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CALL FOR PAPERS – CNSM 2019
15th International Conference on Network and Service Management
21-25 October 2019, Halifax, Canada
Paper Submission Deadline: 15 June 2019 (extended)
http://www.cnsm-conf.org/2019/
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The 15th International Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in
the network and service management research area. CNSM 2019 is
a selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of the
management of networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises,
and cloud computing environments. CNSM 2019 will focus on the theme
"Embracing the New Wave of AI". The core track is accompanied by a
series of workshops and poster sessions.
Papers accepted and presented at CNSM 2019 will be published open
access on the conference Web site (with IFIP copyright). Authors
of selected papers accepted for publication in the CNSM 2019
proceedings will be invited to submit an extended version of their
paper to the IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Network Management
- Software-defined networks
- Virtual networks
- Overlay networks
- Wireless networks and cellular networks
- Sensor networks
- Internet of Things networks
- Information-centric networks
- Enterprise networks and campus networks
- Data center networks
- Optical networks
- IP networks
- Home networks
- Access networks
- SCADA networks and distributed control systems
- Smart cities and smart grids
Management Paradigms
- Centralized management
- Distributed management
- Hierarchical management
- Federated management
- Autonomic and cognitive management
- Policy-based management
- Pro-active management
- Energy-aware management
- Quality of experience-centric management
Service Management
- Cloud computing services
- Content delivery services
- Multimedia services
- Internet connectivity and Internet access
- Internet of Things services
- Security services
- Context-aware services
- Information technology services
Business Management
- Economic aspects
- Multi-stakeholder aspects
- Service level agreements
- Lifecycle aspects
- Process and workflow aspects
- Legal perspective
- Regulatory perspective
- Privacy aspects
Functional Areas
- Deployment management
- Fault management
- Configuration management
- Accounting management
- Performance management
- Security management
Management Technologies
- Network function virtualization
- Software-defined networking
- Orchestration
- Cloud computing and cloud storage
- Communication protocols
- Middleware
- Data models, information models semantic models
- Operations support systems and business support systems
- Information visualization
Methods
- Mathematical optimization
- Control theory
- Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory
- Machine learning, artificial intelligence
- Evolutionary algorithms
- Economic theory and game theory
- Mathematical logic and automated reasoning
- Data mining and (big) data analysis
- Monitoring and measurements
- Computer simulation experiments
- Prototype implementation and testbed experimentation
- Field trials
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have
not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers
should be prepared using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are
limited to 8 pages excluding references (full papers) or 4 pages
excluding references (short papers). They have to be submitted
electronically in PDF format through EDAS. Papers exceeding page
limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be
rejected without further review. All other papers will sustain
a thorough single-blind review process, followed by a rebuttal
phase.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission : June 15, 2019 (extended)
Acceptance Notification: August 5, 2019
Camera Ready due : August 30, 2019
Conference : October 21-25, 2019
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair
Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Yixin Diao, PebblePost, USA
Technical Program Co-Chairs
Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada
Remi Badonnel, Telecom Nancy, France
Steering Committee
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada
Marcus Brunner, Swisscom, Switzerland
Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France
James Hong, POSTECH, Korea
Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Doug Zuckerman, Applied Communication Sciences, USA
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