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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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