Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into the area of software-defined and virtualized infrastructures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

• Programmable SDN and NFV
• Softwarized cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures
• Cognitive and autonomic networking
• Network slicing and slice management
• Policy-Based Networking (PBN) and Intent-Based Networking (IBN) in Software-Defined Infrastructures (SDI)
• Centralized vs Distributed control, management & orchestration(/choreography)
• Abstractions and virtualization of resources, services, and functions
• Service function chaining
• Container/microservice-based network functions
• Real-time operations and efficient network/service monitoring in SDN/NFV
• Analytics and big data approaches for managing softwarized networks
• QoS and QoE in softwarized infrastructures
• Resilience, reliability, and robustness of softwarized networks
• Mobility/Security/Safety/Trust support in virtualized environments
• SDN switch/router architecture and design
• APIs, protocols, and languages for programmable networks
• Lifecycle management of network software
• Debugging and introspection of software-defined virtualized systems
• Transition strategies from existing networks to SDN/NFV
• Softwarized platforms for Internet of Things (IoT)
• New service models and paradigms enabled by softwarization
• New value chains and business models
• Socio-economic impact and regulatory implications for softwarization
• Energy efficient and green SDI
• Experience reports from experimental testbeds and deployments