Call for Doctoral Symposium Papers

Overview

The Doctoral Symposium is a concentrated half-day event that will be held during CNSM 2025, 27-31 October 2025, in Bologna, Italy. We encourage students to submit research description papers that clearly motivate, discuss, and summarize their Ph.D. research. Accepted papers (four pages maximum) will be published in the conference proceedings and be included in the online CNSM conference proceedings and archived in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library once presented by the Ph.D. students during the conference.

Eligibility and Topics

Ideal candidates will be in the early or mid stages of their Ph.D. and should have a solid idea of their direction and topic. Nevertheless, it is expected that the ongoing work has room for improvement. The Doctoral Symposium welcomes applicants from a broad range of disciplines, including Management of 6G Networks and Network 2030, Management of Smart Vertical Systems in the Industry 5.0 Era, Artificial Intelligence techniques for Network and Service Management, Management of Softwarized Networks, Software-Defined Networking, Network Function Virtualization, Service Function Chaining, VR, Cyber Security & Cyber Resiliency, Service and Application Management, and related fields.

Submission Guidelines

To apply to the Doctoral Symposium, please submit the following two documents through EDAS at https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=33785&track=132689

1. Research description paper of 4 pages in length, including references, using the IEEE 2-column format. The manuscript must clearly motivate, discuss, and summarize the proposed Ph.D. research, describe how the adopted approach fits into and advances research in related fields, and report on your progress. You may additionally focus on a more specific area of the research if desired. In the concluding section, you should identify 2 questions/areas for improvement that you would like to discuss during the session.
2. A one-page Curriculum Vitae.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: August 11th, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: August 29th, 2025
Final Camera Ready: September 14th, 2025

Doctoral Symposium Co-Chairs

Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy
Jaime Galán-Jiménez, University of Extremadura, Spain