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CALL FOR PAPERS – CNSM 2022
18th International Conference on Network and Service Management

31 October - 4 November 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece

Paper Submission Deadline: June 17, 2022

http://www.cnsm-conf.org/2022/

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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 18th International Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in
network and service management research. CNSM 2022 is a selective
single-track conference, covering all aspects of the management of
networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises, and cloud
computing environments. CNSM 2022 will focus on the theme "Intelli-
gent Management of Disruptive Network Technologies and Services".
The core track will be accompanied by a series of workshops and
poster sessions.

Papers accepted and presented at CNSM 2022 will be published as open
access on the conference website and will be submitted to IFIP
Digital Library. Authors of selected papers accepted for publication
in the CNSM 2022 proceedings will be invited to submit an extended
version of their papers to the IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management journal.

Topics of Interest (but not limited to)
Network Management
- IP Networks
- Wireless and Cellular Networks
- Optical Networks
- Virtual Networks
- Home Networks
- Access Networks
- Fog and Edge Networks
- Wide Area Networks
- Enterprise and Campus Networks
- Data Center Networks
- Industrial Networks
- Vehicular Networks
- Internet of Things and Sensor Networks
- Information-Centric Networks

Service Management
- Multimedia Services
- Content Delivery Services
- Cloud Computing Services
- Internet Connectivity and Internet Access Services
- Internet of Things Services
- Security Services
- Context-Aware Services
- Information Technology Services
- Microservices-based Applications
- Service Assurance

Management Paradigms
- Centralized Management
- Hierarchical Management
- Distributed Management
- Federated Management
- Autonomic and Cognitive Management
- Policy- and Intent-Based Management
- Model-Driven Management
- Pro-active Management
- Energy-aware Management
- QoE-Centric Management

Technologies
- Communication Protocols
- Middleware
- Overlay Networks
- Peer-to-Peer Networks
- Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
- Data, Information, and Semantic Models
- Information Visualization
- Software-Defined Networking
- Network Function Virtualization
- Orchestration
- Operations and Business Support Systems
- Control and Data Plane Programmability
- Distributed Ledger Technology

Methods
- Mathematical Logic and Automated Reasoning
- Optimization Theories
- Control Theory
- Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, and Queuing Theory
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Evolutionary Algorithms
- Economic Theory and Game Theory
- Monitoring and Measurements
- Data Mining and (Big) Data Analysis
- Computer Simulation Experiments
- Testbed Experimentation and Field Trials
- Software Engineering Methodologies

Business Management
- Economic Aspects
- Multi-Stakeholder Aspects
- Service Level Agreements
- Lifecycle Aspects
- Process and Workflow Aspects
- Legal Perspective
- Regulatory Perspective
- Privacy Aspects
- Organizational Aspects

Functional Areas
- Fault Management
- Configuration Management
- Accounting Management
- Performance Management
- Security Management

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 9 pages including references (full papers) or 5 pages including
references (short papers). Papers should be submitted electronically
in PDF format through EDAS at https://edas.info/index.php?c=29457.

Papers exceeding page limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagia-
rized papers will be rejected without further review. All other
papers will get a thorough single-blind review process, followed by
a rebuttal phase.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Registration : June 10, 2022
Paper Submission : June 17, 2022
Acceptance Notification: July 18, 2022
Camera Ready due : September 2, 2022

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs:
Marinos Charalambides, Huawei Technologies, Belgium
Panagiotis Papadimitriou, University of Macedonia, Greece

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy
Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
Lefteris Mamatas, University of Macedonia, Greece

Steering Committee
Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada (Chair)
Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France
Filip De Turck, Gent University, Belgium
Yixin Diao, PebblePost, USA
Olivier Festor, Telecom Nancy, France
James Hong, POSTECH, Korea
Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada
Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA
Doug Zuckerman, Applied Communication Sciences, USA