[Coin] IEEE NetSoft 2024 - Call for Demo Papers, Posters and PhD Symposium

[Federica Paganelli <[e-mail]>]

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                        Call for Demo Papers, Posters and PhD Symposium

                                   IEEE NetSoft 2024

                  “Softwarized Networks in the Age of Generative AI”


             10th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization

                            24–28 June 2024 – St Louis, USA

                         https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/
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***IMPORTANT DATES***
  * PhD Symposium submission deadline: March 1, 2024
  * Posters submission deadline: March 15, 2024
  * Demo Papers submission deadline:  March 29, 2024


IEEE NetSoft, the premier International Conference on Network Softwarization,  invites
submissions of technical demonstrations and posters that exhibit innovative and original
research and submissions to the PhD Symposium that summarize PhD scientific activities
at a given advancement stage.

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 net-
working, and service function chaining. In particular,  the ability to program, manage,
and operate network  and service infrastructures  more freely makes it  possible to re-
invent network &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 2024:
“Sustainable Softwarized Networks in the Age of Generative AI”.

***TOPICS OF INTEREST***

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Network slicing and slice management
* Service Function Chaining (SFC)
* AI/ML techniques and network softwarization
* Applications for Generative AI in softwarized networks
* Softwarization in eXtended Reality (AR/VR/ER and digital twins)
* Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments
* Future Internet and New IP architectures
* Sustainability in softwarized network
* High-precision communications and computing
* Network softwarization for 5G/6G
* QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures
* Network softwarization for deterministic Internet re-engineering
* Softwarization for Cognitive and autonomic networking
* Policy-based and Intent-based networking
* Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes
* Assurance and Measurements in softwarized networks
* Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks
* Security, Safety, Trust, and Privacy in virtualized environments
* Sustainability, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions in network softwarization
* Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services, and functions
* Programmable Networking Protocols
* Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures (P4 and others)
* Open source and network softwarization
* Hardware acceleration for programmable network functions
* Development methodologies for network softwarization (DevOps, NetOps, Verification)
* Deployment and transition strategies
* Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments
* New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization
* Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization

NetSoft 2024 will feature  technical paper presentations,  keynotes, panels, tutorials,
workshops,  demos,  posters, and  exhibitions  from world-leading  experts representing
service providers, vendors, research institutes, open-source projects, and academia.



*** DEMO PAPER SUBMISSION***

Demo paper submission guidelines: https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/call-demo-papers

IMPORTANT DATES
Demo paper submission deadline: March 29, 2024
Acceptance notification:  April 19, 2024
Camera-ready demo papers:  April 26, 2024

DEMO CO-CHAIRS
Mai Abdelhakim, University of Pittsburgh
Kensworth Subratie, University of Florida
Pu Wang. University of North Carolina at Charlotte


*** POSTER SUBMISSION***

Poster submission guidelines: https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/call-posters

IMPORTANT DATES
Poster paper submission deadline: March 15, 2024
Acceptance notification: April 14, 2024
Camera-ready poster paper: April 26, 2024

POSTER CO-CHAIRS
Anu Mercian, Google
Maria Torres Vega, KU Leuven & Ghent University


*** PHD SYMPOSIUM ***

PhD Symposium submission guidelines: https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/authors/call-phd-symposium

IMPORTANT DATES
PhD Symposium submission deadline: March 1, 2024
Acceptance notification deadline: May 1, 2024
Camera ready deadline: May 7, 2024

PHD SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS
Guillaume Doyen, IMT Atlantique
Giovanni Schembra, University of Catania



***CONFERENCE WEBSITE***
https://netsoft2024.ieee-netsoft.org/

***GENERAL CO-CHAIRS***
  * Flavio Esposito, Saint Louis University, USA
  * Janise McNair, University of Florida, USA