Subject: [nmrg] CFP for the 16th International Conference on IP + Optical Network (iPOP 2020) (Virtual)

From: Pedro Martinez-Julia <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:16:26 +0900

Dear NMRG participants,

Please find below and attached the CFP for iPOP 2020. As it is virtual,
it can be convenient for many of us to submit some work, especially in
relation to advancements in AI for NM and IBN. Apologize if you receive 
multiple copies of such CFP.

Regards,
Pedro

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Call for Presentations 

16th International Conference on IP + Optical Network (iPOP 2020) 
Sep 10-11, 2020 / Virtual Conference
Due to health concerns of the COVID-19, iPOP2020 will be held virtually.
https://www.pilab.jp/ipop2020/

Important Dates: 
  Submission deadline of one-page abstract:  June 19, 2020 
  Notification of acceptance:  July 21, 2020 
  Submission deadline of final presentation slides:  Aug 20, 2020

The conference is intended to share the knowledge, new findings, and experiences on the state-of-the-art of IP and optical networking technologies among the industry and the academia. It features technical sessions and exhibitions. The opportunity to participate is open to all.

The Technical Program Committee (TPC) for iPOP 2020 is soliciting presentation proposals for this conference. Protocol design, experiments, theories, implementations, and operational experiences are solicited.

The topics of the conference will include but not be limited to the following:
  * SDN/NFV expectation for 5G and IoT
  * Network service based on cloud/edge computing
  * Service function chaining
  * AI assisted/autonomous/automated operation and control
  * Intent based networking
  * Policy based management
  * Network abstraction/virtualization/slicing
  * Control plane (OpenFlow, MPLS/GMPLS, etc.)
  * SDN for packet and optical transport networks
  * Open source software for SDN/NFV
  * Optical disaggregation and its management
  * Data center and WAN orchestration
  * Multi layer/region networks
  * Carrier Ethernet and MPLS TP for backhauling
  * Quality of service/experience
  * Traffic engineering, path computation element
  * Flex grid/elastic optical networks
  * Standardization/interoperability/testbeds

If you wish to submit a topic for consideration, please send an extended abstract of 400 words and a maximum of 1 page, including figures and diagrams, speaker’s name, affiliation, and contact information to the TPC at [email-masked].

Please see https://www.pilab.jp/ipop2020/ for more details.
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Pedro Martinez-Julia
Network Science and Convergence Device Technology Laboratory
Network System Research Institute
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan
Email: [email-masked]
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