Subject: [nmrg] CfP - IEEE NetSoft 2021 - Final deadline approaching: January 31, 2021

From: Tim Wauters <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:13:03 +0100

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                                  Call for Papers
                                 IEEE NetSoft 2021

           The 7th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization
              “Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age"

                        June 28 - July 2, 2021, Tokyo, Japan

http://ieee-netsoft.org

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***Important Dates***
Paper submission deadline: *** January 31, 2021 (extended, *hard*) ***
Acceptance notification: March 8, 2021
Camera-ready paper: April 11, 2021

***COVID-19 Statement***
The NetSoft2021  organizing committee (OC) is closely monitoring the 
development
of  the COVID-19  situation that  could  impact in-person attendance 
and  paper
presentations. In case of travel restrictions, the OC is considering 
that remote
presentations and participation will be allowed.
NetSoft 2021  will  be  a  hybrid event  that allows  online 
participation  for
presenting the paper and attending the conference through a virtual 
platform.
More detailed information is coming soon.

***Scope***
Over the years, software has become  the core value provider in the 
telecommuni-
cations industry. Boosted by scientific breakthroughs, continuous 
innovation and
stringent  requirements  for new services,  network softwarization is 
currently
transforming telecommunications  and networking industry and is bringing 
several
opportunities, while raising new challenges from both conceptual and 
operational
perspectives.
To move ahead,  cognitive network softwarization,  NetSoft 2021 will 
serve  as a
forum to discuss the latest advances in network softwarization 
technologies, AI-
based software-defined networks, autonomic networking, 
intent/policy-based net-
work management,  network slicing,  and other  related research areas  
that are
anticipated to radically transform today’s networks.
The need for  further advances in these topics is reflected in the 
overall theme
of NetSoft 2021: “Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive 
Age”.

NetSoft 2021 will  feature technical paper  presentations, keynotes,  
tutorials,
workshops, demos and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing 
service
providers, vendors, research institutes, open source projects, and 
academia.

***Topics of Interest***
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures
- Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures
- Cognitive and autonomic networking
- AI techniques to support network automation
- Big data analytics for managing softwarized networks
- Network slicing and slice management
- Mobility management in softwarized networks
- Policy-based and intent-based Networking
- Centralized vs distributed control, management & orchestration
- Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services and functions
- Service Function Chaining
- Container/microservice-based network functions
- Efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV
- QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures
- Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks
- Network softwarization for 5G
- Network management at the edge for low-latency services
- Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments
- Security, Safety, Trust and Privacy in virtualized environments
- SDN switch/router architecture and design
- Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes
- Lifecycle management of network software
- DevOps methodologies for network softwarization
- Debugging and introspection of software-defined systems
- Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT)
- Energy-efficient and green software-defined infrastructures (SDI)
- Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV
- New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization
- Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization
- Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments

***Paper Submission***
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original 
technical papers
for presentation  at the conference and  publication  in the 
Proceedings  of the
conference.  All submissions  must be  written in English  and must use 
standard
IEEE two-column conference template that can be downloaded from
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Technical Papers can be of two types: Full papers or Short papers, up to 
9 pages
and 5 pages respectively, including tables, figures and references. Full 
papers
accepted as short papers will be required to be reduced to 5-pages length.

Papers submitted should describe original, and not previously published 
research
results, not currently  under review by  another conference or journal. 
All sub-
mitted papers will be peer-reviewed.

Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process, and all 
manuscripts must
be electronically submitted through EDAS: https://edas.info/N27856

***Important***
NetSoft 2021 is enforcing  a strict publication and no-show policy, as 
stated by
IEEE. By submitting a contribution,  you agree with the terms of the 
publication
and no-show policy as mentioned here:
https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/publication-and-no-show-policy/ 

***More details about submissions are available at:
https://netsoft2021.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/

***TPC Co-Chairs***
Christian Esteve Rothenberg - University of Campinas, Brazil
Barbara Martini - CNIT, Italy
Eiji Oki - Kyoto University, Japan

***General Co-Chairs***
Kohei Shiomoto - Tokyo City University, Japan
Young-Tak Kim - Yeungnam University, Korea

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Website: http://ieee-netsoft.org