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multiple copies of this invitation]</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2020/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined
Networks and Network Function Virtualization (<span>SDN-NFV
2020</span>)</span></a><a name="m_-6950792354236403694_m_6288154693424156234_m_-2769332475980043872_m_4229007188468346210_m_2986500810028619457_m_6295969440623824076_m_4845722143418487398_m_8504798627264716901__Hlk26259714"></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">in conjunction with<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><a href="http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined
Systems (SDS-2020)</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 <span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">(Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SDN-NFV 2020 CFP<span></span></span></u></b></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-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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 2020) 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></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-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Fourth 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. The topics of interest of the workshop include, but are not limited to:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Software Defined Network (SDN)
Architectures and Design<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Network Function Virtualization
(NFV) Architectures and Design<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV Integration<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV Orchestration<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV Based Control plane design<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV Based Data plane design<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV Performance Management<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV support for Cloud based
DataCenter<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV support for 5G Networks<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV support for Internet of
Things (IoT)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV support for Big Data
Computing<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV support for large scale
storage system<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Hardware system design for SDN-NFV<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV Security management<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Radio Access Network
virtualization<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* SDN-NFV in access networks<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Edge and Fog Computing<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Cloud Computing<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Case studies<span></span></span></p>

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<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"><a name="m_-6950792354236403694_m_6288154693424156234_m_-2769332475980043872_m_4229007188468346210_m_2986500810028619457_m_6295969440623824076_m_4845722143418487398_m_8504798627264716901__Hlk26121409"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission<span></span></span></u></b></a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Papers selected for presentation
will appear in the <a name="m_-6950792354236403694_m_6288154693424156234_m_-2769332475980043872_m_4229007188468346210_m_2986500810028619457_m_6295969440623824076_m_4845722143418487398_m_8504798627264716901__Hlk26259975">SDN-NFV </a>and SDS Proceedings,
which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages
max 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><span><span><span></span></span></span></p>

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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><span><span></span></span></span></p>

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Submission Date: 10th February, 2020 (Firm and Final)

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February, 2020<span></span></span></span></p>

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March, 2020<span></span></span></span></p>

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inquiry on SDN-NFV 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: </span></span><a href="mailto:emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span><span style="color:blue">emergingtechnetwork@gmail.com</span></span></a><span><span><span></span></span></span></p>

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