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NETWORK AND SERVICES OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP (WGRS)

Início NETWORK AND SERVICES OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP (WGRS)

Presentation

The XXIV Workshop on Management and Operation of Networks and Service (WGRS) is a workshop promoted by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) with the main goal to promote relevant research and activity related to the research field of management and operation of networks and service. The workshop contributes to the integration of the Brazilian community of researchers and professionals working in this area. In addition, the WGRS aims to promote a forum for the presentation and discussion of solutions related to network management. The WGRS will be organized during the 37th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (SBRC), on May 6, 2019, in Campos do Jordão, SP.

Best Paper Award

The WGRS 2019 will announce during the event the best paper award, which will receive a certificate.

Topics of Interest

Authors are invited to submit full-papers containing relevant results from their scientific or technological research. All submitted papers will be evaluated based on their quality and relevance by at least three reviews. Only original papers not published or under review elsewhere can be submitted. A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest for WGRS 2019 include:

  • Network provisioning and capacity planning
  • Management architectures
  • Self-management and self-configuration
  • Accounting and billing
  • Performance, Quality of Service, and Quality of Experience
  • Autonomous Network and Service Management
  • Management based on Policies
  • Management based on Web Services e Peer-to-Peer
  • Cloud and fog computing management
  • Mobile ad-hoc Network (MANETs), wireless networks, and sensor networks management
  • Mobility Management
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) communication management
  • Optical network management
  • Services and Applications management
  • Distributed management
  • IT infrastructure management
  • Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) and Flying Ad-Hoc Network (FANETs) management
  • 4G and 5G cellular network management
  • Convergent network management
  • IoT Infrastructure and Platform management
  • Integrated heterogeneous network management
  • Big data Management
  • Methodologies for network management and operation
  • Management information modeling
  • Monitoring and methods based on network metrology
  • Management platforms
  • Overlapping networks and virtual topologies
  • Software Defined Networks (SDN)
  • Social networking (online, mobile and pervasive)
  • Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
  • Security, privacity, and Isolation
  • Events and failures monitoring

Instructions for Authors

Papers submission will be exclusively electronic, through JEMS. Papers can be written in Portuguese or English, only in PDF format. Each paper is limited to 14 pages, including abstract (and an english abstract, for papers in Portuguese), figures, diagrams and references. Papers should be formatted following the model papers of SBC.

Important Dates

  • Paper Submission Deadline: March 23th, 2019
  • Acceptance Notification: April 11th, 2019
  • Camera Ready Paper Due: April 14th, 2019
  • Conference Date: May 10th, 2019

WGRS Coordinators

Luiz Fernando Bittencourt (UNICAMP)
Rafael Lopes Gomes (UECE)

Program Committee

TBA

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