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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black">The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Software Defined Systems
(SDS-2019)<b> </b><br>
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Rome, Italy. June 10-13, 2019 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2019/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:blue">http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2019/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red">(Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Italy Section)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call for Papers:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission:<span></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Papers 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><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Keynote
Speakers:</span></u></b><b><span><span></span></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Gennaro Boggia, Politecnico di Bari, Italy<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy</span><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></u></p>
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Special Issues:</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></u></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Cluster Computing Journal (IF: 1.6)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications
Technologies (IF: 1.6)<span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">The concurrency and computation: practice and
experience (IF: 1.1)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></span></span></u><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Important</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></u><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dates</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:</span></u><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Submission Date: 28 February 2019 (Firm and Final Extension</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">) </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br>
Notification to Authors: 1 April 2019<br>
Camera Ready Submission: 20 April 2019</span><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: </span><a href="mailto:emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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