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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please consider submitting to the special issue of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) on</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks".</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More details are available on:
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnsm/cfp/advanced-management-softwarized-networks"><span lang="DE" style="color:#0563C1">https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnsm/cfp/advanced-management-softwarized-networks</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">and also described below.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submission deadline is May 15, 2020 (extended)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Based on the concrete situation with COVID-19,
further extension might be considered</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We look forward to your submissions!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wolfgang Kellerer, Technical University of Munich, Germany (Co-Lead)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jinho Hwang, IBM T.J. Watson, USA</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Noriaki Kamiyama, Fukuoka University, Japan</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Joon-Myung Kang, Google, USA</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Barbara Martini, CNIT, Italy</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rafael Pasquini, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Giovanni Schembra, University of Catania, Italy (Co-Lead)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mohamed Faten Zhani, ÉTS, Canada
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thomas Zinner, NTNU, Norway</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Guest Editors of the IEEE TNSM Special Issue on Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Special Issue on</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks"</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The trend towards more programmability and hence flexibility in communication networks continues with increasing attention in academia and industry. This
so-called network softwarization enabled by paradigms such as SDN (Software Defined Networking), NV (Network Virtualization), and NFV (Network Function Virtualization) is not limited to fixed networks, but has clearly reached wireless networks with concepts
including Software Defined Radio Access Networks and RAN function split. An effective and efficient management of softwarized networks and services is indispensable to cope with the unfolding plethora of opportunities provided by softwarization. Moreover,
such flexibility does not only have to be addressed by selecting a configuration once, but systems have to be adapted continuously and be able to deal with dynamic demands in an automated way. In this perspective, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
(ML) will play a central role in management and orchestration of softwarized networks.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Given the strong world-wide interest in the softwarization of wireless and wired networks and cloud computing infrastructures, this special issue aims at
the timely publication of recent innovative research results on this important topic.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Based on the continuously increasing interest, this special issue is the sixth special issue as part of a series on Management of Softwarized Networks in
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, with the first issue published in March 2015. Since then, 125+ papers were published in TNSM on the latest technologies for the management of softwarized networks. In particular, the emerging network dynamics
and the demand towards a holistic end-to-end network management across protocol layers, interconnecting wired and wireless domains for programmable hardware and software platforms inside the network or at its edge open up many more unsolved challenges to be
addressed.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We welcome submissions addressing the important challenges (see the non-exhaustive list of topics below) and presenting novel research or experimentation
results. Survey papers that offer an original perspective on related work and identify key challenges for future research are welcome as well.
<i>We look forward to your submissions!</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topics of interest for this special issue, include, but are not limited to the following:<br>
• APIs, protocols and algorithms for the management of softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Efficient end-to-end management of softwarized network infrastructures</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Network and service automation</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Algorithms for efficient orchestration</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• SDN and P4 switch/router architecture and design
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Management of virtualized wireline and wireless network resources, services and functions</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Management of 5G and beyond softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Edge computing and in-network processing in softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Management of service-oriented control plane functions in 5G/6G systems</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• (De-)composition of virtualized network and service functions</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Service Functions Chains (SFC) modeling, representation and management</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Composition algorithms and automated deployment for SFCs</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Dynamic migration of network functions and NFV-based systems</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• (Radio) access and core network slicing and slice management</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Efficient network and service monitoring</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Algorithms for diagnosis and correlation of events</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Automated configuration and repair of softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Availability, reliability, robustness and resilience</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Supporting adaptation and flexibility in softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Dynamic resource scaling based on user mobility in softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Policy-based and intent-based management
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• QoS/QoE-based management and control in softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Debugging and introspection of softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Measurements and benchmarking of management concepts in softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Detailed experience reports from experimental testbeds</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• Transition strategies from existing networks to softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">• AI/Machine learning for softwarized networks</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submission format</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, presentation, relevance and contribution to the field of management of software-defined virtualized
systems, as well as their overall quality and suitability for the special issue. The submitted papers must be written in a good English and describe original research which has not been published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences.
Previously published conference papers should be clearly identified and referenced by the authors at the initial submission stage and an explanation should be provided of how such papers have been extended in order to be considered for this special issue.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Author guidelines for preparation of manuscripts can be found at:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.comsoc.org/tnsm/author-guidelines"><span lang="DE" style="color:#0563C1">http://www.comsoc.org/tnsm/author-guidelines</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information, please contact
<i>Wolfgang Kellerer (</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:wolfgang.kellerer@tum.de"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">wolfgang.kellerer@tum.de</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">or<i> Giovanni Schembra (</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:schembra@dieei.unict.it"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">schembra@dieei.unict.it</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submission guideline</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through the IEEE ManuscriptCentral service located at:
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnsm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tnsm</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Authors must indicate in the submission cover letter that their manuscript is intended for the “Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks” special issue.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Guest editors</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wolfgang Kellerer,
<i>Technical University of Munich, Germany</i> (Co-Lead)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jinho Hwang, IBM T.J. Watson, USA</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Noriaki Kamiyama,
<i>Fukuoka University, Japan</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Joon-Myung Kang, Google, USA</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Barbara Martini,<i> CNIT, Italy</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rafael Pasquini,
<i>Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Giovanni Schembra,
<i>University of Catania, Italy </i>(Co-Lead)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mohamed Faten Zhani,
<i>ÉTS, Canada</i> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thomas Zinner,
<i>NTNU, Norway</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paper submission date:
<i>May 15th, 2020 (extended deadline)</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Notification of acceptance:
<i>September1st, 2020</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Publication date*:
<i>March 1st, 2021</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(* online published version will be available in IEEE Xplore after the camera ready version has been submitted with final DOI)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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