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Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking (HotSDN)
Helsinki, Finland (August 13, 2012)
http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2012/hotsdn.php
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Call for Papers
Software Defined Networking (SDN) refactors the relationship between network
devices and the software that controls them. Open interfaces to network
switches enable more flexible and predictable network control, and they make it
easier to extend network function. During the past few years, several router
vendors have introduced software development kits for programming their network
devices, and several commercial switches now support the emerging OpenFlow
standard. Researchers have proposed new applications that can run on top of a
software defined network, including dynamic access control, server load
balancing, energy-efficient networking, and seamless client mobility and
virtual-machine migration. Many research and industry groups worldwide are
pursuing different aspects of software defined networking, and experimental and
production deployments exist.
Still, many important research challenges remain: how to design switches and
APIs that offer greater flexibility without compromising performance; how to
design a software platform for the control and management of software defined
networks; how to design new applications that capitalize on the programmability
of the network; how to lower the barrier to creating, testing, and evaluating
new applications; how to transition an existing network to SDN, and how a
software defined network can interoperate with existing protocols and devices;
and many others.
The goal of the workshop is to explore recent research and developments related
to SDN; to allow an exchange of ideas; to encourage broad interaction between
industry and academia; and to help build a wider community to explore and
realize the potential of SDN.
We encourage submission of both position papers and work-in-progress papers on
previously unpublished work on Software Defined Networking.
- Topics
We solicit submissions on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
• Applications of SDN in home, wireless, cellular, enterprise,
data-center, and backbone networks
• Application of SDN to network management, performance monitoring,
security, etc.
• Virtual appliances (e.g., firewalls, intrusion detection systems,
load balancers, etc.) on SDN
• Virtualization support in software-defined networks
• Switch designs for SDN
• Application Programming Interfaces for SDN
• Control and management software stack for SDN
• Programming languages, verification techniques, and tools for SDN
• Performance evaluation of SDN network elements and controllers
• Experiences deploying SDN technology and applications in operational
networks
• Hybrid SDN approaches (integration with other control planes)
• Transitioning existing networks to SDN
• Placement and factoring of SDN control logic
- Submission Instructions
Each submission must be a single PDF file no longer than six (6) pages in
length (in two-column, 10-point format) including references, following the
LaTeX style file. Papers should be submitted via thesubmission site. Papers
must include the author name and affiliation for single-blind peer reviewing by
the program committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their
papers at the workshop.
- Important Dates
Submissions due April 6, 2012, 11:59 p.m. GMT
Notification of acceptance May 25, 2012
Camera ready version due June 15, 2012
Workshop date August 13, 2012
Please email the program chairs with any questions you may have.
- Organizers
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Nick Feamster (Georgia Tech)
Jennifer Rexford (Princeton)
Program Committee Members
Katerina Argyraki (EPFL)
Jun Bi (Tsinghua University)
Marco Canini (EPFL)
Martin Casado (Nicira)
Anja Feldmann (T-Labs/TU Berlin)
Nate Foster (Cornell)
Yashar Ganjali (U. Toronto)
Sachin Katti (Stanford)
Teemu Koponen (Nicira)
Jeff Mogul (HP Labs)
Richard Mortier (University of Nottingham)
Nick McKeown (Stanford)
Rob Sherwood (BigSwitch)
Amin Vahdat (UCSD/Google)
Andreas Voellmy (Yale)
Dave Ward (Cisco)
Steering Committee
Bruce Davie (Nicira)
Nick Feamster (Georgia Tech)
Guru Parulkar (Stanford)
Jennifer Rexford (Princeton)
- Thanks to our supporters (in alphabetical order):
AT&T Labs Research, Aalto University , Bell Labs Alcatel-Lucent, Comcast,
Cisco, HP, Internet Society, Microsoft Research, NetApp, Nokia, OY L M ERICSSON
AB, Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo S.A. Unipersonal, Verisign Labs
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