The 17th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM 2021) will be held on May 17-21, 2021, in Bordeaux, France. Held in odd-numbered years since 1989, IM 2021 follows the 33 years tradition of NOMS and IM as the primary IEEE Communications Society’s forum for technical exchange on management of information and communication technology focusing on research, development, integration, standards, service provisioning, and user communities.

IM 2021 will focus on the theme of “Intelligent Management of Open and Highly Programmable Networks”. It aims to capture recent results, emerging approaches and technical solutions for dealing with resilience and sustainability of network and service management in highly dynamic environments. Furthermore, the sudden and important uptake of work-from-home and the promise of the post-digital era are rising new challenges and exacerbating the dynamic nature of the communication infrastructure, pushing additional requirements on networks in terms of quality, resilience and sustainability. This is also accelerating the adoption of Artificial Intelligence advances along with the openness and programmability of network infrastructures, to make these more flexible and adaptive. In addition to this theme, IM 2021 will cover a wide range of topics of interest within the field in integrated network and service management. IM 2021 will offer five types of sessions: technical, experience, poster, panel and dissertation. High quality will be assured through a well-qualified Technical Program Committee and stringent peer review of paper submissions.

Topics of Interest

Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to the topic areas that are listed below. In addition, we invite submissions of proposals for demonstrations, exhibits, technical panels, tutorials and workshops, as well as experience session papers and dissertation papers.

Management and Control of Networks

    Enterprise and Campus Networks
    Data Center Networks
    Industrial Networks and TSN
    Cyber Physical Systems
    IP Networks
    5G/6G
    Wireless & Mobile Networks, including optical, overlay, access, SCADA, IoT, VANET, etc.

Programmable Networks and Automation

    Software-Defined Networking
    Network Virtualization
    Network (Data, Control, Management planes) Programmability
    Network Slicing
    Management & Orchestration
    Network Functions Virtualization/Service Function Chaining
    Cloud Native Networking, DevOps, Network Automation, Zero-Configuration Networking Network Telemetry

Management and Control of Communication Services

    Information Technology
    Services Virtual Networking Services
    XaaS and Cloud Services
    Multimedia Services
    Content Delivery Services
    Social Networking Services
    Security Services IoT Services
    Network Resilience and High-Precision Networks

Management Algorithms and Architectures

    Centralized Management
    Distributed Management
    Autonomic Networks and Self-Management
    Management Protocols
    Fog and Mobile Edge Computing
    Lambda Functions and Elastic Management
    Data Analytics for Management
    Policy-Based Management
    Intent-Based Management
    Network Optimization

Management Functions and Practical Approaches

    FCAPS: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security
    Case Studies and Practical Experiences
    Business-Driven Management Services
    Measurement and Validation
    SLA Management, QoS and QoE
    Energy Management
    Deployment of Services
    Operations Support Systems

Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Network and Service Management

    Management with AI
    Markov Chains and Management
    Machine Learning and Deep Learning
    Management with Big Data
    Mobile Agents

Management Efforts for Pandemics and Crisis Situations (COVID-19)

    Contact and Activity Tracing
    Network/Service Management Support
    Network Measurements
    Network Adaptation
    Case Studies and Practical Experiences