloud storage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Communication protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Middleware<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Data models, information models semantic models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Operations support systems and business support systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Information visualization<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'>Methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Mathematical optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Control theory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Machine learning, artificial intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Evolutionary computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Economic theory and game theory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Mathematical logic and automated reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Data mining and (big) data analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Monitoring and measurements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Computer simulation experiments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>• Field trials<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 contributions that have not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>be prepared using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are limited<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>to 8 pages excluding references (full papers) or 4 pages excluding<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>references (short papers). They have to be submitted electronically in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>PDF format through EDAS at https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27465<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 page limits, multiple submissions, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. All<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>other papers will get a thorough single-blind review process, followed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>by a rebuttal phase.<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'>For more information please check http://www.cnsm-conf.org/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'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Paper Submission: 10 July 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Acceptance Notification: 20 Aug 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Camera Ready due: 20 Sept 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'>General Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA<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'>Technical Program Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Muge Sayit, Ege University, Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Stuart Clayman, University College London, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>