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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>(Apologies if you received duplicate copies of this CFP)<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> <span style='color:#C00000'>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION </span><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'> <b>IEEE NetSoft 2024<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> 10th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization<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'> "<b><i>Softwarized Networks in the Age of Generative AI</i></b>"<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'> 24–28 June 2024 - St. Louis, MO, 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'> <a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/</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><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 LINKS:<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><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Detailed Program</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: <a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program</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><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Registration</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>: <a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/registration">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/registration</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><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'>We are pleased to welcome you to NetSoft 2024, the 10th International Conference <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>on Network Softwarization, which will be held on June 24 - 28, 2024, in St. Louis, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>This year's edition will host an international forum where industry, academia, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>standard development organizations will convene to discuss about the emergence and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>future developments of "<i>Softwarized Networks in the Age of Generative AI</i>".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>IEEE NetSoft 2024 will showcase the latest research and development results from <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>academia and industry on cutting-edge topics including programmable data plane, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>network slicing, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>artificial intelligence and machine learning for predictive networking, security, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>network monitoring & management, cloud and edge computing, network function virtu- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>alization, software-defined networking, routing, and scheduling, among others.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>IEEE NetSoft 2024 will accommodate an attractive technical program that features:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 3 Keynote speakers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 1 Distinguished Expert Panel <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 8 Technical sessions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 2 Demo and Poster sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 2 Sessions dedicated to a PhD symposium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 4 Tutorials<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- 4 Workshops <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'>In the following, you can find more details.<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Keynotes<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'>- Dr. Ting He Associate Professor from The Pennsylvania State University, 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'>- Dr. Satyajayant Misra, Professor and Associate Dean of Research at New Mexico <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> State University, 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'>- Dr. Kenneth Calvert, Professor of Computer Science, the University of Kentucky, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> former Division Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> the National Science Foundation, 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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>More details can be found at: <a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/keynotes">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/keynotes</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><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'>Distinguished Expert Panel<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Title: "<b><i>Softwarized Network in the age of generative AI</i></b>" <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'>Panelists:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>- Deep Medhi (Program Director in the Computer & Network Systems (CNS) Division at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> the National Science Foundation)<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'>- Ken Calvert (Professor in Computer Science & member of the Computer Engineering <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> faculty at the University of Kentucky, 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'>- Gabi Dreo Rodosek (Professor for Communication Systems and Network Security at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> the Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany)<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'>- Alexander Keller (CTO Services and VP, Emerging Technologies, Dell Tech., 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'>- Sajal Das (Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> at Missouri University of Science & Technology, 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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>More details on the panel can be found at: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/distinguished-expert-panel">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/distinguished-expert-panel</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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Tutorials<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 IEEE NetSoft 2024 program also features 4 tutorials (Monday and Friday):<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'>- SmartNICs: The Next Leap in Networking<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'>- Open AI Cellular (OAIC): An AI-Enabled Open-Source Platform & Testbed for Network <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Softwarization in O-RAN Network<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'>- Network Applications Deployment and Testing over Platform as a Service NetApp<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'>- Generation of Synthetic Datasets in the Context of Computer Networks using Generative <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Adversarial Networks<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'>More details on tutorials can be found through this link: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/tutorials">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/tutorials</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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Workshops<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'>In conjunction with the main IEEE NetSoft 2024 conference, there are 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>international workshops (Monday and Friday):<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'>- 4th International Workshop on Intent-Based Networking (WIN 2024)<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'>- 3rd International Workshop on Edge Network Softwarization (ENS 2024)<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'>- 6th International Workshop on Performance Issues in Virtualized Environments and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> Software Defined Networking (PVE-SDN 2024)<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'>- 6th International Workshop on Cyber-Security Threats, Trust and Privacy Management <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'> in Software-Defined and Virtualized Infrastructures (SecSoft 2024). <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'>More details on the workshops program at: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/workshops">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/program/workshops</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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>General Co-Chairs, IEEE NetSoft 2024<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'>Flavio Esposito, Saint Louis University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Janise McNair, University of Florida, 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'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>TPC Co-Chairs, IEEE NetSoft 2024<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'>Chiara Contoli, University of Bologna, Italy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>Reza Tourani, Saint Louis University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Augusto J. Venancio Neto, Federal Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Further details on the conference are available at: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'><a href="https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/">https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/</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'>We are looking forward to meeting you on the Campus of Saint Louis University, Saint <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas'>Louis, MO, USA <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>