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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> Call for Papers
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<b>NoF 2020</b><br>
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The 11th International Conference on Network of the Future <br>
October 12-14, 2020 – Bordeaux, France<br>
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</span><a href="http://nof2020.dnac.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">http://nof2020.dnac.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">
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The 11<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Network of the Future ( NoF) is inviting
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">authors to submit original contributions in the area of Future Internet design,
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">with emphasis on enabling and cutting-edge technologies from the perspectives of
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">specification, design and analysis related to network of future architecture,
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">applications, services, management, implementation, scalability, standardization,
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">business and legal aspects, just to name a few.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">The conference aims at providing a forum for researchers, students, and
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">professionals to exchange ideas, share their experiences, and discuss their
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">research results around a single-track of technical sessions and a series of
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">keynote speeches.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">NoF 2020 will take place at the LaBRI Lab, Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">Informatique (Bordeaux Computer Research Laboratory). LaBRI is located in the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">campus of the University of Bordeaux. <br>
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*** <b>Topics of interest</b> ***<br>
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br>
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<b>Networks</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * 5G networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Software-defined networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Virtual networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Overlay networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Wireless networks and cellular networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Wireless sensor networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Internet of Things networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Information-centric networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Enterprise networks and campus networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Time-sensitive networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Data center networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Optical networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * IP networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Home networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Access networks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * SCADA networks and distributed control systems <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Smart Cities and Smart Grids<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Access, metro, backbone and core networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Vehicular ad hoc networks and intelligent transportation systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Mesh, ad hoc, and sensor networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">Enablers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Quality of service and traffic engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Network Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Network Data Analytics, Anomaly Detection, Feature Extraction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Network automation and orchestration <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Autonomic, Cognitive and Intent-based Networking <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * 5G Network Architecture, Services and Protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * 5G Control and Management Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * 5G Functional Decomposition and Composition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Advanced 5G Infrastructure Slicing and Radio Slicing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Scalability and multi-tenancy in 5G <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Network Programmability and Softwarization <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Protocols for Ultra-Low Latency and Ultra-High Reliability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Fog, Edge and Multi-Access Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Software Defined Networking and High Availability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Orchestration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Service Function Chaining and Virtual Network Embedding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Big data and Fast Data Processing and Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * CDN Architectures and Network Cache Allocation Schemes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Advanced multimedia and real-time communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Performance, Optimization and Resource Dimensioning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Security, Trust and Privacy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Use of Blockchains in Networking and Servicing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">Business and Legal Aspects</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Economic aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Multi-stakeholder aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Service level agreements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Lifecycle aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Process and workflow aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Legal perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Regulatory perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Privacy aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">Methods</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Mathematical optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Control theory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Machine learning and artificial intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Evolutionary algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Economic theory and game theory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Mathematical logic and automated reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Data mining and (big) data analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Monitoring and measurements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Computer simulation experiments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"> * Field trials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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*** <b>Submission guidelines</b> ***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">*****************************<br>
Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have not been
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should be prepared
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are limited to 8 pages excluding
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">references (full papers) or 4 pages excluding references (short papers). They
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">See
</span><a href="https://edas.info/N27007"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">https://edas.info/N27007</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">Papers exceeding page limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">will be rejected without further review. All other papers will sustain a thorough
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">single-blind review process.
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For specific details about submission format and procedure, please check<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://nof2020.dnac.org/call-for-papers/"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Consolas">http://nof2020.dnac.org/call-for-papers/</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Consolas">
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*** <b>Important dates</b> ***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">***********************<br>
- Paper submission deadline: April 14, 2020<br>
- Paper acceptance notification: June 14, 2020 <br>
- Camera-ready Papers: June 22, 2020<br>
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Important: NoF 2020 is enforcing a strict publication and no-show policy as <br>
stated by IEEE. Please check details on the NoF 2020 website.<br>
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*** <b>TPC Co-Chairs</b> ***<br>
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Toufik Ahmed, Bordeaux INP, France<br>
Tobias Hossfeld, University of Würzburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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*** <b>General Co-Chairs</b> ***<br>
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Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs (retired), France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas">Francine Krief, Bordeaux INP, France<br>
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