W7: IEEE VTC 2023-Fall International Workshop on 4th Network Softwarization Techniques for IoT Application

Co-organizer: Haotong Cao, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Co-organizer: Agbotiname Lucky Imoize, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Co-organizer: Gerard Chalhoub, University of Clermont Auvergne, France
Co-organizer: Shigen Shen, Huzhou University, China

Abstract: The softwarization of networks is enabled by the SDN (Software Defined Networking), NV (Network Virtualization), and NFV (Network Function Virtualization) paradigms, and offers many advantages and convenience for network operators, service providers and datacenter providers. By adopting network softwarization techniques, more and more novel network services and novel applications can be operated and deployed. Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a revolution for the development of futuristic network services and applications, especially in current 5G and future 6G networks. It is one of the hottest trends in technology. IoT is transforming our future by interconnecting everything: humans, vehicles, appliances, utilities, infrastructures, street lights and anything through an intelligent connection. The evolution of IoT has been progressively adopted by various organizations and industrial communities. In IoT environment, the huge amount of data and resources requested by various smart devices and humans can be collected and investigated in an intelligent manner in order to improvise the decision making. Hence, there exists a great need of managing these data and resources in an efficient manner.

Given the strong interest in both industry and academia in the softwarization of telecommunication networks and cloud computing providers, this workshop aims at adopting network softwarization techniques for IoT applications. There are many interesting challenges currently requiring to be addressed by the research community, which aims at efficiently managing softwarized networks for IoT applications.

Co-organizer’s bios:

Haotong Cao:

Haotong Cao (Member, IEEE, Senior Member, CIC) received the B.S. Degree in Communication Engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT) in 2015. He received the Ph.D. Degree from NJUPT, China, in 2020. He was a visiting scholar of Loughborough University, U.K. in 2017. He was the PostDoc in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, from 2020 to 2023. He is currently with Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. He has served as the TPC member of multiple IEEE conferences, such as IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom. He has published multiple technical papers since 2016, such as IEEE TII, IEEE TITS, IEEE IoT-J, IEEE TVT, IEEE TNSM, IEEE TNSE, IEEE NETWORK, IEEE CL, IEEE WCL, (Elsevier) Computer Networks, (Elsevier) Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICC and IEEE Globecom. His research interests include 6G networks, SDN, NFV, network virtualization, convex optimization, physical layer security, UAV.

Agbotiname Lucky Imoize:

Agbotiname Lucky Imoize (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Research Scholar at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, under the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through the Nigerian-German Postgraduate Program. He was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship as a visiting research scholar at the Wireless@VT Lab, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech., USA, from 2017 to 2018. He was formerly a Lecturer at Bells University of Technology, Nigeria. He worked as a core network products manager at ZTE Corporation and Network Switching Subsystem Engineer at Globacom, Nigeria. His research interests cover 6G wireless communication, wireless security systems, and Artificial Intelligence. He has co-edited 5 books and co-authored over 150 papers in peer review journals and conferences. He is the Vice Chair of the IEEE Communication Society, Nigeria chapter, a COREN Registered Engineer, and a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

Gerard Chalhoub:

Gerard Chalhoub is an Associate Professor at University of Clermont Auvergne, France. He obtained his PhD Degree in Computer Science in 2009 at University of Blaise Pascal, France. He obtained his Habilitation Degree in Networking and Telecommunications in 2016 at University of Auvergne, France. His main research topics are reliability, quality of service and security in wireless networks. He has more than 70 publications in these domains.

Shingen Shen:

Shigen Shen (Senior Member, IEEE) received a B.S. degree in fundamental mathematics from Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China, in 1995, an M.S. degree in computer science and technology from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2005, and a Ph.D. degree in pattern recognition and intelligent systems from Donghua University, Shanghai, China, in 2013. He is a Professor with the School of Information Engineering, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China. He has published more than 100 technical papers, including respected journals such as IEEE TIFS, TDSC, TII, TVT, and IoT-J. His current research interests include Internet of Things, cyber security, edge computing, and game theory. Prof. Shen is currently serving as a member of the editorial boards of CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua and Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, as well as the editorial review board of Journal of Organizational and End User Computing.

Deadlines:
Paper submission deadline: August 28, 2023
Acceptance notification: September 03, 2023
Final paper submission deadline:September 09, 2023

To submit a paper, please visit: https://vtc2023f-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/2209