We are seeking technical paper submissions and workshop proposals for the 7th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (IEEE NetSoft 2021), which will be held in Tokyo, Japan from 28 June to 2 July 2021. The conference’s theme is “Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age,” a reflection of the current trend of research in the area of network softwarization.

NetSoft 2021 will feature technical paper presentations, keynotes, tutorials, workshops, demos, and exhibitions from world-leading experts representing service providers, vendors, research institutes, open-source projects, and academia. The conference will showcase the latest research and development results in artificial intelligence and machine learning; self-driving and autonomic networking; policy-based network management; and dynamic network slice provisioning—among other promising research areas—for the sake of robust, reliable and cognitive softwarized networks.

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality original technical papers for presentation at the conference and publication in the NetSoft 2021 Proceedings.  Original technical papers and workshop proposals are sought in the following areas:

• Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures
• Cognitive and autonomic networking
• Centralized vs distributed control, management and orchestration
• Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services and functions
• AI techniques to support network automation
• Big data analytics for managing softwarized networks
• Network slicing and slice management
• Mobility management in softwarized networks
• Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures
• Policy-based and intent-based networking
• Service Function Chaining (SFC)
• Mapping and scheduling of SFC
• Container/microservice-based network functions
• Efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV
• QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures
• Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks
• Network softwarization for 5G
• Network management at the edge
• Cooperative multi-domain, multi-tenant SDN/NFV environments
• Security, Safety, Trust and Privacy in virtualized environments
• SDN switch/router architecture and design
• Dynamic resource discovery and negotiation schemes
• Lifecycle management of network software
• DevOps methodologies for network softwarization
• Debugging and introspection of software-defined systems
• Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT)
• Energy-efficient and green software-defined infrastructures (SDI)
• Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV
• New value chains and service models enabled by softwarization
• Socio-economic impact and regulations for softwarization
• Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Technical Papers – 15 January 2021 (Extended)