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=============================================== Paper Registration Deadline Today The submission deadline of COMSNETS 2009 is Sept. 15, 2008 ===============================================

COMSNETS 2009: The First International Conference on             COMunication Systems and NETworks

January 5-10, 2009                     Bangalore, India

http://www.comsnets.org   Co-Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society

CALL FOR PAPERS   THE FIRST International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS) will be held in Bangalore, India from 5 January 2009 to 10 January 2009.  COMSNETS is a premier international conference dedicated to addressing emerging topics and challenges in Networking and Communications Systems.  The goal of the conference is to create a world-class gathering of researchers from academia and industry, practitioners, business leaders, intellectual property experts and venture capitalists, providing a launch pad for new innovative business and technology.

Detailed conference information and paper submission guidelines are available on the conference Web site: http://www.comsnets.org

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Internet architecture and protocols * Network-based applications * Video Distribution (IPTV, Mobile video, Video on Demand) * Operations and management of large networks * Local and Metro Area Networks, including Wireless * Broadband and Cellular Networks (3G/4G, WiMAX/LTE, UWB) * Mesh and Sensor Networks * Software in wireless communications (cognitive radios, dynamic spectrum access, SDR) * Wireless operating systems and mobile platforms * Optical Networks * Network Security * Cloud and Utility computing * Storage area networks * Next generation Web architectures * Vehicular Networking

Conference Highlights:

* Technical paper and poster sessions

* Panel Discussions (7, 8 and 9 January 2009)

* Co-located workshops: WISARD, IAMCOM, RiMCET, WIPCom, NGIntW

* Keynotes/Plenary/Banquet Talks

* Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras, India       * Prof. P. R. Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA       * Prof. Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University, USA       * Dr. Hamid Ahmadi, Motorola, USA       * Mr. Sandeep Sibal, Qualcomm, India       * Infosys (TBD)

* COMSNETS Business Track (6 January 2009)

The authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference.  Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE.  At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the conference for that paper to appear in the proceedings and be scheduled for presentation.

Important Deadlines (firm and will not change)

Paper registration: September 8, 2008 at 11:59pm IST

Paper submission: September 15, 2008 at 11:59pm IST Notification of Acceptance: November 7, 2008 Camera-Ready Submission: December 8, 2008

For further information please contact the TPC Chairs at: comsnets09-tpc-chairs@cs.ucsd.edu

Sponsoring Institutions: ALCATEL-LUCENT,  INFOSYS,  MOTOROLA,  SASKEN,  IBM,  AIRVANA, MICROSOFT RESEARCH India, QUALCOMM

US Air Force Research Laboratory (Pending)

Media Sponsors: Voice & Data, SmartTechie

University Sponsors: IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Mumbai, IIT Guwahati, IIIT Bangalore

Best Paper Award Sponsor: JET Airways, India Airline Partner: JETLITE, India

http://www.comsnets.org

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