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<span style="font-size:12pt">The Second international workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">(SDN-NFV 2017)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">In conjunction with The Fifth International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2018)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"> Barcelona, Spain. April 23-26, 2018</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"> <a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2018/" target="_blank" id="LPlnk767811" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:blue">http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2018/</span></a></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12pt"> Call For Papers:</span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The emerging networking techniques such as Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are promising a complete paradigm shift in how we manage our future networks. With their enormous benefits which
include reducing the operational cost, better resources utilization and easier management requirements, the adoption of such technologies is gaining momentum. Supported by a well-defined basis such as network virtualization and the decoupling of the data and
control planes, the integration of SDN and NFV with current systems might be a straightforward process. However, this might incur many challenges which require deep analysis to propose creative solutions. In the (SDN-NFV 2018) workshop, we are aiming to invite
researchers from both the academia and the industry to present their state of the art research efforts and findings and to open the doors for discussion about how to contribute of the advancement of this important research field.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The Second International workshop on Software Defined Network and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) will be a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas,
developments, and applications in the areas of SDN, NFV, 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and Edge Computing. We are mainly interested in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of SDN and NFV management system, security and privacy, cloud computing
and big data supported SDN and NFV, to mention but few.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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<li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Software Defined Network (SDN) Architectures and Design</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Architectures and Design</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV Integration</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV Orchestration</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV Based Control plane design</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV Based Data plane design</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV Performance Management</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV support for Cloud based DataCenter</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV support for 5G Networks</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV support for Internet of Things (IoT)</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV support for Big Data Computing</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV support for large scale storage system</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Hardware system design for SDN-NFV</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV Security management</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Radio Access Network virtualization</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SDN-NFV in access networks</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Edge and Fog Computing</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Cloud Computing</span></li><li class="x_x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Case studies</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><u><span style="font-size:14pt">Important Dates:</span></u><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Submission Date: January 6th. 2018 <br>
Notification to Authors: February 20th, 2018<br>
Camera Ready Submission: March 5th, 2018</span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12pt">Instructions for Authors</span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 6 pages, strictly following the IEEE Proceedings Templates. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and prospective authors are expected to present their papers at the
conference. The papers that are accepted and presented at the conference will appear in conference proceedings and will be submitted for IEEE. At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that every workshop participant must
register and present the paper. Please submit your paper in PDF format via the electronic submission system</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Please send any inquiry on SDN-NFV to Zilong Ye: <a href="mailto:zye5@calstatela.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">zye5@calstatela.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Zilong Ye, Ph.D.</p>
<p>Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science</p>
<p>California State University, Los Angeles</p>
<p>5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032<br>
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<p>(323)343-6689 | zye5@calstatela.edu<br>
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