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<div><b>NOMS 2026</b></div>
<div><b>2026 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium</b></div>
<div><b>Rome, Italy</b></div>
<div><b>18-22 May 2026</b></div>
<div><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org">https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org</a></b></div>
<div><b>"AI for Management and Management for AI"</b></div>
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<div><b>***** CALL FOR PAPERS *****</b></div>
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<div>Technical Paper Submission Deadline: <b>*Extended* to 27
October 2025</b></div>
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<div>The 2026 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS 2026) will be held 18–22 May 2026, in Rome,
Italy. First organized in 1988, NOMS follows the 38-year
tradition of NOMS and IM as the IEEE Communications Society’s
primary forum for technical exchange on network and service
management, focusing on research, development, integration,
standards, service provisioning, and user communities. Under the
theme “AI for Management and Management for AI”, NOMS 2026 seeks
original contributions that address recent developments and
technical solutions for the management of emerging and future
networks and services. The theme emphasizes the dual role of
artificial intelligence: as a driver empowering network and
service management, and as a workload that demands reliable,
scalable, and sustainable infrastructures. The NOMS 2026 program
will feature a rich set of sessions, including keynotes,
tutorials, technical sessions, experience sessions, demos,
posters, panels, and dissertation sessions.</div>
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<div><b>***** TOPICS OF INTEREST *****</b></div>
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<div>Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are
related to the following topics of interest:</div>
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<div>Management of Networks</div>
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<div>- IP Networks</div>
<div>- Wireless and Cellular Networks</div>
<div>- 5G network and Beyond (6G)</div>
<div>- Quantum Networks</div>
<div>- Optical Networks</div>
<div>- Virtual Networks and SDN</div>
<div>- Home and Access Networks</div>
<div>- Fog, Edge, and Cloud Networks</div>
<div>- Enterprise and Campus Networks</div>
<div>- Data Center Networks</div>
<div>- Industrial Networks</div>
<div>- Vehicular and Autonomous Systems Networks</div>
<div>- IoT, Sensor, and M2M Networks</div>
<div>- Information-Centric Networks</div>
<div>- Mission Critical Networks</div>
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<div>Management of Services</div>
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<div>- Multimedia and Immersive Media Services</div>
<div>- Over-The-Top Services</div>
<div>- Content Delivery Services</div>
<div>- Cloud Computing, Edge Services, and Computing Continuum</div>
<div>- Internet Connectivity and Internet Access Services</div>
<div>- Internet of Things Services</div>
<div>- Security and Privacy Services</div>
<div>- Context-Aware Services</div>
<div>- Information Technology Services</div>
<div>- Service Assurance</div>
<div>- Management of AI Workloads and Services</div>
<div>- Management of Businesses</div>
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<div>Economic Aspects</div>
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<div>- Multi-Stakeholder Aspects</div>
<div>- Service Level Agreements</div>
<div>- Lifecycle, Process, and Workflow Management</div>
<div>- Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Perspectives</div>
<div>- Privacy Aspects</div>
<div>- Organizational Aspects</div>
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<div>Functional Areas</div>
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<div>- Fault Management</div>
<div>- Configuration Management</div>
<div>- Accounting Management</div>
<div>- Performance Management</div>
<div>- Security Management</div>
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<div>Management Paradigms</div>
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<div>- Centralized, Hierarchical, and Distributed Management</div>
<div>- Integrated Management</div>
<div>- Federated Management</div>
<div>- Autonomic and Cognitive Management</div>
<div>- Policy- and Intent-Based Management</div>
<div>- Model-Driven Management</div>
<div>- Proactive Management</div>
<div>- Energy-aware Management</div>
<div>- QoE-Centric Management</div>
<div>- Zero-Touch and Self-Driving Networks</div>
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<div>Management Technologies</div>
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<div>- Communication Protocols</div>
<div>- Middleware</div>
<div>- Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networks</div>
<div>- Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage</div>
<div>- Data, Information, and Semantic Models</div>
<div>- Information Visualization</div>
<div>- Software-Defined Networking</div>
<div>- Network Function Virtualization</div>
<div>- Orchestration</div>
<div>- Operations and Business Support Systems</div>
<div>- Control and Data Plane Programmability</div>
<div>- Distributed Ledger Technology</div>
<div>- Digital Twins</div>
<div>- Programmable and AI-Driven Network Architectures</div>
<div>- AI-based management (Reinforcement Learning, Generative AI,
…)</div>
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<div>Methods</div>
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<div>- Mathematical Logic and Automated Reasoning</div>
<div>- Optimization Theories</div>
<div>- Control Theory</div>
<div>- Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, Queuing Theory</div>
<div>- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</div>
<div>- Evolutionary Algorithms</div>
<div>- Economic Theory, Game Theory, and Business Models</div>
<div>- Risk Management Methods</div>
<div>- Monitoring and Measurements</div>
<div>- Data Mining and (Big) Data Analysis</div>
<div>- Computer Simulation Experiments</div>
<div>- Testbed Experimentation and Field Trials</div>
<div>- Software Engineering Methodologies</div>
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<div>Authors are invited to submit original contributions that
advance the state of the art in network and service management.
Submissions should emphasize both novelty and impact, supported
by theoretical analysis, simulations, testbeds, or real-world
deployments.</div>
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<div><b>***** IMPORTANT DATES *****</b></div>
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<div>- Paper registration & submission: 27 October 2025
(extended)</div>
<div>- Notification of acceptance: 18 January 2026</div>
<div>- Final Camera Ready papers due: 14 February 2026</div>
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<div><b>***** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS *****</b></div>
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<div>Authors are invited to submit original contributions, written
in English, that have not been published or submitted for
publication elsewhere. Technical papers must be formatted using
the IEEE 2-column format.</div>
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<div>Submissions must be a single PDF file. Full papers may
include up to 8 (eight) pages for the main text, with additional
pages for references and an optional Appendix (e.g.,
reproducibility details, proofs, pseudo-code), for a maximum of
12 (twelve) pages in total. Short papers may include up to 4
(four) pages for the main text, with additional pages for
references and an optional appendix, for a maximum of 6 (six)
pages in total. In both cases, the main part (8 pages for full
papers, 4 pages for short papers) must be self-contained, as
reviewers are not required to read beyond that.</div>
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<div>All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted and
presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings
and submitted to IEEE Xplore.</div>
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<div>Artifact Evaluation and Badging for Accepted Papers: The
authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit supporting
materials to the Artifact Evaluation track. The Artifact
Evaluation track is run by a separate committee that will assess
how well the submitted artifacts support the work described in
the accepted papers. Participation in the Artifact Evaluation
track is voluntary and does not influence paper acceptance, but
is strongly encouraged. Papers that go through the Artifact
Evaluation process successfully will receive badges printed on
the papers themselves.</div>
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<div>Paper submission website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://jems3.sbc.org.br/noms2026">https://jems3.sbc.org.br/noms2026</a></div>
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<div><b>***** GENERAL CO-CHAIRS *****</b></div>
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<div>- Pierpaolo Loreti, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy</div>
<div>- Eiji Oki, Kyoto University, Japan</div>
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<div><b>***** TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS *****</b></div>
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<div>- Lorenzo Bracciale, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy</div>
<div>- Marc-Oliver Pahl, IMT Atlantique, France</div>
<div>- Carlos Raniery Paula dos Santos, Federal University of
Santa Maria, Brazil</div>
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<div><b>***** TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE *****</b></div>
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<div>To be announced soon.</div>
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<div>For more information, please visit
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org">https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org</a>.</div>
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