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Sixth International Conference on Software
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style="font-size:11pt">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.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt">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, SDS'2017 and
SDS'2018), The sixth International conference
on Software Defined Systems 2019 (SDS'2019)
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></p>
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style="font-size:11pt">SDS 2019 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 2019 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.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt">Researchers are
encouraged to submit original research
contributions in all major areas, which
include, but not limited to:<br>
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* 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</span></p>
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selected for presentation will appear in the
SDS Proceedings, which will be submitted to
IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 8
pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE
8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4
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).</span></p>
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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></p>
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Date: 15 January 2019 <br>
Notification to Authors: 1 April 2019<br>
Camera Ready Submission: 20 April 2019</span></p>
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