# SDN-NFV 2026

## The 13th International Workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization

## In conjunction with

## The 13th International Conference on Software Defined Systems

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## Workshop Topics

- Software Defined Network (SDN) Architectures and Design
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Architectures and Design
- SDN-NFV Integration
- SDN-NFV Orchestration
- SDN-NFV Based Control plane design
- SDN-NFV Based Data plane design
- SDN-NFV Performance Management
- SDN-NFV support for Cloud based DataCenter
- SDN-NFV support for 5G Networks
- SDN-NFV support for Internet of Things (IoT)
- SDN-NFV support for Big Data Computing
- SDN-NFV support for large scale storage system
- Hardware system design for SDN-NFV
- SDN-NFV Security management
- Radio Access Network virtualization
- SDN-NFV in access networks
- Edge and Fog Computing
- Cloud Computing
- Case studies

## Organising Committee

### General Co-chairs

Mohammad Shojafar
Ryerson University, Canada
Gregorio Martinez Perez
University of Murcia, Spain

### Technical Program Co-chairs

Zahra Pooranian
University of Padua, Italy
Zilong Ye
California State University, Los Angeles, USA
Mehdi Sookhak
Arizona State University, USA

### Steering Committee

Luís Veiga
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Ahmed E. Kamal
Iowa State University, USA
Cristina Cervelló-Pastor
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Zilong Ye
California State University, Los Angeles, USA
Gregorio Martinez Perez
University of Murcia, Spain

### Publication and Publicity Co-chairs

Guillaume Ruty
Cisco Systems, Telecom ParisTech
Sandra Sendra
Universidad de Granada, Spain
Sanju Tiwari
Teerthankar Mahaveer University, India
Neeraj Kumar
Thapar University, India

### Technical Program Committee

Jingyuan Fan
SUNY Buffalo, USA
Doan Hoang
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Huu-Nghi Nguyen
École Normale Supérieur de Lyon, France
Tejas Subramanya
FBK CREATE-NET, Italy
Abeer Alanazi
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, KSA
Manuel Mazzara
Innopolis University, Russia
Vivek Kumar
National Univ. of Science and Technology-MiSiS, Russia
Gladys Diaz
Paris 13 University, France
Wael Hosny Fouad Aly
American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Zhanqi Xu
Xidian University, China
Jian Kong
The University of Texas, Dallas, USA
Yu Xiong
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Yongli Zhao
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Lingxia Liao
The University of British Columbia, Canada
Raouf Boutaba
University of Waterloo, Canada
Gang Sun
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Abdulaziz Ghaleb
QU, Qatar
Kohei Shiomoto
NTT, Japan
Suleyman Eken
Kocaeli University, Turkey
Andy Rindos
IBM Research, USA
Jianwu Wang
University of California, San Diego, USA
Ahmed Bouridane
University of Northumbria, UK
Mohamed Abdel-Maguid
University Campus Suffolk, UK
Emmanuel Bertin
Orange Labs - France Telecom, France

## Important Dates

First Cycle
Paper submission: 30 May 2026
Notification: 15 July 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: 30th July
Second Cycle
Paper submission: 30 July 2026
Notification: 30 Sept 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: 15th Oct 2026

## Submission Instructions and Publication

### Submission Guidelines

We invite you to submit original contributions to SDN-NFV 2026 via the official submission system through the Easy Chair Platform. Submissions can include technical and experimental, theoretical, conceptual, or survey papers.

### Paper Requirements

- Format: IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format using 10-point font
- Length: Regular papers must not exceed 6 pages (including figures, tables, and references)
- File Format: All papers must be submitted in PDF format
- Keywords: Include up to 7 keywords
- Contact Information: Complete postal and email address, phone and fax numbers of corresponding author

### Review Process

- All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers
- Reviews based on relevance, originality, importance, and clarity
- Papers must present original unpublished research
- Must not be under review for any other conference or journal

### Publication

- Accepted papers will appear in the 8th International Conference on Software Defined Systems Proceedings
- Proceedings will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion
- Indexing in EI (Compendex), Scopus, and DBLP
- Extended versions of selected papers may be invited for a Special Issues on relevant journals

Note: Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. High-quality papers that cannot be accepted as regular papers may be accepted as short papers.

## Submit Your Paper

Ready to submit your research? Use the official submission system below, make sure you chose the correct workshop track.

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## Registration and camera ready submission

for your paper to be included in the workshop and conference program, You must complete the registration and the camera ready paper submission

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