Introduction

Network optimization and performance evaluation is a topic that attains a lot of attention in network/Internet and distributed systems. Due to the recent advances in Internet based applications as well as distributed and mobile communication systems, we are witnessing a variety of new technologies. However, these systems are becoming very large and complex, and consuming large energy at the same time. System optimization and performance evaluation remain to be resolved before these systems become a commodity. Following the success of NOPE 2017 in Guangzhou, China and NOPE 2016 in Zhangjiajiie, China, the 6th IEEE International Workshop on Network Optimization and Performance Evaluation (NOPE 2018) will be held in Guangzhou, China during Decemeber October 8-12, 2018.

The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss and share their research and development experiences. We welcome contributions within a broad range of network optimization and performance evaluation, from fundamental information theoretic results to considerations for network quality of service. Our goal is to have a single track meeting with lively scientific discussions and fruitful exchange of views, and to accommodate a wide variety of backgrounds and research attitudes.

The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Network Optimization and Performance Evaluation (NOPE-18) aims at providing a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss and share their research and development experiences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

Topics

•   Energy-aware performance models and metrics
•   Metrics for network system performance evaluation
•   Energy efficient content delivery networks and content centric networks
•   Energy-aware cross-layer and cross-platform techniques
•   Green extensions to traffic engineering protocols and techniques
•   Network system energy consumption/performance trade-off
•   Modelling and optimization of energy consumption on network-attached hosts
•   Control and optimization techniques applied to network/Internet
•   Measurement and characterization of networks traffic such as WLANs, cellular networks (including smartphone and mobile application traffic characteristics), wireless home networks, and sensor networks, wireless mesh network, cloud computing.

In Conjunction with

•   The 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2018), Class "C" Conference ranked by China Computer Federation (CCF).