Symposium (LANOMS 2015)Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil October, 2015Promoted by Federal University of Paraiba - UFPBTechnically Co-Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, the Brazilian Computing Society, and IFIP W.G 6.6************************************************************************************LANOMS is the major Latin-American event dedicated to discussing the many issues related to the operations and management of computer networks. LANOMS has been held in odd-numbered years since 1999 and purses the tradition of the NOMS and APNOMS events. The 8th edition will be held on October 01-03, 2015 in Joao Pessoa, PB. The technical program of LANOMS 2015 will include sessions on the latest technical advances in all aspects of the operation and management of networks, services, applications and distributed systems in general. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEExplore digital library.Topics of interest that will be given special attention include:1) Management Technologies* Monitoring techniques* Event correlation and root cause analysis* Integrated control and management* Performance and fault management* Configuration and accounting management* Resource inventory, planning, and allocation* Service management and Service-oriented architectures* Semantic modeling and management* Biologically-inspired management systems and techniques* Quality-of-Service (QoS) management* Security management* Mobility management* Energy management* Cross-layers management2) Management for Networks, Services and Operational Experience* Software Defined Networks (SDN)* Smart Cities, Smart Grids* Internet of Things (IoT)* Future Internet* Content Distribution Networks (P2P, CDN, ICN)* Virtual and Overlay Networks* Data Centers, Storage Area Networks* Cyber-Physical Systems* Wireless and Mobile Networks (Ad-Hoc, Mesh, Sensor, Vehicular)* Smart Devices and Home Networks* Broadband Access Networks* Cognitive Radio Networks* IP/MPLS Networks* Optical Networks* Heterogeneous Networks* Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)* IT Service Management* Multimedia and Data Services* QoE-Centric Management* Service Discovery, Migration and Orchestration* Resource Provisioning and Management* Hosting and Virtualized Infrastructures* OTT Service Management* Management as a Service3) Advanced Approaches for Management* Theory (control, optimization, economic) for management* Self-* and autonomic aspects of management* Virtualization and its role in management* IT process management* Distributed, decentralized, and scalable management* Policy and role based management* Business impact analysis* Economic models for management* Programmable, active, and adaptive management* Resilience, dependability, and survivability* Evaluation and benchmarking of management systems and technologies* Legal and ethical issuesImportant Dates* Paper submission: June 07th, 2015* Author notification: July 12th, 2015* Camera ready due: August 8th, 2015Submission InstructionsOnly original papers (not published or under review elsewhere) should be submitted. Both regular papers (8-page limit) and short papers (4-page limit) will be accepted. The format is IEEE 2-column for conference proceedings. All submissions must be made electronically through JEMS (https://jems.sbc.org.br/).General Chairs:Fernando Matos (UFPB)Augusto Neto (UFRN)Program Committee Chairs:Jose Neuman (UFC)Aldri Santos (UFPR)Application chair:Edmundo Madeira (UNICAMP)Keynotes Chair:Michele Nogueira (UFPR)Publication Chairs:Eduardo Cerqueira (UFPA)Eduardo Grampin (U. Republica)Leandro Villas (UNICAMP)Publicity Chair:Carlos Becker Westphall (UFSC)Local Organization:Eudisley dos Anjos (UFPB)Josilene Aires Moreira (UFPB)Giorgia de Oliveira Mattos (UFPB)Lincoln David (UFPB)Technical Program Committee:Aldri dos Santos (UFPR, BR)Ariel Sabiguero (U. Republica, UR)Artur Ziviani (LNCC, BR)Carlos Westphall (UFSC, BR)Eduardo Cerqueira (UFPA, BR)Edmundo Monteiro (U. Coimbra, PT)Eduardo Grampin (U. Republica, UR)Fatima Duarte-Figueiredo (PUC Minas, BR)Fabio Luciano Verdi (UFSCar, BR)Hector Cancela (U. Republica, UR)Javier Baliosian (U. Republica, UR)Jenny Torres (EPN, EC)Jo Ueyama (USP, BR)Joan Serrat (U. P. Catalunya, ES)Jose Souza (UFC, BR)Jose Marcos Nogueira (UFMG, BR)Kleber Cardoso (UFG, BR)Leandro Villas (UNICAMP, BR)Lisandro