We seek original and high-quality submissions on, but not limited to, one or more of the following topics:

· APIs, protocols and algorithms for the management of softwarized IoT

· Low latency and Dynamic bandwidth allocation softwarized IoT

· Security Measurements in softwarized IoT

· Security in Network Slicing architectures

· Blockchain in distributed SDN in 5G & B5G

· AI/Machine learning for softwarized networks

· Federated Learning for softwarized edge networks 5G & B5G

· Interpretable Machine Learning for softwarized networks in 5G & B5G

· (De-)composition of virtualized network and service functions

· Service Functions Chains (SFC) modeling, representation and management in 5G & B5G

· Network slicing and slice management in 5G & B5G

· Efficient network and service monitoring

· QoS/QoE-based management and control in softwarized networks

· Debugging and introspection of softwarized networks

· Measurements and benchmarking in softwarized networks

· Network Scalability Measurements for softwarized networks in 5G & B5G

· Controller Placement Problems for softwarized networks in 5G & B5G

· Energy Efficient IoST deployments for 5G & B5G

· Intelligent Network Resource Allocation in 5G & B5G network

· Edge, Dew, Fog Computing for softwarized networks in 5G & B5G

· Network and service automation in 5G & B5G

· Algorithms for efficient orchestration in 5G & B5G