CALL FOR PAPERS

The third IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Management of the Future Internet (ManFI 2011) will be held in conjunction with the IFIP/IEEE IM 2011 Symposium in Dublin, Ireland, from May 23-27. The workshop will be sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, the Autonomic Communications Forum, and the POSTECH ITCE. The workshop is endorsed by the Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM).
It is widely agreed that, despite its many successes, the current Internet also has a set of systemic problems, ranging from an upcoming shortage of IP addresses to insufficient security. However, the lack of scalable and agile manageability is arguably more important, as without management, it is impossible to build systems that adapt the services and resources offered in a context-dependent manner.
In either case (clean slate vs. evolution vs. revolution), we must consider the manageability of the Future Internet from the beginning. Following the success of the two previous editions of this workshop, held in conjunction with IM 2009 and NOMS 2010, this workshop aims at providing an international forum for researchers in these and similar areas. ManFI 2011 will combine original full paper presentations with a motivating keynote, quick hot topic presentations and a panel discussion to thoroughly explore this challenging topic.

TOPIC OF INTEREST
Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to the topic areas listed below:

• Architectural Issues

• Advantages and disadvantages of revolutionary, evolutionary, and other approaches to managing the Future Internet

• Separation of data, control, and management planes

• Design of architectural building blocks for managing the Future Internet

• Advances in measurement, management, security, accounting, mobility, and other functions

• Virtualization of resources and services

• Dynamic composition of management and operational functionality

• Architectural design principles to accommodate the diverse interests of stakeholders

• Management of social networks

• Design and Implementation Issues

• Abstractions for programmable network elements

• Accommodating context-awareness in management

• Designing and implementing situation awareness

• Automation of management functionality

• Information exchange between different management layers, systems, and components

• The role of models, ontologies, and other knowledge abstractions in the Future Internet

• Uncertainty and probabilistic approaches to management of the Future Internet

• Data analysis and visualization of large sets of management data

• Economic Issues

• Economic aspects driving the deployment of Future Internet management technology

• Economic opportunities and challenges for management technology

• Experience reports from management in testbeds

PAPER SUBMISSION

Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged. 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 word abstract that clearly outlines the scope and contributions of the paper, and a list of key words. There is a length limitation of 8 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. Papers exceeding these limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected without further review.

Authors should submit their papers (full or short) in PDF, postscript, or Word formats via JEMS: (https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/).

http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html .

Further questions related to this workshop should be addressed to the workshop co-chairs.

PROCEEDINGS

Papers accepted for ManFI 2011 will be included in the conference Proceedings, IEEE XPlore, and EI Index, with the exception that IEEE reserves the right to exclude any paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Papers that are removed from IEEE Xplore will not be available through the EI Index.

Awards will be presented to the best paper and to the best student paper at the workshop. Furthermore, we plan to work with a leading journal, such as JNSM, to solicit extended versions of the best papers of ManFI 2011 to be submitted for review.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Full paper submission: January 7, 2011
Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2011
Camera-ready manuscripts due: February 15, 2011
Workshop date: May 27, 2011