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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=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> <b> IEEE Netsoft 2023 PhD Symposium<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> in conjunction with IEEE NetSoft 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> 19-23 June 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Madrid, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Submission deadline: <b><span style='color:#C00000'>March 10, 2023</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Notification date: April 14, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Camera ready: April 28, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Objectives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>The spirit of the PhD symposium is to offer an opportunity for students, currently performing a PhD in the scientific scope of the Netsoft conference, as specified in the call for papers, to present the advancement of their research work and collect tailored feedback from experts of the Netsoft community. As such, expected submissions must be issued by ongoing or very recently defended PhD students. The PhD symposium clearly expects submissions which summarize the PhD scientific activities at a given advancement stage. As such, they must not overlap with traditional scientific papers presented as long or short papers in conferences and workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Since the relevant scientific aspects evolve according to a PhD advancement, two types of submissions are considered in the PhD symposium, as described below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Early Stage PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Expected contribution</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: Early stage PhD submissions are welcome with papers describing the general context of the PhD activity and the locks it aims at eventually overcoming. A synthetic but comprehensive state of the art of the field must be provided and the limits of current scientific contributions must be especially emphasized so that to formulate one or a few research questions which form the core of the PhD problem statement. Finally, the selected research methodology and some early ideas, even neither implemented nor validated, can be exposed. Finally, a general view of the work lying ahead has to be provided too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Eligibility</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: The Early Stage paper format is dedicated to the 1st year PhD students or early 2nd year PhD students who are starting to elaborate their first research contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Paper format</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: Submitted papers should not exceed four (4) pages in length, including references.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Late Stage PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Expected contribution</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: Late Stage submissions aim at providing an overview of the accomplished PhD work from a methodological perspective. More specifically, it must provide an up-to-date state of the art that pinpoints some limits motivating the contribution further exposed. Then, the current status of the research work with a particular emphasis on the selected methodology is expected and a comparison with the state of the art can be provided when relevant and achievable. Finally, according to the PhD advancement, the planned or implemented evaluation methodology and to what extent the latter supports reproducibility of research (sharing data sets, codes, etc.) have to be exposed. For PhD students who have already graduated, the PhD outcomes and the way they push forward the initial limits, as well as their current limits, is particularly expected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Please note that late stage submissions must not overlap with standard scientific papers focused on a standalone scientific contribution as presented in long or short papers of conferences and workshops, such as Netsoft and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Eligibility</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: Late Stage submissions target ending PhD students or those who recently graduated, which is roughly from the beginning of the PhD manuscript writing up to 6 months after the defense. The Late Stage format is also open to ongoing PhD (i.e. 2nd year) if the submitted content satisfies with the expectations exposed above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Paper format</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: Submitted papers should not exceed six (6) pages in length, including references.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>General Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>As PhD symposium differs from standard scientific tracks, and solely targets ongoing or very recently defended PhD, some eligibility assessment must be satisfied for submissions to be considered:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- The list of authors is restricted to the PhD student and the supervisor. In the case where more than one advisor is involved in the PhD, thus leading to several authors in addition to the PhD student, the PhD symposium chairs must be informed and any official assessment must be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- PhD students of accepted PhD symposium papers must register to Netsoft 2023 and they are the sole person able to present their work during the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- An official letter from the PhD advisor(s) is required to state the PhD status (beginning for Early Stage, ending with PhD defense date (expected or achieved) for Late Stage).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>General Submission Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Two tracks are available for submission: one for Early Stage PhD submissions, and one for Late Stage PhD submissions. In both tracks, PhD students have to submit two files: the manuscript and the letter of their supervisor to prove their status as a PhD student. Manuscripts must be written in English and formatted according to the standard IEEE double-column conference template (10-point font). Templates and examples in LaTeX and Microsoft Word are available for download at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html">https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Papers not matching the length and formatting requirements or violating IEEE’s guidelines on plagiarized content will be rejected without review. All other submitted papers will be reviewed. Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all manuscripts must be electronically submitted through EDAS using the following link: <a href="https://edas.info/N30396">https://edas.info/N30396</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Accepted submissions are published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, provided that they are duly presented.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Topics of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>The symposium solicits submissions in the same field of the main conference. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Network softwarization for 5G/6G<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Softwarization in Metaverse (AR/VR and digital twins)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Future Internet and New IP architectures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Mobility management in softwarized networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- High-precision communications and computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Service Function Chaining (SFC).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Network slicing and slice management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Network softwarization for deterministic Internet re-engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Softwarization for Cognitive and autonomic networking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Policy-based and Intent-based networking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- AI/ML techniques and network softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Assurance and Measurements in softwarized networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Security, Safety, Trust, and Privacy in virtualized environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Energy Efficiency in network softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services, and functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Programmability for Time-Sensitive Networks (TSN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Programmable Networking Protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures (P4 and others)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Open source and network softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Hardware acceleration for programmable network functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Development methodologies for network softwarization (DevOps, NetOps, verification).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Deployment and transition strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Contact</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: PhD Symposium co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Guillaume Doyen</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>, <i>IMT Atlantique</i>, France (<a href="mailto:guillaume.doyen@imt-atlantique.fr">guillaume.doyen@imt-atlantique.fr</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Giovanni Schembra</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>, <i>University of Catania</i>, Italy (<a href="mailto:giovanni.schembra@unict.it">giovanni.schembra@unict.it</a>)<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>