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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Apologies for cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">*************************************************************************************************
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""> Call for Technical Session Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""> IEEE NetSoft 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""> The 9th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""> “Boosting Future Networks through Advanced Softwarization"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""> June 19 - 23, 2023, Madrid, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">*************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">***Important Dates***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Paper submission deadline extension:
<b><span style="color:red">February 13, 2023 (Firm) </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Acceptance notification: March 24, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Camera-ready paper: April 28, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">***AIMS AND SCOPE***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">IEEE NetSoft, the premier International Conference on Network Softwarization, addresses the advanced research challenges and opportunities raised by the overall transformation trend of
network “softwarization”, which has been revolutionizing the networking field and has accelerated its convergence with adjacent industries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Network Softwarization refers to the transition of traditional network infrastructure and functionalities, provided via hardware appliances developed by equipment and service vendors,
to new ones that have been propelled over the last 15 years by the maturity of widespread technologies such as network function virtualization, software-defined networking, and service function chaining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">In particular, the ability to program, manage and operate network and service infrastructures more freely makes it possible to reinvent network and cloud architectures, customize services,
accelerate service deployment, and facilitate greater operational efficiencies with guarantees. The need for further advances in these topics is reflected in the overall theme of NetSoft 2023: Boosting Future Networks through Advanced Softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">NetSoft 2023 will feature technical paper presentations, keynotes, tutorials, workshops, demos, and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing service providers, vendors, research
institutes, open source projects, and academia. This year, a PhD symposium will also be initiated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">***TOPICS OF INTEREST***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">The conference is soliciting paper submissions with significant research contributions to the field of network softwarization. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Network softwarization for 5G/6G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Softwarization in Metaverse (AR/VR and digital twins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Future Internet and New IP architectures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Mobility management in softwarized networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-High-precision communications and computing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Service Function Chaining (SFC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Network slicing and slice management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Network softwarization for deterministic Internet re-engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Softwarization for Cognitive and autonomic networking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Policy-based and Intent-based networking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-AI/ML techniques and network softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Assurance and Measurements in softwarized networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Security, Safety, Trust, and Privacy in virtualized environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Energy Efficiency in network softwarization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services, and functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Programmability for Time-Sensitive Networks (TSN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Programmable Networking Protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures (P4 and others)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Open source and network softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Hardware acceleration for programmable network functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Development methodologies for network softwarization (DevOps, NetOps, Verification).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Deployment and transition strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">-Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">***PAPER SUBMISSION***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers for presentation at the conference and publication in the NetSoft 2023 Proceedings. All submissions must
be written in English and must use standard IEEE two-column conference template that can be downloaded from
</span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieee.org%2Fconferences%2Fpublishing%2Ftemplates.html&data=05%7C01%7CMohamedFaten.Zhani%40etsmtl.ca%7C1b16a403009c43526f4108db047705b4%7C70aae3b79f3b484d8f9549e8fbb783c0%7C0%7C0%7C638108681770957809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=17Uibl2rUqWo8t84mac9qEvS8blumcG0HwYxCc19tf0%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Technical Papers can be of two types: Full or Short papers, up to 9 and 5 pages respectively, including references and all other material. If accepted, a paper will be published in the
category (long/short) of its submission. Long papers are the more traditional form to present technical work. Long papers should emphasize not only novelty and vision, but execution and thoroughness of the contribution (design, evaluation). Short papers are
the preferred vehicle for visionary papers or traditional technical papers whose description fits within a smaller number of pages. Short papers may not yet be ‘fully baked’ in terms of execution and evaluation. In both Full and Short papers, author names
and affiliations should be included after the title, as provided in the templates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Papers submitted should describe original, previously unpublished research results, not currently under review by another conference or journal. Papers not meeting the length and formatting
requirements or violating IEEE’s guidelines on plagiarized content will be rejected without review. All other submitted papers will be reviewed. Selected papers for NetSoft 2023 may be conditionally accepted and subjected to shepherding before final acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Only PDF files will be accepted for the review process and all manuscripts must be electronically submitted through EDAS:
</span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedas.info%2FN30268&data=05%7C01%7CMohamedFaten.Zhani%40etsmtl.ca%7C1b16a403009c43526f4108db047705b4%7C70aae3b79f3b484d8f9549e8fbb783c0%7C0%7C0%7C638108681770957809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=r0HTdga3luyCRsJs%2BR6FNxAQashIANyB68LSgrd4QsE%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">https://edas.info/N30268</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">More specifically:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Long paper:
</span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedas.info%2FnewPaper.php%3Fc%3D30268%26track%3D114929&data=05%7C01%7CMohamedFaten.Zhani%40etsmtl.ca%7C1b16a403009c43526f4108db047705b4%7C70aae3b79f3b484d8f9549e8fbb783c0%7C0%7C0%7C638108681770957809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=X3bH3lqYcqq%2FkHM096IpReOu%2FzB8Bq8okUXyTMkaQMY%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30268&track=114929</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Short paper:
</span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedas.info%2FnewPaper.php%3Fc%3D30268%26track%3D114797&data=05%7C01%7CMohamedFaten.Zhani%40etsmtl.ca%7C1b16a403009c43526f4108db047705b4%7C70aae3b79f3b484d8f9549e8fbb783c0%7C0%7C0%7C638108681770957809%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pNE02UURKx2Xz48Clhk0d8JQwSGmODApAZDAg%2Bjl33c%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=30268&track=114797</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Important: NetSoft 2023 is enforcing a strict publication and no-show policy as stated by IEEE. By submitting a contribution, you agree with the terms of the publication and no-show policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">***TPC CO-CHAIRS***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Elisa Rojas, Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Fábio Luciano Verdi, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, China<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">***GENERAL CO-CHAIRS***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Barbara Martini - Universitas Mercatorum, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Courier New"">- Carlos Jesus Bernardos - University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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