Apologies for possible multiple copies. Call for Papers IEEE CloudNet 2016 Pisa, Italy October 3-6, 2016 http://cloudnet2016.ieee-cloudnet.org/ Cloud Networking has emerged as a promising direction for cost-efficient and reliable service delivery across data communication networks. The dynamic location of service facilities and the virtualization of hardware and software elements are stressing the communication network and protocols, especially when datacenters are interconnected through the Internet. Although the "computing" aspects of Cloud technologies have been largely investigated, lower attention has been devoted to the "networking" aspects. The 2016 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (IEEE CloudNet 2016), part of the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative, precisely addresses these aspects. Conference topics include (but are not limited to): • Cloud Traffic Characterization and Measurements • Cloud Traffic Engineering and Control-Plane Architectures • Cloud Federation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure • Internet Routing of Cloud data • Virtual Ethernet Switching, Data Center Bridging • Distributed Data Center Architectures and Services, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS • Data Center Network Management, Reliability, Optimization • Intra-Cloud vs Inter-Cloud Management • Green Data Centers and Cloud Networking • Energy-Efficient Datacenters and Networks • Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality in Cloud Networking • Software Defined Networking • Network Function Virtualization • Fog/Edge Computing • Mobile Cloud Networking • Virtualization of Network Equipment • Storage Area Networks, Optical Interconnect, Fiber Channels • Multipath Routing • Congestion control • Data Flow Management and Load Balancing • Unified User and Machine Mobility Management • Content and Service Distribution • Big Data Management Submission guidelines Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers to IEEE CloudNet 2016. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (minimum 10-point font), following the IEEE 2-column conference paper format. Important Dates Paper submission: May 15, 2016 Acceptance notification: July 15, 2016 Camera-ready paper: August 1, 2016 EDAS Paper submission: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22468 IEEE CloudNet 2016 Organizing Committee General Chair Stefano Giordano, University of Pisa, Italy Technical Program Committee co-chairs Deep Medhi, University of Missouri-Kansas Cty, USA Achille Pattavina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Special Sessions Co-Chairs Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Publicity co-Chairs Roberto Bruschi, University of Genoa, Italy Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA Patrons Co-Chairs Antonio Cisternino, Università di Pisa, Italy Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France Panel Chair Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia, Italy Webmaster Giuseppe Portaluri University of Pisa, Italy Special Session Chairs Special Session European Project on Cloud (http://www.cloudwatchhub.eu/) Silvana Muscella Trust-IT, Italy Special Session on Cloud and Space Marco Luise Toscanaspazio Unipi, Italy Nicolas Kuhn CNES, France Special Session on Cloud in Robotics and Cyber Physical Systems Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology & Univ of Pisa, Italy Davide Bacciu Univ of Pisa, Italy Special Session on Cloud and Defense Andrea Manco, Mariteleradar - Italian Navy, Italy Emmanuel Dotaro Thales, France Special Session on Cloud and Optical Networks Piero Castoldi S.Anna Special Session on Cloud for Medicine, E-Health and Ambient Assisted Living Davide Caramella Univ. of Pisa, Italy Joel J. Rodriguez Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal Special Session on Cloud and Security Peter Mueller IBM Zurich, Switzerland Shui Yu Deakin University, Australia Special Session on Cloud for Carriers and mobile Cloud Enrico Roberto Polese, Telecom Italia, Italy Tarik Taleb, Aalto University, Finland Special Session on Cloud Benchmarking Alessio Botta Univ of Naples “Federico II", Italy Steering Committee Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada Guy Pujolle, University Pierre & Marie Curie, France Deep Medhi, University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA Dzmitry Kliazovich, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Puneet Sharma, HP Labs, USA