2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN)

The following topics will be particularly investigated:

• Track A: Network and Service IT-zation - chaired by Akihiro Nakao (University of Tokyo, Japan):

  • Functional Decomposition

  • Edge and Fog Computing

  • SDN and NFV as enabling technologies for 5G

  • 5G and ICN

  • Network and IT slicing (vertical and horizontal)

  • Intent-based networking

  • Virtualization technologies and approaches (recursive)

  • Real-time communications (services and platforms)

• Track B: Internet of Things - chaired by Luigi Atzori (University of Cagliari, Italy):

  • Operating System for IoT

  • Security, trust and privacy, identity management

  • Verified systems for IoT

  • Business models

  • Collaborative applications and systems, context awareness

  • Platforms of Platforms: IoT vs Industry 4.0, pervasive robotics, self-driving vehicles, tactile internet, immersive communications, etc

• Track C: Actionable Big Data and Artificial Intelligence - chaired by Corrado Moiso (TIM, Italy):

  • Actionable Data for network and services

  • Big Data for IoT

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Data analytics algorithms and platforms

  • Security and privacy

  • Services based on A.I. and Cognitive capabilities (future terminals)

• Track D: Control Orchestration and Management and Policy - chaired by Diego Lopez (TID, Spain):

  • Functions embedding in Service Platform

  • Multi-domain, multi-layer Orchestration (two sided, i.e., for service platforms and network infrastructures)

  • Integration and support of OSS and BSS into SDN- and NFV-based networks

  • Network & Service Orchestration and Management using Machine Learning

  • Operating System for 5G and Real Time Operations

  • Policy-based management

  • end-to-end resilience (UE, Access, Core)

  • Information and Data Modeling, including modeling languages (Service modeling, resource modeling, YANG, OASIS TOSCA, etc…

  • Microservices for networks