CfP – Elsevier COMCOM – Special Issue on Intelligence and Service Orchestration in Next-Generation Mobile Networks

December 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Elsevier Computer Communications

Special Issue

“Intelligence and Service Orchestration in Next-Generation Mobile Networks”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327227/intelligence-and-service-orchestration-in-next-generation-mobile-networks

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Mobile communication and computing infrastructures are undergoing a profound transformation, moving toward highly dynamic, service-centric ecosystems. Fundamental to this evolution is a novel paradigm for the infrastructure and service management for 5G-and-beyond networks.

 

Indeed, the architectural paradigm of 5G is shifting toward Open Radio Access Network (RAN), which introduces RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) for network overseeing and reconfiguring through Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications able to enhance the overall performance. The shift from monolithic components to virtualized functions through Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and the adoption of Software Defined Networking (SDN) allow the deployment of innovative solutions that demand flexible orchestration methods.

 

In this context, Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) and Network and Service Orchestration (NSO) play a crucial role by enabling real-time automation and optimization across highly dynamic and heterogeneous network environments, whilst integrating radio, transport, and core domains under a single control plane. These solutions are apt to tackle key challenges including service provisioning, resource allocation, power consumption, and quality of service. Central to this scenario is the role of AI, which enables closed-loop network automation and control, predictive management, automated fault detection, and intent-based service delivery. As such, network intelligence is essential for resilient, scalable, and adaptive orchestration techniques capable of meeting the stringent latency, reliability, and performance requirements of future mobile networks.

 

This Special Issue aims to collect innovations proposed by the research community in the field of Intelligence and Service Orchestration in next-gen mobile networks. These topics and challenges have recently been investigated by researchers, telco stakeholders, government agencies, and international organizations (e.g. NextGenerationEU, CAMARA).

 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

 

  • Management and orchestration architectures and techniques for next-gen networks
  • Automation, coordination, management and optimization of network resources and services
  • Placement and resource allocation for VNFs
  • Resource monitoring and service analytics
  • Orchestration solutions for control plane, core, and RAN
  • Orchestration in Transport and Multi-Domain Networks
  • Enabling technologies for network orchestration
  • AI-based network orchestration
  • Closed-loop automation engines in NSO
  • Zero-Touch and intent-driven Open RAN orchestration, optimization, control, and management
  • QoS in network orchestration
  • NSO for sustainability
  • Resilience, scalability, and adaptability of next-gen networks
  • Industry-supported efforts for network optimization
  • Integrated Sensing and Communications
  • Privacy in orchestration frameworks
  • Energy-aware and Sustainable Network Management
  • Testbeds, emulators and benchmarking for orchestration solutions

 

***Manuscript submission information***

 

The journal's submission platform (Editorial Manager®) will be open for submissions to this Special Issue from October 26, 2025. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript and select the article type of “VSI: Intelligent Orchestration in Next-Generation Networks” when submitting your manuscript online. Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computer-communications

 

The impact of SI contributions should be clearly demonstrated in the context of the theme of the special issue. Papers that do not directly address this theme are considered out of scope and are subject to immediate rejection.

 

***Timeline***

 

Submission Open Date 26/10/2025

 

Final Manuscript Submission Deadline 28/02/2026

 

Editorial Acceptance Deadline 15/09/2026

 

 

***Guest editors***

 

Prof. Abderrahim Benslimane

University of Avignon, France

Email: abderrahim.benslimane@univ-avignon.fr

 

Prof. Cristiano Bonato Both

University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Email: cbboth@unisinos.br

 

Prof. Giang T. Nguyen

Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Email: giang.nguyen@tu-dresden.de

 

Prof. Giovanni Stanco

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Email: giovanni.stanco@unina.it

 

Prof. Stefania Zinno

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Email: stefania.zinno@unina.it

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AAMAS 2026: Last Call for Nominations for the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award

December 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
*** Last Call for Nominations for the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award ***

The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (AAMAS 2026)

May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus

2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award
The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (IFAAMAS)
in 2006 established an award to recognize publications in the autonomous agents and multiagent systems field that have made influential and long-lasting contributions. Candidates for this award are papers that have proved a key result, led to the development of a new subfield, demonstrated a significant new application or system, or simply presented a new way of thinking about a topic that has proved influential. A list of previous winners of this award appears at http://www.ifaamas.org/award-influential.html .

This award is presented annually at the AAMAS Conference.

Winning papers must have been published at least 10 years before the first day of the conference. Therefore, papers eligible for the 2026 award must have been published earlier than May 2016, and in a recognized scientific forum (e.g., journal, conference, or workshop).

The criteria that will be considered in the selection for the award are:

1. Opened up new research line(s) within and even outside AAMAS;
2. Broad impact, e.g. started new fields, new conferences, new journals;
3. Broadly inspired the community;
4. Posed and/or solved an issue seen as fundamental to the field.

To nominate a publication for this award, please send by December 10, 2025 the full
reference plus a brief statement (200 words or fewer) arguing for the significance of the paper to the chair of the 2026 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award committee, Maria Gini (gini@umn.edu).

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CFP OLA’2026 Int. Conf. Optimization & Learning @Creta (Greece)

December 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
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                           OLA'2026
           International Conference on Optimization and Learning
                           28-30 April 2026
                          Chania, Crete, Greece
                 http://ola2026.sciencesconf.org/
                     SCOPUS Springer Proceedings
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OLA is a conference focusing on the future challenges of optimization
and/or machine learning methods and their applications. The conference
OLA'2026 will provide an opportunity to the international research
community in optimization and learning to discuss recent research
results and to develop new ideas and collaborations in a friendly and
relaxed atmosphere.
OLA'2026 welcomes presentations that cover any aspects of optimization
and/or machine learning research such as big optimization and learning,
optimization for learning, learning for optimization, optimization and
learning under uncertainty, deep learning, new high-impact applications,
parameter tuning, 4th industrial revolution, computer vision,
hybridization issues, optimization-simulation, meta-modeling,
high-performance computing, parallel and distributed optimization and
learning, surrogate modeling, multi-objective optimization …
Submission papers: We will accept two different types of submissions:
–       S1: Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers
of a maximum of 3 pages
–       S2: Original research contributions of a maximum of 12 pages
–    S3: High-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the last
year, been submitted or accepted for journal publication
Important dates:
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Paper submission deadline extension    Dec 19, 2025
Proceedings: Accepted papers in categories S1 and S2 will be published
in the proceedings. A SCOPUS and DBLP indexed Springer book will be
published for accepted long papers. Proceedings will be available at the
conference.

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AIces 2026: early registration December 13

December 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
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1st INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON THE COGNITIVE, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AIces 2026

Porto – Maia, Portugal

March 30 – April 2, 2026

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Co-organized by:

University of Maia

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA
Luxembourg/London

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Early registration: December 13, 2025

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SCOPE:

AIces 2026 will be the first in a series of research training events aiming at updating participants on the most recent multidisciplinary discussions about the foundations, meaning, challenges and risks of AI.

The event will have a global scope along 3 thematic lines: cognition, ethics, and society. It will cover current debates about: AI and philosophy of mind; cognitive architectures; machine learning and cognitive development; large language models and visual information; robotics and embodied cognition; neuroscience-inspired AI; algorithmic bias and fairness; transparency and explainability; accountability and responsibility; privacy and surveillance; autonomy and control; AI impact on human values and social inequalities; the future of work and automation; governance, regulation and public policies; AI, human rights and democracy; AI and global development; information and AI education.

The event will consist of 10 courses, 2 keynote lectures, 3 symposia collecting short contributions from participants, and 3 open thematic debate sessions. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to fully participate in vivo remotely.

ADDRESSED TO:

Graduate students, postgraduate students and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees, so people less or more advanced in their career will be welcome as well.

Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses.

Overall, AIces 2026 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators.

VENUE:

AIces 2026 will take place in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, recognized by UNESCO in 1996 as a World Heritage Site. The venue will be:

University of Maia
Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos – Castêlo da Maia
4475-690 Maia
Porto, Portugal

STRUCTURE:

2 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another.

Full live online participation will be possible. The organizers highlight, however, the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind of research training event.

All lectures will be videorecorded. Participants will be able to watch them again for 45 days after the event.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Danks (University of Virginia), Trustworthy AI in an Untrustworthy World

Ming Lin (University of Maryland), Socially Responsible and Trustworthy AI

PROFESSORS AND COURSES:

Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), [introductory] Introduction to Responsible AI

Susan Brennan (Stony Brook University), [introductory/advanced] Where Are the Humans in Human-Centered AI?

Thomas Breuel (Nvidia Research), [introductory] Facts and Rules in LLMs

Carlos Castillo (Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Algorithmic Fairness in High-Risk AI Applications

Alan Dix (Cardiff Metropolitan University), [introductory] AI for Social Justice

Elia Formisano (Maastricht University), [introductory/intermediate] Auditory Cognition in Humans and Machines

Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology), [introductory/advanced] Data and AI Governance – From Control to Trust

Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate] Computational Cognitive Models of Human-AI Teaming

Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University), [intermediate/advanced] Symbol Processing in Transformers and Other Neural Networks

Savannah Thais (City University of New York), [intermediate/advanced] Measurement for Safer AI

SYMPOSIA:

A symposium will collect 10-minute voluntary presentations by participants on any of the 3 thematic areas of the event: cognition, ethics, and society. A 1-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the presentation must be sent to david@irdta.eu by February 28, 2026.

OPEN DEBATES:

An open debate session will be organized for each of the 3 thematic areas of the school: cognition, ethics, and society. A 2-page expression of interest to lead the respective session including the topics to be debated, the structure, call for contributions, and dynamics of the session must be sent to david@irdta.eu by December 30, 2025.

SPONSORS:

Companies/institutions/organizations willing to be sponsors of the event can download the sponsorship leaflet from

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Samuel Anjos (Maia, social networks)
Osheen Jain (London, communications)
José Paulo Marques dos Santos (Maia, local chair)
Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, program chair)
Santiago Montes (Tarragona, webpage)
Sara Morales (Luxembourg)
José Luís Reis (Maia)
Luís Paulo Reis (Porto)
David Silva (London, organization chair)

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done at

The selection of 6 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For logistical reasons, it will be helpful to have an estimation of the respective demand for each course.

Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue will have got exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event.

FEES:

Fees comprise access to all program activities and lunches.

There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline.

The fees for on site and for online participation are the same.

ACCOMMODATION:

Accommodation suggestions will be available in due time at

CERTIFICATE:

A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of academic activities. This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university.

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Universidade da Maia

Universidade do Porto

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA, Luxembourg/London
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CoNEXT 2026 Call for papers

December 4th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
You are invited to submit your high-quality work to the upcoming ACM CoNEXT 2026.

 

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December 7-11, 2026 – Utrecht, The Netherlands

 

Conference website: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/home

Full CFP: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/cfp

Submission Guidelines: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/submission

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