<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Please accept our apologies if you have receive multiple copies of this message.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> <div class=""> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br class=""> CALL FOR PAPERS<br class="">IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium - NOMS 2022<br class=""> 25-29 April 2022 // Budapest, Hungary <br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font> Network and Service Management in the Era of Cloudification,<br class=""> Softwarization and Artificial Intelligence <br class="">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>IMPORTANT DATES<br class="">---------------<br class="">- Paper Submission: Oct. 18, 2021 (Extended)<br class="">- Notification of Acceptance: Dec. 17, 2021<br class="">- Camera Ready: Jan. 14, 2022<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>The 18th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium<br class="">(NOMS 2022) will be held on 25-29 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary.<br class="">Held in even-numbered years since 1988, NOMS 2022 will follow the 34<br class="">years tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary IEEE Communications<br class="">Society's forum for technical exchange on management of information<br class="">and communication technology focusing on research, development,<br class="">integration, standards, service provisioning, and user communities.<br class="">The theme of NOMS 2022 is Management in the Age of Softwarization and<br class="">Artificial Intelligence. It aims to capture recent results, emerging<br class="">approaches and technical solutions for dealing with the management of<br class="">Fixed and Mobile Networks and Services, Clouds, and Vertical Eco-<br class="">Systems (e.g., smart cities and smart transportations). NOMS 2022<br class="">will offer various types of sessions: keynotes, technical, experience,<br class="">demo, tutorial, poster, panel, and dissertation. Topics of interest<br class="">include, but are not limited to, the following:<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Management of 6G Networks and Network 2030<br class="">. Softwarization and management for extreme performance networking,<br class=""> such as very low latency and ultra-high peak data rate<br class="">. APIs, multi-domain orchestration, interoperability methods and<br class=""> algorithms for the softwarized networks and management in 6G<br class="">. Softwarization and management of the deterministic networks, of<br class=""> the high-precision networks<br class="">. Softwarization and management of the converged infrastructures:<br class=""> integration of data spaces with compute cloud networks and<br class=""> connectivity networks<br class="">. Methods/algorithms/APIs for control and management of addressing<br class=""> and routing for Network 2030<br class="">. Precision telemetry, Management of multi-domain services in 6G<br class="">. High-Precision networking services using Fog and Edge Computing<br class="">. Service assurance for precision micro services<br class="">. In-network service level optimization; predictable KPIs and QoS<br class="">. Management of Data Spaces, Management of Meta-data, Management of<br class=""> Data Identity<br class="">. Transition scenarios from existing networks to network 2030<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Management of Smart Vertical Systems in the Industry 4.0 Era<br class="">. Smart Cities, Smart Grid, Smart Homes, Smart Environment, Smart<br class=""> Manufacturing, Smart Energy<br class="">. Internet of Things (IoT)<br class="">. 5G & 6G networking practices and principles<br class="">. c-MTC, m-MTC and Industrial IoT networking<br class="">. Social Networks<br class="">. Cyber-Physical Systems including techniques supported with<br class=""> Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Physical vs.<br class=""> Digital Twins<br class="">. Applications and case studies<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Artificial Intelligence techniques for Network and Service Management<br class="">. Artificial Neural Networks<br class="">. Machine Learning & Deep Learning<br class="">. Big Data & Data Mining<br class="">. Mobile Agents<br class="">. AI vs. legacy optimization methods in management<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></font>- Management of Softwarised Networks, Software-Defined Networking,<br class="">Network Function Virtualization, Service Function Chaining<br class="">. Network virtualization<br class="">. Cloud Network (data, control, management planes) programmability<br class="">. Methods and frameworks enabling customized functions on data<br class=""> packets and processes to program the header of the packets<br class="">. Cloud Network Slicing in 5G & 6G<br class="">. Management & Orchestration (MANO)<br class="">. Service Function Chaining<br class="">. Protocols, languages, and frameworks<br class="">. Open-source networking<br class="">. Cloud-native networking<br class="">. Case studies and practical deployments<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Management Functions and Practical Approaches<br class="">. FCAPS: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security<br class=""> Management<br class="">. Cybersystems, Security and Reliability in Network Softwarization<br class=""> and Management<br class="">. Green operation & management<br class="">. Billing & Accounting<br class="">. Service Assurance<br class="">. Service Fulfillment<br class="">. Service Level Management<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Network Management & Operational Experience<br class="">. Ad-hoc networks<br class="">. Automotive and vehicular networks<br class="">. Broadband access networks<br class="">. Cognitive radio networks<br class="">. e-Maintenance<br class="">. Future Internet<br class="">. Heterogeneous networks<br class="">. Home networks<br class="">. M2M networks<br class="">. OSS/BSS development<br class="">. Overlay networks<br class="">. Personal area networks<br class="">. Sensor networks<br class="">. Wireless & mobile networks<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Service Management<br class="">. Business management<br class="">. Clouds<br class="">. Datacenter management<br class="">. Data service management<br class="">. Hosting<br class="">. Infrastructure as a Service, Management as a Service, Platform as<br class=""> a Service, Software as a Service<br class="">. IT service management<br class="">. Service provisioning and management, service assurance, fulfilment<br class=""> and resilience, DevOps<br class="">. Multimedia service management<br class="">. OTT service management<br class="">. Virtualized infrastructure management<br class="">. Security Management<br class="">. Intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, intrusion response<br class="">. Network security<br class="">. Security for peer-to-peer and overlay networks<br class="">. Security for smart X and large systems and critical infrastructures<br class="">. Privacy and anonymity<br class="">. Vulnerability management<br class="">. Early warning<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Modelling, Measurement and Performance Analysis<br class="">. Performance measurements and evaluation, monitoring, data<br class=""> analytics, validation and debugging for network management and<br class=""> softwarized networks, digital twinning.<br class="">. Network and service qualities, performance, reliability,<br class=""> scalability, elasticity, resilience, sustainability,<br class=""> maintainability, safety, and security with guarantees<br class="">. Protocols and methods for delivery of high precision services with<br class=""> Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) guarantee<br class="">. Profiling and performance evaluation of softwarized network<br class=""> functions/components<br class="">. Debugging of softwarized networks<br class="">. High precision networking, precision telemetry, management of<br class=""> cyber-networking systems supporting physical/digital twins<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Methodologies for Network Operations and Management<br class="">. Management and operation of high-precision networks and services<br class="">. Control theory<br class="">. Markov Chains and management<br class="">. Data collection and aggregation<br class="">. Digital twining<br class="">. Design and simulation<br class="">. Economic/finance theories<br class="">. Experimental approaches<br class="">. Optimization theory<br class="">. Probability and stochastic processes, queuing theory<br class="">. Risk management<br class="">. Software engineering methodologies Visualization<br class="">. Management approaches for Quantum Networking<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Management Approaches, Resources and Functions<br class="">. Management architectures, Softwarized network architectures/<br class=""> Infrastructures<br class="">. Networking, Edge cloud-native networking,Time-Sensitive Networking<br class=""> and IP convergence, Deterministic Networking, IoT-Edge-Cloud<br class=""> Network Continuum<br class="">. End-to-end and multi-domain softwarized networks, multi-domain<br class=""> management, green operations and management, management of energy-<br class=""> efficient networks and datacenters<br class="">. Network and cloud network operating systems facilities, resource<br class=""> abstraction, connectors and adaptation, capability and operation<br class=""> exposure, network functions, cloud-native functions<br class="">. Dynamic migration of network functions, interfaces, deployment and<br class=""> integration with software-based control, management, and<br class=""> orchestration<br class="">. Resource allocation mechanisms for deterministic data transmission<br class=""> and networking<br class="">. Microservices, serverless computing, secured containers<br class=""> infrastructure and new software paradigms for managing and<br class=""> operating network functions<br class="">. Standard frameworks and systems<br class="">. Integrated management<br class="">. Autonomic and self-management<br class="">. Blockchain Networking<br class="">. Zero-Configuration Networking, Closed-loop operations, Self-<br class=""> Driving Networking, Intent-based Management, Smart Networks, Zero-<br class=""> Trust Networking<br class="">. Best practices and management standards<br class="">. Centralized management<br class="">. Distributed management<br class="">. Organizational aspects<br class="">. Policy-based management<br class="">. Process-oriented management<br class="">. IT service management (ITSM)<br class="">. Process engineering and frameworks (ITIL, CobIT, RiskIT, ValIT)<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Management Efforts for Pandemics and Crisis Situations (COVID-19)<br class="">. Contact and Activity Tracing<br class="">. Network/Service Management Support<br class="">. Network Measurements<br class="">. Network Adaptation<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>- Case Studies, Testbeds and Practical Experiences<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></font>PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES<br class="">---------------------------<br class="">Authors are invited to submit original contributions written in<br class="">English that have not been published or submitted for publication<br class="">elsewhere. Technical papers must be formatted using the IEEE 2-column<br class="">format and not exceed 8 pages (excluding references) for full paper<br class="">submissions or not exceed 4 pages (excluding references) for<br class="">poster/short paper submissions. All papers should be submitted through<br class="">JEMS at:<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font><a href="https://jems.sbc.org.br/noms2022" target="_blank" class="">https://jems.sbc.org.br/noms2022</a><br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>The authors of the best 15 technical papers will be invited to submit<br class="">extended versions of their papers to a fast-track reviewed Wiley's<br class="">International Journal of Network Management (IJNM) or IEEE<br class="">Communications Magazine series on Telecom Software, Network<br class="">Virtualization, Software Defined Networks.<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted and presented<br class="">papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted<br class="">to IEEE Xplore.<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></font>IMPORTANT DATES<br class="">---------------<br class="">- Paper Submission: Oct. 18, 2021<br class="">- Notification of Acceptance: Dec. 17, 2021<br class="">- Camera Ready: Jan. 14, 2022<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></font>TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS<br class="">-------------------------------------<br class="">Michele Nogueira, UFMG, Brazil<br class="">Alex Galis, UCL, UK<br class="">Istvan Godor, Ericsson, Hungary<br class=""><font class="" color="#5856d6"><br class=""></font>Contact Email: <a href="mailto:noms2022tpc@comsoc.org" target="_blank" class="">noms2022tpc@comsoc.org</a></div></div></body></html>