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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

The 18th Workshop on Network and Services Management and Operation (WGRS 2013)
In conjunction with the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (SBRC) 2013
May 6, 2013, Brasilia, Brazil

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Important Dates
Full Paper Submission: February 28, 2013
Acceptance Notification: March 24, 2013
Camera-ready papers: March 29, 2013
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The 18th Workshop on Network and Services Management and Operation

Scope

The 18th Workshop on Network and Services Management and Operation (WGRS 2013) is an event promoted by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) and will be held on May 6, 2013 at Brasília, DF, Brazil, in conjunction with XXXI Brazilian Simposium in Computer Networks and Distributed System (SBRC 2013). WGRS is a forum for technical exchange on management and operation of networks and services. It intends to contribute mainly to the integration of national and international researchers and professionals working in this area. Further, WGRS promotes a space for the presentation of solutions produced by network management systems providers.

Topics of Interest

Authors are invited to submit research papers, working in progress or experimental results on topics including, but not limited to, those shown below:

• Accounting and billing
• Capacity planning
• Distributed management
• Management architectures
• Management based on web services and peer-to-peer
• Mobility management
• Management of autonomic networks and services
• Management of cloud computing
• Management of grid computing
• Management of IT infrastructure
• Modeling of management Information
• Management of mobile networks and wireless sensors
• Management of optical networks
• Management platforms
• Management of services and applications
• Monitoring and metrology methods based on network
• Performance and quality of service
• Policy-based management
• Virtualization, virtual overlay networks and topologies
• Security, privacy and isolation
• Self-management and self-configuration
• Treatment of events and failures

Submission Process

The submission of papers is exclusively electronic through JEMS. Authors should access the URL https://submissoes.sbc.org.br for submitting their work. Papers may be written in Portuguese or English. Each paper is limited to 14 pages, including abstract, figures, diagrams, bibliography and appendices. Entries must be submitted only in PDF and must be formatted following faithfully the standard articles of SBC, which is available at http://www.sbc.org.br/template.

Note: At least one author of each accepted paper must register at the SBRC and WGRS as well as attend the event to present it.
Organizing Committee

SBRC General Chairs
Jacir Luiz Bordim (UnB)
Rafael Timóteo de Sousa Júnior (UnB)
William Ferreira Giozza (UnB)

Workshops General Chair
Francisco Brasileiro (UFCG)

WGRS 2013 General Chair
Michele Nogueira (UFPR)

Contact

WGRS 2013 General Chair
wgrs.sbrc2013@gmail.com