[icnrg] Call for Papers: IEEE CloudNet 2021

[Takehiro Sato <[e-mail]>]

Apologies for cross-postings

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10th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (IEEE CloudNet 2021)
November 8-10, 2021, Virtual Conference

https://cloudnet2021.ieee-cloudnet.org/

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*** Scope and Topics of Interest ***

Cloud Networking has emerged as a promising direction for cost‐efficient and reliable service delivery across data communication networks. The dynamic location of service facilities and the virtualization of hardware and software elements are stressing the communication network and protocols, especially when datacenters are interconnected through the Internet. Emerging technologies, like Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Network (SDN), are nowadays expected play significant roles by improving the dynamicity and programmability of cloud networks, and an ever-growing community is actively improving and evolving such technologies, researching follow-up paradigms, and scouting novel applications enabled by this ecosystem.

The conference topics include (but are not limited to):  

Cloud network and resource management
- Data Center Network Optimization and Management
- Reliability of Data Center Network and Architecture
- Energy-Efficient Datacenters and Networks
- Cloud Traffic Characterization and Measurements
- Cloud Traffic Engineering
- Data Flow Management and Load Balancing
- Cloud Storage Management
- Green and Energy-Efficient Datacenters and Network
- Cloud-Native Function Management
- AI/ML-assisted cloud resource management and orchestration

Cloud network and virtualization
- Data Center Networks
- Virtual Ethernet Switching, Data Center Bridging
- Mobile Cloud Networking
- Cloud Slicing
- RAN virtualization (Cloud RAN, vRAN, OpenRAN)
- Virtualization of Network Equipment
- Software-Defined Networking
- Network Function Virtualization
- Middleware and Middleboxes

Cloud network and supported services
- Big Data Management
- Data Analytics in Cloud
- Vehicular cloud computing
- Network Services to support IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Unified User and Machine Mobility Management
- Content and Service Distribution
- Complementing Edge Computing with Data Center Networks
- Edge Computing
- Location-based Services

Cloud network architecture
- Control-Plane Architectures
- Distributed Data Center Architectures
- Routing in cloud networks
- Intra-Cloud vs Inter-Cloud Management
- Cloud Federation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
- Named Data Networking
- Information Centric Networking
- Cloud architectures to enable ML/AI

Cloud network security and privacy
- Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality in Cloud Networking
- Cloud Data Provenance and Data Loss Protection
- Cloud Sovereignty
- Cloud Storage Security
- Blockchain technologies for privacy-preserving service discovery
- Cloud Network Intrusion Detection/Prevention
- Firewall and Deep Packet Inspection Systems in Cloud Networks
- AI/ML for cloud security


*** Submission Instructions ***

Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Submissions must be in IEEE single-spaced double-column style with a length limitation of 6 pages (including title, abstract, all figures, and tables) for full papers (oral presentation) and 3 pages for short papers (poster presentation), both excluding references. For full papers, authors will be able to purchase up to 2 extra pages for an additional fee of 150USD  (for a total of up to 8 pages). 

Accepted papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore.


*** Important Dates ***

Abstract registration: June 30, 2021
Paper submission: July 14, 2021
Acceptance notification: September 15, 2021
Camera-ready paper:  September 30, 2021
Conference: Nov. 8-10, 2021


*** Organizing Team ***

* General Chair *
Susmit Shannigrahi, Tennessee Tech, USA

* TPC Co-Chairs *
Spyridon Mastorakis, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Chrysa Papagianni, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venkatesh Tamarapalli, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

* Publicity Co-Chairs *
Takehiro Sato, Kyoto University, Japan
Panagiotis Papadimitriou, University of Macedonia, Greece
Lelio Di Martino, Nokia Bell Labs
 
* Web Chair *
Alex Afanasyev, Florida International University, USA


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Takehiro Sato
CloudNet2021 Publicity Co-Chair
https://cloudnet2021.ieee-cloudnet.org/