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<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"
style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">The Fifth
International Conference on Software Defined
Systems(SDS-2018)</span></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"
style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Barcelona,
Spain. April 23-26, 2018</span></b></p>
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style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><a
href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2018/index.php"
target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://emergingtechnet.org/<wbr>SDS2018/index.php</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"></span></u></b><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">SDS 2018
Call for Papers: </span></u></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Next
generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift
in how they are constructed and managed. Conventional
control and management platforms are facing
considerable challenges regarding flexibility,
dependability and security that next generation
systems will require. The cloud computing paradigm has
gone part of the way towards alleviating some of the
problems associated with resource allocation,
utilization and managements (e.g., via elasticity).
However, many of the elements of a well-designed cloud
environment remain “stiff” and hard to modify and
adapt in an integrated fashion. This includes
underlying networking topologies, many aspects of the
user control over IaaS, PaaS or SaaS layers when such
is needed, construction of XaaS services, provenance
and meta-data collection, and so on. In many
situations the problem may be because service
abstraction is inadequate. Software Defined Systems
(SDS) are systems that have added software components
which help abstract actual IT equipment and other
layers. One classical example, of course, are
hypervisors. Such separation provides a great
opportunity for system administrators to more easily
construct and managing their systems through flexible
software layers. Software Defined Systems include
Software Defined Networking (SDN), Software Defined
Storage, Software Defined Servers (Virtualization),
Software Defined Datacenters (SDD), Software Defined
Security (SDSec), and ultimately Software Defined
Clouds (SDCloud) to name a few possibilities.
Individual solutions and seamless integration of these
abstractions remains in many respects a challenge.
After the high success of the previous editions
(SDS'2014, SDS'2015, SDS'2016 and SDS'2017), The
fifth International conference on Software Defined
Systems 2018 (SDS'2018) will continue to be a forum
for scientists, researchers, students, and
practitioners to present their latest research
results, ideas, and developments in the area of
software defined systems – both components and their
integration - and by implication advancement of next
generation clouds.</span></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">SDS
2018 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all
aspects of Software Defined Systems. In addition, it
seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating SDS
challenges. That is, the objective of SDS 2018 is to
provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and
researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel
results and experience on all aspects of Software
Defined Systems. Researchers are encouraged to submit
original research contributions in all major areas,
which include, but not limited to:</span></b></p>
* Software Defined Systems support for Cloud Computing.<br>
* Software Defined Networking (SDN).<br>
* SDN concepts, architecture, and APIs.<br>
* Network Virtualization<br>
* SDN and OpenFlow protocol<br>
* Software Defined Radio<br>
* Cognitive Radio Networks.<br>
* Access Control models in SDN.<br>
* Software Defined Storage.<br>
* Storage Automation and Abstraction.<br>
* Policy-driven storage provisioning.<br>
* Software Defined Servers and Virtualization.<br>
* Software Defined Datacenters.<br>
* Software Defined Security o Security policies automation.<br>
* Self-management systems.<br>
* Autonomic Computing techniques.<br>
* Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user
satisfaction.<br>
* Software Defined Systems Scalability.<br>
* Software Defined Systems optimization.<br>
* Software tools and frameworks to support SDS .<br>
* Software Defined Systems challenges and opportunities<br>
* Software Defined Systems surveys .<br>
* Social engineering, insider threats system for SDS.<br>
* Incident Handling and Penetration Testing with SDS.<br>
* Software Defined Systems support if IoT.<br>
* Security protocols in SDS.<br>
* Security and privacy of mobile SDS based cloud computing<br>
* Service-oriented architectures, service portability andP2P<br>
* Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access
networks
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><font
size="4"><b><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></b></font><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Important
Dates</span></u></b></p>
Submission Date: 15 December 2017<br>
Notification to Authors: 15 February 2018<br>
Camera Ready Submission: 1 March 2018
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal"></span><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Submissions
Guidelines and Proceedings</span></u></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Manuscripts
should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE
8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in
PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper
Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the
stated length (including all figures, tables and
references). Submitted papers must present original
unpublished research that is not currently under
review for any other conference or journal. Papers not
following these guidelines may be rejected without
review. Also submissions received after the due date,
exceeding length limit, or not appropriately
structured may also not be considered. Authors may
contact the Program Chair for further information or
clarification.<span> </span>All submissions are
peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted
papers will appear in the SDS Proceedings, and be
published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference
Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore
for inclusion. </span></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Submitted
papers must include original work, and must not be
under consideration for another conference or journal.
Submission of regular papers must not exceed 8 pages
and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include
up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address,
and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author.
Authors of accepted papers are expected to present
their work at the conference. Submitted papers that
are deemed of good quality but that could not be
accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short
papers. Length of short papers </span></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal"> </span><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Journal
Special Issues</span></u></b></p>
<p class="m_3831695181006082572gmail-MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal">Selected
papers from the will be invited to submit an extended
version to the following journal. Papers will be
selected based on their reviewers’ scores and
appropriateness to the Journal’s theme.</span></b></p>
* Cluster Computing Journal (IF: 2.04) - Springer<br>
* Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
Journal (IF: 1.13) - Wiley
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style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-weight:normal"></span></b></p>
Please send any inquiry on SDS 2018 to the Emerging Tech.
Network Team at: (<a
href="mailto:emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com">emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com</a>)
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University of Murcia, Spain<br>
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