[nmrg] IM2017 - CFP - Special Track On Autonomic Management

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                        CALL FOR PAPERS

                        IEEE/IFIP IM 2017

              *** Special Track on Autonomic Management ***

   IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
                  Lisbon, Portugal, 8-12 May 2017
                         http:/goo.gl/8Hc64L

             (Paper Submission Date: 24 January 2017)

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Programmable  and  software  networks  require  more than ever management
systems  with  smart,  adaptive  and effective decisions, recommendations
and   actuations.  Management   systems   should   incorporate  autonomic
management principles to be able to sense their environment, perceive the
changes  and  react  quickly  to changing conditions in order to optimize
operation  and  performance,  diagnose  faults, and protect from threats.
Papers for this special session should address  the diverse challenges in
the   development   and  deployment  of  autonomic  management  solutions
including, but not limited to:

- Self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing and self-protection
  in programmable and software-defined networks
- Self-optimization for dynamic controllers and virtual network functions
  placement
- Policy-based management,  including  imperative,  declarative (intent),
  and other paradigms
- Learning   and   reasoning   techniques   for   programmable   networks
- Data analytics  and  machine learning for autonomic management
- Autonomic  based   service   lifecycle   management  and  orchestration
- Autonomic   resource   allocation   and  configuration  in  virtualized
  infrastructures
- Adaptive scheduling in cloud computing environments

This special track is supported by the IEEE ComSoc Technical Subcommittee
on  Autonomic  Communications  (TCAC). More information about TCAC can be
found at http://ac.committees.comsoc.org/

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Paper Submission

Authors  are  invited to submit original contributions written in English
that  have  not  been  published  or submitted for publication elsewhere.
Papers must be  formatted using the IEEE 2-column format and not exceed 8
pages (excluding references). All  papers  should  be  submitted  through
JEMS at https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=2717

All  submitted   papers   will be peer-reviewed. Accepted  and  presented
papers  will  be  published  in the conference proceedings and  submitted
to IEEE Xplore.

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Important Dates

Paper submission:  Jan. 24, 2017
Author notification: Feb. 15, 2017
Final paper due: March 1, 2017
Conference date: May 8-12, 2017

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Special Track Co-Chairs

Imen Grida Ben Yahia (Orange Labs, France)
Noura Limam (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Mohamed Faten Zhani (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)

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