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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 href="https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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 10 November 2025 (FINAL)</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
href="https://jems3.sbc.org.br/noms2026"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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
href="https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://noms2026.ieee-noms.org</a>.</div>
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