Call for Papers

The VIII WPIETF invites practitioners and researchers to submit technical papers reporting original research and experience results that fit into at least one of the seven areas of interest of the IETF. They are:

• Applications and Real-Time Area (art): application protocols and architectures, such as e-mail and the Web;
• General Area (gen): activities focused on supporting, updating and maintaining the IETF standards or that do not fit into any of the available areas;
• Internet Area (int): include IP layer (both IPv4 and IPv6), implications of IPv4 address depletion, co-existence between the IP versions, and so forth;
• Operations and Management Area (ops): operation, monitoring, and configuration of networks;
• Routing Area (rtg): routing protocols and packet routing to your destination;
• Security Area (sec): security and privacy;
• Transport Area (tsv): development of data transport protocols for special packages.

Moreover, works in computer networks will also be considered, with themes that do not fit in the official areas and preferably include topics related to the IRTF research groups. They are:

• CFRG: Crypto Forum Research Group
• COINRG: Computation in the Network Research Group
• DINGR: Decentralized Internet Infrastructure Proposed Research Group
• GAIA: Global Access to the Internet for All Research Group
• HRPC: Human Rights Protocol Considerations Research Group
• ICCRG: Internet Congestion Control Research Group
• ICNRG: Information-Centric Networking Research Group
• MAPRG: Measurement and Analysis for Protocols Research Group
• NMRG: Network Management Research Group
• NWCRG: NetWork Coding for Efficient Network Communications Research Group
• PANRG: Path Aware Networking Proposed Research Group
• PEARG: Privacy Enhancement and Assessments Research Group
• QIRG: Quantum Internet Research Group
• T2TRG: Thing-to-Thing Research Group

Authors must submit Full Papers (limited to 14 pages) or Short/Abstract Papers (limited to 6 pages). The maximum number of pages includes an abstract, figures, diagrams, references, and attachments. The committee also reserves the right to accept texts submitted in the full article category as a short article. The text can be written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, following the formats (LaTeX and Word) available on the SBC website (download link). Each paper must be submitted in PDF via the Web submission form at the JEMS system (link for submission).

All submitted manuscripts will follow a double-blinded review process and subsequent judgment. In this context, all the authors' names and affiliations must not be present in the submitted manuscript. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the workshop scope. Authors have the option of attaching supplemental material, such as source code, to the article. However, this material will not be part of the assessment.

Those articles with the best qualifications will be selected to compose the proceedings and presented at the event. Besides, all works presented at the WPIETF will have the possibility to be adapted or complemented, if necessary, and forwarded to the IETF, with adequate support (by the Post-WPIETF Committee).

• Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2022 March 31, 2022 April, 07 2022
• Notification of acceptance: May 06, 2022
• Final version: May 20, 2022
• WPIETF 2021: August 05, 2022
• CSBC 2021: July 31-August 05, 2022

In this edition, through the support of Futurewei, the best paper will be awarded a trip to participate in the 115th or 116th IETF Meeting. The award will be given to a single author, preferably the first author. The award includes:

• Airplane Tickets;
• Event Registration;
• Accommodation.

Finally, we will also have a cash prize for the top three articles:

• 1^st: R$ 600,00;
• 2^nd: R$ 400,00;
• 3^rd: R$ 200,00.

The steering committee is in charge evaluate the submissions. The main criteria for selecting the best paper, in addition to scientific rigor and contribution to a topic relevant to the IRTF/IETF, will be the potential to transform the paper into an IETF draft and follow the process to become an RFC.

*** Special Call for Lightning Papers ***

The VIII WPIETF invites practitioners and researchers to submit lightning papers. Lightning Papers can provide a summary of early, emerging, on-going work, or published work. Paper topics should be relevant to at least one of the seven areas of interest of the IETF or topics related to the IRTF research groups.

This type of submission will be presented in a short, lightning-talk style. For a lightning paper to be considered for presentation, please submit an extended abstract that is no longer than 2 pages, with a maximum of one additional page for references only.The text must be written in English, following the formats (LaTeX and Word) available on the SBC website (download link). Each paper must be submitted in PDF via the Web submission form at the JEMS system (link for submission).

This extended abstract must include the following information:

• Short abstract (max. 500 characters);
• Work Originality (Justification);
• Work Relevance (Scientific, Technological, Social or Innovation);
• Articles, books or other products derived from this work;
• How this work applies to IETF/IRTF standardization activities? (RFC updates or new draft? Which area? Which Working/Research Group?).

All submitted manuscripts will follow a review process and subsequent judgment. The steering committee will evaluate the submissions. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, and interest and adequacy to IETF/IRTF standardization activities.

The WPIETF reserves the right to not include in the proceedings the lightning papers. But it will be published in a special repository reserved for this type of work, within an appropriate Open Science Framework environment. In this context, the registration of at least one author of the paper is NOT mandatory.

All lighting papers presented at the WPIETF will have the possibility to be adapted or complemented, if necessary, and forwarded to the IETF/IRTF, with adequate support (by the Post-WPIETF Committee). Besides, the best paper will be awarded an registration to the next IETF Meeting.

• Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2022 March 31, 2022 April, 07 2022
• Notification of acceptance: May 6, 2022
• Presentation: August 05, 2022