The 13th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) is inviting authors to submit original contributions in the network and service management research area. CNSM 2017 is a selective single-track conference, covering all aspects of the management of networks and services, pervasive systems, enterprises, and cloud computing environments. The core track is accompanied by a series of workshops and poster sessions.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: July 10, 2017 (extended – hard deadline)
Rebuttal Phase: Aug. 6-12, 2017
Acceptance Notification: Aug. 27, 2017
Camera Ready due: Oct. 7, 2017
Conference: Nov. 26 – 30, 2017
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Network Management
– Software-defined networks
– Virtual networks
– Overlay networks
– Wireless networks and cellular networks
– Wireless 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
– 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
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
– Yoshiaki Tanaka, Waseda Univ., Japan
– Yoshiaki Kiriha, The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
VICE CHAIR
– Shingo Ata, Osaka City Univ., Japan
TPC CO-CHAIRS
– Carol Fung, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA
– Kazuhiko Kinoshita, Tokushima Univ., Japan
– Steven Latré, Univ. of Antwerp – imec, Belgium