We invite submissions on a wide range of research, including, but not limited to:

• Applications of SDN in home, wireless, cellular, enterprise, data-center, backbone, and content distribution networks, etc.

• Applications of SDN to network management, monitoring, security, Internet of Things (IoT), content-centric networking, etc.

• Applications of SDNs at the physical layer (e.g., programmable topologies, bandwidth variable links, optical networks)

• Virtualized network functions (e.g., firewalls, intrusion detection systems, load balancers)

• Network virtualization

• White-box and bare-metal switching

• Novel data-plane architectures

• Novel offload and acceleration techniques to support SDN operations (e.g. using smart NICs, switch dev, FPGA and kernel or network stack bypass)

• Programming languages, verification and testing techniques

• Incremental deployment of SDN into operational networks along with experiences deploying SDN technology and applications in operational networks

• Novel techniques for improving the security, reliability, performance, and scalability of SDN architectures

• SDN controller frameworks

In addition to traditional research papers, we also seek papers that present:

• The design and applications of useful SDN tools

• Surveys of important SDN concepts, techniques, and standards

• Technical overviews of larger research projects, production systems, and use cases

• Open-source benchmark suites or measurement data for evaluating SDN systems