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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Apologies for cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>******************************************************************************** <br> Call for Papers <br> IEEE NetSoft 2021 <br><br> The 7th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization <br> “Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age" <br><br> June 28 - July 2, 2021, Tokyo, Japan <br><br> <a href="http://ieee-netsoft.org">http://ieee-netsoft.org</a> <br><br>******************************************************************************** <br><br>***Important Dates*** <br>Paper submission deadline: ***January 15, 2020*** <br>Acceptance notification: March 8, 2021 <br>Camera-ready paper: April 11, 2021 <br><br><br>***Scope*** <br>Over the years, software has become the core value provider in the telecommuni- <br>cations industry. Boosted by scientific breakthroughs, continuous innovation and <br>stringent requirements for new services, network softwarization is currently <br>transforming telecommunications and networking industry and is bringing several <br>opportunities, while raising new challenges from both conceptual and operational <br>perspectives. <br>To move ahead, cognitive network softwarization, NetSoft 2021 will serve as a <br>forum to discuss the latest advances in network softwarization technologies, AI- <br>based software-defined networks, a utonomic networking, intent/policy-based net- <br>work management, network slicing, and other related research areas that are <br>anticipated to radically transform today’s networks. <br>The need for further advances in these topics is reflected in the overall theme <br>of NetSoft 2021: “Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age”. <br><br>NetSoft 2021 will feature technical paper presentations, keynotes, tutorials, <br>workshops, demos and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing service <br>providers, vendors, research institutes, open source projects, and academia. <br><br><br>***Topics of Interest*** <br>The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: <br>- Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures <br>- Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures <br>- Cognitive and autonomic networking <br>- AI techniques to support network automation <br>- Big data analytics for managing softwarized networks <br>- Network slicing and slice management <br>- Mobility management in softwarized networks <br>- Policy-based and intent-based Networking <br>- Centralized vs distributed control, management & orchestration <br>- Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services and functions <br>- Service Function Chaining <br>- Container/microservice-based network functions <br>- Efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV <br>- QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures <br>- Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks <br>- Network softwarization for 5G <br>- Network management at the edge for low-latency services <br>- Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments <br>- Security, Safety, Trust and Privacy in virtualized environments <br>- SDN switch/router architecture and design <br>- Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes <br>- Lifecycle management of network software <br>- DevOps methodologies for network softwarization <br>- Debugging and introspection of software-defined systems <br>- Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT) <br>- Energy-efficient and green software-defined infrastructures (SDI) <br>- Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV <br>- New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization <br>- Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization <br>- Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments <br><br><br>***Paper Submission*** <br>Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers <br>for presentation at the conference and publication in the Proceedings of the <br>conference. All submissions must be written in English and must use standard <br>IEEE two-column conference template that can be downloaded from <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html"><span lang=EN-US>https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <br><br>Technical Papers can be of two types: Full papers or Short papers, up to 9 pages <br>and 5 pages respectively, including tables, figures and references. Full papers <br>accepted as short papers will be required to be reduced to 5-pages length. <br><br>Papers submitted should describe original, and not previously published research <br>results, not currently under review by another conference or journal. All sub- <br>mitted papers will be peer-reviewed. <br><br>Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process, and all manuscripts must <br>be electronically submitted through EDAS: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://edas.info/N27856"><span lang=EN-US>https://edas.info/N27856</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <br><br>***Important*** <br>NetSoft 2021 is enforcing a strict publication and no-show policy, as stated by <br>IEEE. By submitting a contribution, you agree with the terms of the publication <br>and no-show policy as mentioned here: <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/publication-and-no-show-policy/"><span lang=EN-US>https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/publication-and-no-show-policy/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <br><br><br>***More details about submissions are available at: <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/"><span lang=EN-US>https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <br><br><br>***TPC Co-Chairs*** <br>Christian Esteve Rothenberg - University of Campinas, Brazil <br>Barbara Martini - CNIT, Italy <br>Eiji Oki - Kyoto University, Japan <br><br>***General Co-Chairs*** <br>Kohei Shiomoto - Tokyo City University, Japan <br>Young-Tak Kim - Yeungnam University, Korea <br><br><br>******** <br>Website: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="http://ieee-netsoft.org"><span lang=EN-US>http://ieee-netsoft.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>