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