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Call for Papers<br>
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IEEE NetSoft 2025<br>
“Sustainable and secure networks for distributed AI and compute”<br>
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11th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization<br>
23-27 June 2025 – Budapest, Hungary<br>
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<a href="https://netsoft2025.ieee-netsoft.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://netsoft2025.ieee-netsoft.org/</a><br>
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***IMPORTANT DATES***<br>
* Paper submission deadline: January 7, 2025<br>
* Acceptance notification: March 20, 2025<br>
* Camera-ready paper: April 28, 2025<br>
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Submission link: <a href="https://edas.info/N32824" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://edas.info/N32824</a><br>
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IEEE NetSoft, the premier International Conference on Network<br>
Softwarization, addresses advanced research challenges and<br>
opportunities raised by the overall transformation trend of network<br>
“softwarization”, which has been revolutionizing the networking field<br>
and has accelerated its convergence with adjacent industries.<br>
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Network Softwarization refers to the transition from legacy network<br>
infrastructures and functionalities traditionally provided via<br>
hardware appliances to new ones provided via software. This technology<br>
has become feasible with the maturity of network function<br>
virtualization, software-defined networking, and service function<br>
chaining in the last 16 years. In particular, the ability to program,<br>
manage, and operate network and service infrastructures more freely<br>
makes it possible to reinvent network & cloud architectures, customize<br>
services, accelerate service deployment, and facilitate greater<br>
operational efficiency. This is even more relevant nowadays, as<br>
network infrastructures and service deployment technologies are<br>
challenged by the growing interest in distributed Artificial<br>
Intelligence (AI) and computing solutions. The need for further<br>
advances in these topics is reflected in the overall theme of NetSoft<br>
2025: “Sustainable and secure networks for distributed AI and<br>
compute”.<br>
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NetSoft 2025 will feature technical paper presentations, keynotes,<br>
panels, tutorials, workshops, demos, posters and PhD symposiums from<br>
world-leading experts representing service providers, vendors,<br>
research institutes, open-source projects, and academia.<br>
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***TOPICS OF INTEREST***<br>
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The conference is soliciting paper submissions with significant<br>
research contributions to network softwarization. The topics of<br>
interest include, but are not limited to:<br>
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Network softwarization for...<br>
* 5G/6G<br>
* network slicing and slice management<br>
* Internet of Things (IoT)<br>
* QoS and QoE<br>
* Service Function Chaining (SFC)<br>
* cognitive and autonomic networking<br>
* policy-based and Intent-based networking<br>
* eXtended Reality (AR/VR/ER and digital twins)<br>
* Future Internet and New IP architectures<br>
* new value chains and service models<br>
* dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes<br>
* cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments<br>
* deterministic or dependable networking<br>
* high-precision communications and computing<br>
* Internet re-engineering<br>
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or<br>
* Security, Safety, Trust, and Privacy<br>
* Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures<br>
(P4 and others)<br>
* Open source<br>
* Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures<br>
* Resilience, reliability, and robustness<br>
* Assurance and Measurements<br>
* Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services, and<br>
functions<br>
* Sustainability, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions<br>
* Programmable Networking Protocols<br>
* Deployment and transition strategies<br>
* Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments<br>
* Hardware acceleration<br>
...in softwarized network<br>
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or<br>
* Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques<br>
* Applications of Generative AI<br>
* Socio-economic impact and regulations<br>
* Development methodologies (DevOps, NetOps, Verification)<br>
...for softwarized network<br>
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***PAPER SUBMISSION***<br>
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Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original<br>
technical papers for presentation at the conference and publication in<br>
the NetSoft 2025 Proceedings. All submissions must be written in<br>
English and must use the standard IEEE two-column conference template<br>
that can be downloaded from:<br>
<a href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a>.<br>
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Technical Papers can be of two types: Full or Short papers, up to 9<br>
and 5 pages respectively, including references and all other<br>
material. If accepted, a paper will be published in the category<br>
(long/short) of its submission. Long papers are the more traditional<br>
form for presenting technical work. Long papers should emphasize not<br>
only novelty and vision, but execution and thoroughness of the<br>
contribution (design, evaluation). Short papers are the preferred<br>
vehicle for visionary papers or traditional technical papers whose<br>
description fits within a smaller number of pages. Short papers may<br>
not yet be ‘fully baked’ in terms of execution and evaluation. In both<br>
Full and Short papers, author names and affiliations should be<br>
included after the title, as provided in the templates.<br>
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Papers submitted should describe original, previously unpublished<br>
research results, not currently under review by another conference or<br>
journal. Papers not meeting the length and formatting requirements, or<br>
violating IEEE’s guidelines on plagiarized content will be rejected<br>
without review. All other papers will be reviewed. Selected papers for<br>
NetSoft 2025 may be conditionally accepted and subjected to<br>
shepherding before final acceptance. Only PDF files will be accepted<br>
for the review process, and all manuscripts must be electronically<br>
submitted through EDAS.<br>
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Submission link: <a href="https://edas.info/N32824" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://edas.info/N32824</a><br>
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Important: NetSoft 2025 is enforcing a strict publication & no-show<br>
policy as stated by IEEE. By submitting a contribution, you agree<br>
with the terms of the publication and no-show policy.<br>
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***IMPORTANT DATES***<br>
* Paper submission deadline: January 7, 2025<br>
* Acceptance notification: March 20, 2025<br>
* Camera-ready paper: April 28, 2025<br>
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***CONFERENCE WEBSITE***<br>
<a href="https://netsoft2025.ieee-netsoft.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://netsoft2025.ieee-netsoft.org/</a><br>
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***TPC CO-CHAIRS***<br>
* Carol Fung, Concordia University, Canada<br>
* Massimo Tornatore, Politecnico di Milano, Italy<br>
* Robert Szabo, Ericsson, Hungary<br>
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***GENERAL CO-CHAIRS***<br>
* Pal Varga, Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary<br>
* Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy
</div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mauro Tortonesi, Ph.D.<br><br>Associate Professor<br><div><div><div>Head of Big Data & Compute Continuum Lab<br><a href="https://ds.unife.it/bdcc-lab" target="_blank">https://ds.unife.it/bdcc-lab</a></div><div>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science</div></div><div><div>University of Ferrara</div></div></div></div></div></div>