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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD">[Apologies for cross and multiple postings]</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> CALL FOR PAPERS – CNSM 2019</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management</span><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> 21-</span></span><span class="gmail-object"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD">25 October 2019</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD">,
Halifax, Canada</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Paper Submission Deadline: </span></span><span class="gmail-object"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD">15 May 2019</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> </span></span><a href="http://www.cnsm-conf.org/2019/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD;text-decoration:none">http://www.cnsm-conf.org/2019/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD">********************************************************************</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">The 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">(CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">the network and service management research area. CNSM 2019 is</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">a selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of the</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">management of networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises, </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">and cloud computing environments. CNSM 2019 will focus on the theme</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">"Embracing the New Wave of AI". The core track is accompanied by a</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">series of workshops and poster sessions. </span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Papers accepted and presented at CNSM 2019 will be published open</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">access on the conference Web site (with IFIP copyright). Authors </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">of selected papers accepted for publication in the CNSM 2019 </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">proceedings will be invited to submit an extended version of their </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">paper to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Topics of interest include but are not limited to:</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Network Management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Software-defined networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Virtual networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Overlay networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Wireless networks and cellular networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Sensor networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Internet of Things networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Information-centric networks</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Enterprise networks and campus networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Data center networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Optical networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - IP networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Home networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Access networks </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - SCADA networks and distributed control systems </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Smart cities and smart grids</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Management Paradigms</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Centralized management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Distributed management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Hierarchical management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Federated management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Autonomic and cognitive management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Policy-based management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Pro-active management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Energy-aware management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Quality of experience-centric management </span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Service Management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Cloud computing services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Content delivery services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Multimedia services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Internet connectivity and Internet access</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Internet of Things services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Security services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Context-aware services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Information technology services</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Business Management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Economic aspects</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Multi-stakeholder aspects</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Service level agreements</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Lifecycle aspects</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Process and workflow aspects</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Legal perspective</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Regulatory perspective</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Privacy aspects</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Functional Areas</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Deployment management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Fault management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Configuration management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Accounting management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Performance management</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Security management </span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Management Technologies</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Network function virtualization</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Software-defined networking</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Orchestration</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Cloud computing and cloud storage</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Communication protocols</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Middleware</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Data models, information models semantic models</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Operations support systems and business support systems</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Information visualization</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Methods</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Mathematical optimization</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Control theory</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Machine learning, artificial intelligence</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Evolutionary algorithms</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Economic theory and game theory</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Mathematical logic and automated reasoning</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Data mining and (big) data analysis</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Monitoring and measurements</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Computer simulation experiments</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> - Field trials</span><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">should be prepared using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">limited to 8 pages excluding references (full papers) or 4 pages </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">excluding references (short papers). They have to be submitted </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">electronically in PDF format through EDAS. Papers exceeding page </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">rejected without further review. All other papers will sustain </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">a thorough single-blind review process, followed by a rebuttal </span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">phase.</span><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD">--------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">IMPORTANT DATES</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Paper Submission : </span></span><span class="gmail-object"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD">May 15</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD">,
2019 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Acceptance Notification: </span></span><span class="gmail-object"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD">August 5</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD">,
2019</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Camera Ready due : </span></span><span class="gmail-object"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD">August 30</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD">,
2019</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Conference : </span></span><span class="gmail-object"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699;background:#FDFDFD">October 21</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD">-25,
2019</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333"><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">General Chair</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Yixin Diao, PebblePost, USA </span><br>
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<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Technical Program Co-Chairs</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Remi Badonnel, Telecom Nancy, France </span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD">Steering Committee</span><br>
<br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> James Hong, POSTECH, Korea</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands</span><br>
<span style="background:#FDFDFD"> Doug Zuckerman, Applied Communication Sciences, USA</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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