Subject: [nmrg] IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2022 Call for Papers: Deadline Extended to October 18, 2021

From: Molka Gharbaoui <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:30:55 +0000

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                 CALL FOR PAPERS - NOMS 2022
        IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
                25-29 April 2022 // Budapest, Hungary

      Network and Service Management in the Era of Cloudification,
            Softwarization and Artificial Intelligence
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The 18th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2022)
will be held on 25-29 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Held in
even-numbered years since 1988, NOMS 2022 will follow the 34 years
tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary IEEE Communications Society's
forum for technical exchange on management of information and
communication technology focusing on research,  development, integration,
standards, service provisioning, and user communities. The theme of NOMS
2022 is Management in the Age of Softwarization and Artificial
Intelligence. It aims to capture recent rresults, emerging approaches and
technical solutions for dealing with the management of Fixed and Mobile
Networks and Services, Clouds, and Vertical Eco-Systems (e.g., smart
cities and smart transportations, etc.). NOMS 2022 will offer various types
of sessions: keynotes, technical, experience, demo, tutorial, poster,
panel, and dissertation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, the following:

Management of 6G Networks and Network 2030
- Softwarization and management for extreme performance networking,  
such as very low latency and ultra-high peak data rate.
- APIs, multi-domain orchestration, interoperability methods and  
algorithms for the softwarized networks and management in 6G
- Softwarization and management of the deterministic networks, of the  
high-precision networks.
- Softwarization and management of the converged infrastructures:  
integration of data spaces with compute cloud networks and  
connectivity networks.
- Methods/algorithms/APIs for control and management of addressing and  
routing for Network 2030
- Precision telemetry, Management of multi-domain services in 6G
- High-Precision networking services using Fog and Edge Computing
- Service assurance for precision micro services
- In-network service level optimization; predictable KPIs and QoS
- Management of Data Spaces, Management of Meta-data, Management of  
Data Identity
- Transition scenarios from existing networks to network 2030

Management of Smart Vertical Systems in the Industry 4.0 Era
- Smart Cities, Smart Grid, Smart Homes, Smart Environment, Smart  
Manufacturing, Smart Energy
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- 5G & 6G networking practices and principles

- c-MTC, m-MTC and Industrial IoT networking
- Social Networks
- Cyber-Physical Systems including techniques supported with Augmented
Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Physical vs. Digital Twins
- Applications and case studies

Artificial Intelligence techniques for Network and Service Management
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Machine Learning & Deep Learning
- Big Data & Data Mining
- Mobile Agents
- AI vs. legacy optimization methods in management

Management of Softwarised Networks, Software-Defined Networking,  
Network Function Virtualization, Service Function Chaining
- Network virtualization
- Cloud Network (data, control, management planes) programmability
- Methods and frameworks enabling customized functions on data packets  
and processes to program the header of the packets.
- Cloud Network Slicing in 5G & 6G
- Management & Orchestration (MANO)
- Service Function Chaining
- Protocols, languages, and frameworks
- Open-source networking
- Cloud-native networking
- Case studies and practical deployments

Management Functions and Practical Approaches
- FCAPS: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security
Management
- Cybersystems, Security and Reliability in Network Softwarization and  
Management.
- Green operation & management
- Billing & Accounting
- Service Assurance
- Service Fulfillment
- Service Level Management

Network Management & Operational Experience
- Ad-hoc networks
- Automotive and vehicular networks
- Broadband access networks
- Cognitive radio networks
- e-Maintenance
- Future Internet
- Heterogeneous networks
- Home networks
- M2M networks
- OSS/BSS development
- Overlay networks
- Personal area networks
- Sensor networks
- Wireless & mobile networks

Service Management
- Business management
- Clouds
- Datacenter management
- Data service management
- Hosting
- Infrastructure as a Service, Management as a Service, Platform as a
Service, Software as a Service
- IT service management
- Service provisioning and management, service assurance, fulfilment  
and resilience, DevOps
- Multimedia service management
- OTT service management
- Virtualized infrastructure management
- Security Management
- Intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, intrusion response
- Network security
- Security for peer-to-peer and overlay networks
- Security for smart X and large systems and critical infrastructures
- Privacy and anonymity
- Vulnerability management
- Early warning

Modelling, Measurement and Performance Analysis
-Performance measurements and evaluation, monitoring, data analytics,  
validation and debugging for
network management and softwarized networks, digital twinning.
- Network and service qualities, performance, reliability,  
scalability, elasticity, resilience, sustainability, maintainability,  
safety, and security with guarantees.
- Protocols and methods for delivery of high precision services with  
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) guarantee.
- Profiling and performance evaluation of softwarized network  
functions/components.
- Debugging of softwarized networks.
- High precision networking, precision telemetry, management of  
cyber-networking systems supporting physical/digital twins.

Methodologies for Network Operations and Management
- Management and operation of high-precision networks and services
- Control theory
- Markov Chains and management
- Data collection and aggregation
- Digital twining
- Design and simulation
- Economic/finance theories
- Experimental approaches
- Optimization theory
- Probability and stochastic processes, queuing theory
- Risk management
- Software engineering methodologies Visualization
- Management approaches for Quantum Networking

Management Approaches, Resources and Functions
- Management architectures, Softwarized network architectures/infrastructures
- Networking, Edge cloud-native networking, Time-Sensitive Networking  
and IP convergence, Deterministic Networking, IoT-Edge-Cloud Network  
Continuum
- End-to-end and multi-domain softwarized networks, multi-domain  
management, green operations and
management, management of energy-efficient networks and datacenters
- Network and cloud network operating systems facilities, resource  
abstraction, connectors and adaptation, capability and operation  
exposure, network functions, cloud-native functions,
- Dynamic migration of network functions, interfaces, deployment and  
integration with software-based control, management, and orchestration.
- Resource allocation mechanisms for deterministic data transmission  
and networking.
- Microservices, serverless computing, secured containers  
infrastructure and new software paradigms for managing and operating  
network functions.
- Standard frameworks and systems
- Integrated management
- Autonomic and self-management
- Blockchain Networking
- Zero-Configuration Networking, Closed-loop operations, Self-Driving  
Networking, Intent-based Management, Smart Networks, Zero-Trust  
Networking
- Best practices and management standards
- Centralized management
- Distributed management
- Organizational aspects
- Policy-based management
- Process-oriented management
- IT service management (ITSM)
- Process engineering and frameworks (ITIL, CobIT, RiskIT, ValIT)

Management Efforts for Pandemics and Crisis Situations (COVID-19)
- Contact and Activity Tracing
- Network/Service Management Support
- Network Measurements
- Network Adaptation

Case Studies, TestBeds and Practical Experiences

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are invited to submit original contributions written in  
English that have not been published or submitted for publication  
elsewhere.
Technical papers must be formatted using the IEEE 2-column format and  
not exceed 8 pages (excluding references) for full paper submissions  
or not exceed 4 pages (excluding references) for poster/short paper  
submissions.
All papers should be submitted through JEMS at

https://jems.sbc.org.br/noms2022
The authors of the best 15 technical papers will be invited to submit  
extended versions of their papers to a fast-track reviewed Wiley's  
International Journal of Network Management (IJNM) or IEEE  
Communications Magazine series on Telecom Software, Network  
Virtualization, Software Defined Networks
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted and presented  
papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted  
to IEEE Xplore.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: Oct. 18, 2021
Notification of Acceptance: Dec. 17, 2021
Camera Ready: Jan. 14, 2022

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Alex Galis , UCL, UK
Istvan Godor, Ericsson, Hungary
Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada
Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France