[hpc-announce] CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS - NetSoft 2025 - 23-27 June 2025 // Budapest, Hungary

[Tortonesi Mauro]

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS - NetSoft 2025

IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization

23 - 27 June 2025 // Budapest, Hungary

Sustainable and secure networks for distributed AI and compute

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              CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

Important dates


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   Workshop proposal submission deadline: December 15, 2024
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   Workshop acceptance notification: December 20, 2024
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   Workshop Dates: June 23 and June 27, 2025


Aims and Scope

The 11th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft
2025) will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 23 to 27 of June, 2025. IEEE
NetSoft has been created as a flagship conference aimed at addressing the
softwarization of networks and the convergence of Cloud Computing,
Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and Network Functions Virtualization
(NFV). The overall theme of NetSoft 2025 is “Sustainable and secure
networks for distributed AI and compute”.

IEEE NetSoft invites proposals for full-day or half-day workshops. The
purpose of the workshops is to complement the conference program with
in-depth discussions that are dedicated to emerging topics on Network
Softwarization such as network cloudification and edge computing, Open RAN
and RAN intelligence, Time-Sensitive Networks, AI-assisted network
automation, AI-native networks, data-plane programmability, etc. Proposals
from both industry and academia are welcome. Accepted and presented
workshop papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be
submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore.

Submission Guidelines

Each NetSoft 2025 workshop proposal must be submitted in a single PDF file
and must include:


   1.

   Name and abbreviation of the workshop.



   2.

   Names, email addresses, affiliations, and short bio of the main
   organizers.



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   A brief description (1 page) of the technical focus addressed by the
   workshop, reasons why the workshop is timely and relevant to NetSoft 2025
   and its main theme.



   4.

   Likely contributors and targeted audience.



   5.

   Publicity and advertising plan to attract paper submissions and
   attendees.



   6.

   A description of past events of the workshop, including statistics of
   submitted/accepted papers and attendee numbers (if not the 1st offering of
   the workshop).



   7.

   A draft one-page CFP including title, scope, topics and important dates
   Workshop paper submission:  March 14, 2025
   Workshop paper notification of acceptance: April 11, 2025
   Camera-ready submission:  May 2, 2025
   Workshops date: Monday, June 23 or Friday, June 27, 2025
   Other logistics: half-day or full day workshop and an indication whether
   there is a preference for Monday, June 23 or Friday, June 27.


The workshop papers are expected to be 6 pages in IEEE 2-column format,
including references. The workshop may also allow short papers with a page
limit of 4 pages, including references.

The approved workshops are expected to attract enough original and quality
submissions to schedule a half or full day workshop. Otherwise, the IEEE
NetSoft 2025 Organizing Committee may decide to cancel a workshop or merge
it with another one. Workshop organizers are discouraged from submitting
papers to their own workshop, unless they receive explicit approval from
the Organizing Committee.

Please submit workshop proposals via email with the subject line “IEEE
NETSOFT 2025 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL”, to the workshop program co-chairs:


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   Andreas Johnsson: andreas.a.johnsson at ericsson.com
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   Sándor Laki: lakis at inf.elte.hu
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   Laurent Ciavaglia: laurent.ciavaglia at nokia.com


Topics of NetSoft2025

For reference, Netsoft 2025 (netsoft2025.ieee-netsoft.org) will highlight
the theme “Sustainable and secure networks for distributed AI and compute”,
covering topics that include the following.

Network softwarization for


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   5G/6G
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   Network slicing and slice management
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   Internet of Things (IoT)
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   QoS and QoE
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   Service Function Chaining (SFC)
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   Cognitive and autonomic networking
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   Policy-based and Intent-based networking
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   eXtended Reality (AR/VR/ER and digital twins)
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   Future Internet and New IP architectures
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   New value chains and service models
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   Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes
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   Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments
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   Deterministic or dependable networking
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   High-precision communications and computing
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   Internet re-engineering


or

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   Security, Safety, Trust, and Privacy
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   Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures (P4 and others)
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   Open source
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   Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures
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   Resilience, reliability, and robustness
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   Assurance and Measurements
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   Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services, and functions
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   Sustainability, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions
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   Programmable Networking Protocols
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   Deployment and transition strategies
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   Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments
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   Hardware acceleration


in softwarized networks, or



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   Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques
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   Applications of Generative AI
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   Socio-economic impact and regulations
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   Development methodologies (DevOps, NetOps, Verification)


for softwarized networks.

Workshop Co-Chairs


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   Andreas Johnsson, Ericsson Research, Sweden
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   Sándor Laki, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
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   Laurent Ciavaglia, Nokia, France


General Co-Chairs


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   Pal Varga, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
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   Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy


-- 
Mauro Tortonesi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Head of Big Data & Compute Continuum Lab
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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Ferrara