Call for Papers

Please download the CNSM CFP flyer here: and here:

Important Dates

Paper Submission: July 24, 2020
Pre Rebuttal Notification: September 8, 2020
Rebuttal Ends: September 11, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: September 14, 2020
Camera Ready Due: October 16, 2020
Conference: November 2-6, 2020

Topics of Interest (but not limited to)

Network Management

  • Software-defined networks
  • Virtual networks
  • Overlay networks
  • Wireless and cellular networks
  • 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
  • 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, artificial intelligence
  • Evolutionary computing
  • 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

Paper Submission

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 have to be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS at https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27465

Papers exceeding page limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review. All other papers will get a thorough single-blind review process, followed by a rebuttal phase.

More details are on the Authors page.