-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] CFP: COMSNETS 2014 Bangalore India Datum: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 03:30:56 -0700 Von: Kevin C Almeroth almeroth@CS.UCSB.EDU An: itc@COMSOC.ORG
*SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS [COMSNETS] *
*07-10 JANUARY, 2014*
*THE CHANCERY PAVILLION, RESIDENCY ROAD, BANGALORE*
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Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE, IEEE Communications Society
In Co-Operation With: ACM, ACM SIGCOMM, ACM SIGMOBILE
Patrons: Microsoft Research, IBM, AirTight
*_ABOUT COMSNETS_*
COMSNETS 2014 will be held at the Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Residency Road, Bangalore, India, from 7th to 10th January, 2014. COMSNETS is a premier international conference dedicated to advances in Networking and Communications Systems. The conference is a yearly event for a world-class gathering of researchers from academia and industry, practitioners, and business leaders, providing a forum for discussing cutting edge research, and directions for new innovative business and technology. The conference will include a highly selective technical program consisting of submitted papers, a small set of invited papers on important and timely topics from well-known leaders in the field, and poster session of work in progress. Focused workshops and panel discussions will be held on emerging topics to allow for a lively exchange of ideas. International business and government leaders will be invited to share their perspectives, and will complement the technical program.
*_TECHNICAL PROGRAM TOPICS_*
· Application of information theory to networks
· Broadband and cellular networks
· Cloud computing
· Cognitive radio and white-space networking
· Cooperative communications
· Cross-layer optimization of wireless systems
· Economics of networks and systems
· Energy-efficient communications & networking
· Enterprise, data center, and storage-area networks
· Internet architecture and protocols, Internet science and emergent behavior
· Machine learning for network applications
· Mobility and location management
· Network coding
· Network management and operations
· Network security and privacy
· Networked applications
· Online social networks
· Optical networks
· Overlay communications, content distribution
· Social networks
· Sensor and ad-hoc networks and cyber-physical systems
· Systems and networks for smarter energy and sustainability
· Traffic analysis and engineering
· Vehicular communications
· Video distribution
· Wireless communication theory, systems, and networks
*_CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS_*
· January 07-09, 2014: Main conference, including keynotes, poster session, PhD forum, Demos and Exhibits sessions.
· January 10, 2014: Mobile India event and three workshops on E6, NetHealth and Social Networking
· Confirmed keynote speakers:
o Arogyaswami Paulraj, Stanford University, USA
o Nick McKeown, Stanford University, USA
o Soumen Chakrabarti, IIT Bombay, India
· Includes 8 invited talks from noted researchers both international and domestic
· The conference will recognize one or more papers, demos, posters, and PhD forum presentations with awards, including cash prizes
· Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for inclusion in IEEEXplore. Accepted full papers will also be submitted for indexing to multiple abstract and indexing partners
· Reduced registration fee for students
· A substantial number of domestic travel grants for students and faculty. A good number of international travel grants for student authors
For REGISTRATION and for more information on Workshops, Poster Session, PhD Forum, Demos and Exhibits, and Travel Grants please visit the conference website (www.comsnets.org http://www.comsnets.org/).
*_IMPORTANT DATES_*
*_Main Conference_*
Paper Submission (hard deadline): September 27, 2013 at 11:30 pm IST Notification of Acceptance: November 05, 2013 Camera Ready Submission: November 19, 2013 Main Conference Dates: January 07-09, 2014
*_Workshops: E6, NetHealth and Social Networking_*
Paper Submission (common deadline): October 15, 2013 at 11:30 pm IST Notification of Acceptance: November 19, 2013 Camera-ready Submission: December 2, 2013 Demo Submission: December 7, 2013 Workshop Date: January 10, 2013
*_Poster Session, PhD Forum and Demos & Exhibits_*
Submission deadline (common deadline): November 07, 2013 at 11:30 pm IST Notification of Acceptance: November 22, 2013 Camera Ready Submission: November 26, 2013 Session Date: 07-10 January 2014 (TBD)
*Best Regards* *_COMSNETS 2014 organizing Committee_*