CNOM/IFIP WG6.6 Joint Meeting @IM 2021 was held virtually, May 18, 2021. The summary of the meeting is as follows.

Filip De Turck (CNOM Chair) and Rémi Badonnel (IFIP WG6.6 chair) chaired the meeting.

  • Filip welcomed the attendees and initiated the meeting describing the CNOM activities, its current members, and how to get involved. Rémi presented the IFIP WG6.6 and its activities.
  • Filip presented the list of recent notable accomplishments by the ComSoc Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM).
  • Filip initiated the CNOM officers’ elections by describing the requirements approved by the TEA Council. Zoom poll was used as the mechanism to count the votes. Michele Nogueira and Rémi were responsible for checking those eligible to vote. The candidates received one minute each to introduce themselves. The voting order was: 1) vice-chair; 2) chair; 3) tpc chair; 4) secretary.
  • Rémi presented the 2020/2021 Conference Statistics. Aldri Luiz dos Santos reported the organization status of LANOMS 2021 and Prosper Chemouil provided more information for Netsoft.
  • Filip reported the status of the CORE conference ranking application (submitted for IM, NOMS, Netsoft, CNSM, TNSM).
  • Filip presented about the organizational activities in times of COVID-19. Toufik Ahmed shared his experiences with the organization of IM2021. Overall, it was a very positive experience, with many interactions between participants and no no-shows.
  • Carlos Raniery presented the updated Network and Service Management Taxonomy and provided a detailed description of the efforts to conclude this task. Marinos Charalambides mentioned about the possible need to make an update in FCAPS.
  • Marinos presented the proposed SIGs (Special Interest Groups). Laurent Ciaviglia provided further details about the ANT SIG and the proposed activities for the first 12 months.
  • Filip presented the CNOM Awards: Best paper award, Young professional award, and Test of time paper award. Winners would be presented at the closing ceremony of IM2021.
  • Filip introduced the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program and asked for nominations.
  • Filip mentioned about the ComSoc Student Competition.
  • Filip asked for contributions to organizational tasks in community, for example, young researchers are encouraged to volunteer to help organizing activities. Please feel free to contact the CNOM officers.
  • Rémi and Michele confirmed and announced the results for the CNOM elections:
    • Chair: Noura Limam
    • Vice-Chair: Marinos Charalambides
    • Technical Program Chair: Carol Fung
    • Secretary: Carlos Raniery Paula dos Santos
  • Filip concluded the CNOM meeting.
  • List of attendees:
    • Aldri Santos
    • Alexander Clemm
    • Burkhard Stiller
    • Carlos Raniery P. dos Santos
    • Carol Fung
    • Filip De Turck
    • Fulvio Valenza
    • Gabi Dreo
    • George Pavlou
    • Hanan Lutfiyya
    • Jin Zhao
    • Joan Serrat
    • Joe Betser
    • José Camacho
    • José Santos
    • Jérôme François
    • Jürgen Schönwälder
    • Laurent Ciavaglia
    • Luca Foschini
    • Marc-Oliver Pahl
    • Marinos Charalambides
    • Michele Nogueira
    • Noura Limam
    • Panagiotis Papadimitriou
    • Prosper Chemouil
    • Raouf Boutaba
    • Roberto Riggio
    • Rolf Stadler
    • Roufik Ahmed
    • Rémi Badonnel
    • Stefan Schneider
    • Vaibhav Bajpai
    • Vaishali Soni
    • Walter Cerroni
    • Yacine Ghami-Doudane
    • Yixin Diao
    • Yulei Wu
    • Zuqing Zhu