The 4th IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics for Network and Service Management (AnNet 2019) will be held in conjunction with the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM) in Washington DC, USA on April 8, 2019.

Following the success of the previous editions of this workshop (AnNet 2016, AnNet 2017, AnNet 2018), the main goal of AnNet is to present research and experience results in the area of data analytics and machine learning for network and service management. Approaches such as statistical analysis, data mining, and machine learning are promising mechanisms to harness the immense stream of operational data and to improve operations and management of IT systems and networks. AnNet 2019 will include original full-paper presentations, a keynote, and short-paper sessions. The workshop attendees will be stimulated to participate in interesting discussions. To this end, short papers describing late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research and experimental work are also welcome.

Topics of Interest

Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to one or multiple topic areas listed below:

Data analytics

Analysis, modeling and visualization
Operational analytics and intelligence
Event, log and big data analytics
Network traffic analysis
Anomaly detection and prediction
Crowd sensing
Monitoring and measurements for management
Predictive and real-time analytics
Harnessing social data for management
Machine learning techniques

Supervised, semi-supervised, and unsupervised learning
Clustering and data mining
Reinforcement learning
Multi-agent based learning
Deep learning
Bayesian methods
Ensemble methods
Cognitive computing
Mining spatiotemporal and time series data
Network management paradigms

Autonomous and autonomic networks
Fog/edge computing
In-network processing
Bio-inspired networks and self-management
Cognitive and software defined networks
Network function virtualization
Security, fault, performance, and resource management
Application domains

Computer networks
Mobile ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks
Clouds and data centers
Virtualized infrastructures
Internet of Things
Computing and network services
IT service management, storage resource management
Paper Submission

Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. Submissions must be written in English, accompanied by a 75 to 200 words abstract that clearly outlines the scope and contributions of the paper. There is a length limitation of 6 pages (including title, abstract, all figures, tables, and references) for regular papers, and 4 pages for short papers describing work in progress. Submissions must be in IEEE 2-column style. Self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review.

Authors should submit their papers via JEMS:

https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/im2019_anNet

Proceedings

Papers accepted for AnNet 2019 will be included in the conference proceedings, IEEE Xplore, IFIP database and EI Index. IFIP and IEEE reserve the right to remove any paper from the IFIP database and IEEE Xplore if the paper is not presented by one of its authors at the workshop. Awards will be presented to the best paper at the workshop.

Important Dates

Paper Registration: December 08, 2018
Paper Submission Deadline: December 15, 2018
Acceptance Notification: January 25, 2019
Camera-Ready Papers: February 8, 2019
Workshop Date: April 8, 2019