NI 2018 - First International Workshop on Network Intelligence

Network Intelligence considers the embedding of intelligence within the network functions to fasten service delivery and operations, leverage Quality of Experience (QoE) and guarantee service availability. This concept inherits the solid background of autonomic networking, cognitive management, and artificial intelligence. It is envisioned as mandatory to manage, pilot and operate the forthcoming network built upon SDN, NFV and cloud.
The main goal of the Network Intelligence Workshop is to present state-of-the-art research results and experience reports in the area of network intelligence, addressing topics such as artificial intelligence techniques and models for network and service management; smart service orchestration and delivery, dynamic Service Function Chaining, Intent and policy based management, centralized vs distributed control of SDN/NFV based networks, analytics and big data approaches, knowledge creation and decision making.
The first International Workshop on Network Intelligence (NI 2018) will be held in conjunction with the Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN 2018) organized on February 20-22, 2018 in Paris Area, France.
This special workshop is supported by the IEEE ComSoc Technical Subcommittee on Autonomic Communications (TCAC).
Topics of Interest
Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to one or multiple topic areas listed below:
•Smart/Cognitive Orchestration
•AI based management operations
•Self X functions for management
•Knowledge creation mechanisms
•Decision making mechanisms
•Network resilience with AI
•Mgt of Cloud, SDN and NFV
•Analytics and big data approaches for managing networks and services
•service placement and management
•Agile/Dynamic Service Function Chaining
•Intent & Policy-based management for intelligent network
•Centralized vs distributed control of SDN/NFV based systems
Important dates
- Paper submission deadline: October 10, 2017
- Acceptance notification: November 15, 2017
- Camera ready papers: December 1, 2017
- Authors registration: December 1, 2017
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Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences.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. Each submission 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 conference 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.
Accepted papers will be published in the ICIN Proceedings and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Workshop Co-Chairs
•Imen Grida Ben Yahia, Orange Labs, France
•Marouane Mechteri, Orange Labs, France
•Alberto Mozo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
•Sandra Gomez Canaval, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain