The Network of the Future conference is the premier annual conference that covers advances in the area of Future Internet design, with emphasis on enabling technologies, architectures and services. The conference aims at providing a forum for researchers, students and professionals to exchange ideas, share their experiences, and discuss their research results around a single-track of technical sessions and a series of Tutorials and Workshops.
After the first successful edition of Network of the Future in Brisbane (Australia) in 2010, the 2011 edition in Paris (France), the 2012 edition in Tunis (Tunisia), and the fourth edition held in Pohang (South Korea) the fifth edition of Network of the Future will be in Paris (France) on December 3 - 5, 2014.
Topics of interest
The conference solicits submission of papers describing significant and innovative research contributions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Technologies for Future Internet
- Network protocols and architectures
- Autonomous and self-organised networks
- Self-Management frameworks
- Quality of services and traffic engineering
- Cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things
- Content distribution networks
- Cloud computing and network virtualization
- Software-defined networking
- Machine-to-machine networking
- Wireless and mobile networks
- Mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks
- Vehicular ad hoc networks and intelligent transportation systems
- Advances in cellular networks, femtocell networks
- Small Cells
- Mobile Internet applications
- Security, trust and privacy challenges
- User-centric networking
- Information-centric networking
- Social networking, crowdsourcing, Cloud services
- E-services and smart cities
- Green computing
Paper Submission
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
Submitted papers must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Work-in- progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged. A 5-page limitation applies. Papers should follow the IEEE double-column conference paper template. Papers are to be submitted in PDF format via EDAS web site.
Workshop
Proposals are invited for half- or full-day workshops on smart cloud networks & systems. Proposals should be submitted through EDAS. For more information please visit : www.scns-workshop.org
Important Dates
- Paper submission – June 1, 2014 July 7, 2014 (Firm deadline)
- Acceptance notification – September 5, 2014 September 15, 2014
- Camera ready papers – October 1, 2014
Conference Chair
- Guy Pujolle, UPMC, France
- Ahmed Serhrouchni, Telecom ParisTech, France
Programme Committee Chairs
- Mauro Fonseca, PUC-PR, Curitiba - Brazil
- Vincent Guyot, ESIEA, France
