PD Dr.-Ing. C. Mas Machuca is General Co-Chair of the 12th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF) 2021.
Submission deadline: 23 April 2021
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Call for Papers
NoF 2021
The 12th International Conference on Network of the Future
October 6-8, 2021 – Coimbra, Portugal – Hybrid event
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The 12th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF) is inviting
authors to submit original contributions in the area of Future Internet design,
with emphasis on enabling and cutting-edge technologies from the perspectives of
specification, design and analysis related to network of future architecture,
applications, services, management, implementation, scalability, standardization,
business and legal aspects, just to name a few.
The conference aims at providing a forum for researchers, students, and
professionals to exchange ideas, share their experiences, and discuss their
research results around a single-track of technical sessions and a series of
keynote speeches.
NoF 2021 will take place at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.
The conference will be designed and prepared as a hybrid event allowing
registrants the choice to participate either virtually or in-person. In the case
of perduring traveling restrictions (official or de facto) during the conference
dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be ready to convert the conference
to a fully on-line event.
*** Topics of interest ***
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Networks
* 5G/6G networks
* Virtual networks
* Overlay networks
* Wireless networks and cellular networks
* Wireless sensor networks
* Access, metro, backbone and core networks
* Vehicular ad hoc networks and intelligent transportation systems
* Mesh and ad hoc networks
* Internet of Things networks
* Information-centric networks
* Enterprise networks and campus networks
* Time-sensitive networks
* Data center networks
* Optical networks
* IP networks
* Home networks
* SCADA networks and distributed control systems
* Smart Cities and Smart Grids
* Resilient networks
Enablers
* Quality of service and traffic engineering
* Network Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Reasoning
* Network Data Analytics, Anomaly Detection, Feature Extraction
* Network automation and orchestration
* Autonomic, Cognitive and Intent-based Networking
* 5G/6G Network Architecture, Services and Protocols
* 5G/6G Control and Management Architecture
* 5G/6G Functional Decomposition and Composition
* Advanced 5G Infrastructure Slicing and Radio Slicing
* Scalability and multi-tenancy in 5G/6G
* Network Programmability and Softwarization
* Protocols for Ultra-Low Latency and Ultra-High Reliability
* Fog, Edge and Multi-Access Computing
* Software Defined Networking (SDN) and High Availability
* Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Orchestration
* Service Function Chaining and Virtual Network Embedding
* Big data and Fast Data Processing and Management
* CDN Architectures and Network Cache Allocation Schemes
* Advanced multimedia and real-time communications
* Performance, Optimization and Resource Dimensioning
* Security, Trust and Privacy
* Use of Blockchains in Networking and Servicing
Business and Legal Aspects
* Economic aspects
* Multi-stakeholder aspects
* Service level agreements
* Lifecycle aspects
* Process and workflow aspects
* Legal perspective
* Regulatory perspective
* Privacy aspects
Methods
* Mathematical optimization
* Control theory
* Probability theory, stochastic processes, and queuing theory
* Machine learning and artificial intelligence
* 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
*** Submission guidelines ***
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Authors are invited to submit original contributions that have not been
published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should be prepared
using the IEEE 2-column conference style and are limited to 8 pages excluding
references (full papers) or 4 pages excluding references (short papers). They
must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS.
Papers exceeding page limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers
will be rejected without further review. All other papers will sustain a thorough
single-blind review process.
For specific details about submission format and procedure, please check:
https://nof2021.dnac.org/call-for-papers/
*** Important dates ***
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- Paper submission deadline: April 23, 2021
- Paper acceptance notification: June 14, 2021
- Camera-ready Papers: June 25, 2021
Important: NoF 2021 is enforcing a strict publication & no-show policy as stated
by IEEE. Please check details on the NoF 2021 website.
*** TPC Co-Chairs ***
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Susana Sargento, University of Aveiro - Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Tim Wauters, Ghent University - imec, Belgium
*** General Co-Chairs ***
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Lúcia Martins, University of Coimbra & INESC Coimbra, Portugal
Carmen Mas Machuca, Technical University of Munich, Germany
*** Executive Chair ***
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Prosper Chemouil, Cnam, France
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Website: https://nof2021.dnac.org