LANOMS is the major Latin-American event dedicated to discussing the many issues related to the operations and management of computer networks. LANOMS has been held in odd-numbered years since 1999 and purses the tradition of the NOMS and APNOMS events. The 8th edition will be held on October 01-03, 2015 in João Pessoa, PB. The technical program of LANOMS 2015 will include sessions on the latest technical advances in all aspects of the operation and management of networks, services, applications and distributed systems in general. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEExplore digital library.
 
Topics of interest that will be given special attention include:
 
1) Management Technologies
 
    Monitoring techniques
    Event correlation and root cause analysis
    Integrated control and management
    Performance and fault management
    Configuration and accounting management
    Resource inventory, planning, and allocation
    Service management and Service-oriented architectures
    Semantic modeling and management
    Biologically-inspired management systems and techniques
    Quality-of-Service (QoS) management
    Security management
    Mobility management
    Energy management
    Cross-layers management
 
2) Management for Networks, Services and Operational Experience
 
    Software Defined Networks (SDN)
    Smart Cities, Smart Grids
    Internet of Things (IoT)
    Future Internet
    Content Distribution Networks (P2P, CDN, ICN)
    Virtual and Overlay Networks
    Data Centers, Storage Area Networks
    Cyber-Physical Systems
    Wireless and Mobile Networks (Ad-Hoc, Mesh, Sensor, Vehicular)
    Smart Devices and Home Networks
    Broadband Access Networks
    Cognitive Radio Networks
    IP/MPLS Networks
    Optical Networks
    Heterogeneous Networks
    Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
    IT Service Management
    Multimedia and Data Services
    QoE-Centric Management
    Service Discovery, Migration and Orchestration
    Resource Provisioning and Management
    Hosting and Virtualized Infrastructures
    OTT Service Management
    Management as a Service
 
3) Advanced Approaches for Management
 
    Theory (control, optimization, economic) for management
    Self-* and autonomic aspects of management
    Virtualization and its role in management
    IT process management
    Distributed, decentralized, and scalable management
    Policy and role based management
    Business impact analysis
    Economic models for management
    Programmable, active, and adaptive management
    Resilience, dependability, and survivability
    Evaluation and benchmarking of management systems and technologies
    Legal and ethical issues

Submission Instructions:
Only original papers (not published or under review elsewhere) should be submitted. Both regular papers (8-page limit) and short papers (4-page limit) will be accepted. The format is IEEE 2-column for conference proceedings. All submissions must be made electronically through JEMS (https://jems.sbc.org.br/)