The  15th   IFIP/IEEE  International  Symposium  on  Integrated  Network  Management  (IM  2017)  will  be  held  8-­12  May  2017   in  Lisbon,  Portugal.  Held   in  odd-­numbered  years  since  1989,   IM  2017   follows   the  29  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  2017  will   focus  on   the   theme   Integrated  Management   in   the  Cloud  and  5G  Era   presenting   recent,  emerging  approaches  and  technical   solutions   for   dealing   with   5G   and   cloud   infrastructures,   as   well   as   associated   services   and   applications.  Submissions  addressing   traditional  network  management  challenges  are  also   in   the  scope  of   the  conference.   IM  2017  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  rigorous  peer  review  of  papers.  A  special  call  for  demonstrations  is  organized  to  allow  industry  partners  and  researchers  to  demonstrate  early  products  and  prototypes.    

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,  workshops,  and  experience  session  papers.    

Network  Management  Software-­Defined  Networks  IP  Networks  Wireless  and  Cellular  Networks  Optical  Networks  Overlay  Networks  Virtual  Networks  Home  Networks  Access  Networks  Enterprise  and  Campus  Networks    Data  Center  Networks  SCADA  Networks  and  DCS  Wireless  Sensor  Networks  Internet  of  Things  Networks  Information-­Centric  Networks    

Service  Management  Multimedia  Services  Content  Delivery  Services  Cloud  Computing  Services  Internet  Connectivity  and  Access  Internet  of  Things  Services  Security  Services  Context-­Aware  Services  Information  Technology  Services      

Business  Management  Economic  Aspects    Multi-­Stakeholder  Aspects    Service  Level  Agreements  Lifecycle  Aspects  Process  and  Workflow  Aspects  Legal  Perspective  Regulatory  Perspective  Privacy  Aspects    

Functional  Areas  Fault  Management  Configuration  Management  Accounting  Management  Performance  Management  Security  Management    

Management  Paradigms  Centralized  Management  Hierarchical  Management  Distributed  Management  Federated  Management  Autonomic  and  Cognitive  Management  Policy-­Based  Management  Pro-­Active  Management  Energy-­Aware  Management  QoE-­Centric  Management  Intent-­Based  Management  

Technologies  Fog  and  Edge  Computing  Communication  Protocols  Middleware  Overlay  Networks  Cloud  Computing  and  Cloud  Storage  Data,  Information  &  Semantic  Models  Information  Visualization  Software-­Defined  Networking  Network  Function  Virtualization  Orchestration  Operations/Business  Support  Systems    

Methods  Mathematical  Logic  and  Automated  Reasoning  Mathematical  Optimization  Control  Theory  Probability  Theory,  Stochastic          Processes,  and  Queuing  Theory  Machine  Learning  Evolutionary  Algorithms  Economic  and  Game  Theory  Monitoring  and  Measurements    Data  Mining  and  (Big)  Data  Analysis  Computer  Simulation  Experiments  Prototype  Implementation  and          Testbed  Experimentation  Field  Trials  

IMPORTANT  DATES GENERAL  CO-­CHAIRS TPC  CO-­CHAIRS Paper  Registration Prosper  Chemouil Marinos  Charalambides September  1,  2016 Orange  Labs,  France University  College  London,  UK Paper  Submission Edmundo  Monteiro Edmundo  Madeira September  4,  2016 University  of  Coimbra,  Portugal University  of  Campinas,  Brazil Notification  of  Acceptance Paulo  Simões November  11,  2016 University  of  Coimbra,  Portugal  Camera  Ready  Papers February  10,  2017