Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• APIs, protocols and languages for programmable networks and SDI (Software-Defined Infrastructures)
• Abstractions and Virtualization of resources, services and functions in SDN and NFV
• Resource management and Orchestration for SDN/NFV-based systems
• Modeling, representation, composition algorithms, and deployment for Service Function Chains
• Efficient network and service monitoring for SDN/NFV
• Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV
• Management of federated SDN/NFV infrastructures
• Energy efficient and green SDI
• Traffic Engineering and QoS/QoE in SDN/NFV
• Interoperability of SDI with Legacy Infrastructures
• Centralized vs Distributed control of SDN/NFV-based systems
• Policy-based management in SDN/NFV
• Network Softwarization for 5G
• Softwarized edge cloud infrastructures
• Softwarized platforms for Internet-of-Things (IoT)
• SDN switch/router architectures/designs
• Softwarized networks for Big Data applications
• Software-defined optical transport networks
• Debugging and introspection of software-defined virtualized systems
• Availability and resilience of virtualized software-defined systems
• Verification/Auditing tools for softwarized systems
• Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments
• Mobility/Security/Safety support
• New service models and paradigms enabled by Softwarization
• Socio-economic impact and regulatory implications for Softwarization