-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Deadline Approaching - IEEE Globecom 2021 - Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications (CSSMA) Symposium Datum: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:50:29 +0200 Von: Hassine Moungla hassine.moungla@PARISDESCARTES.FR Antwort an: Hassine Moungla hassine.moungla@PARISDESCARTES.FR An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

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CALL FOR PAPERS - IEEE Globecom 2021 - Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications (CSSMA) Symposium

********************** The 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in Madrid, Spain, from 7 -11 December 2021. Themed “Connecting Cultures around the Globe,” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 12 symposia, selected areas in communications track and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 will also include an attractive Industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits.

********************** IEEE Globecom 2021 - The Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications (CSSMA) Symposium 7 -11 December 2021 Madrid, Spain

*********************** *Important Dates* Paper Submission: 15 April 2021 Notification: 25 July 2021 Camera Ready: 1 September 2021

*********************** *Submission link:* https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27484&track=102686 https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27484&track=102686

*********************** *Scope*

IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 will be held in Madrid, Spain, from December 7 to 11, 2021. It will exhibit an exciting technical program including multiple symposia, highlighting recent progress in all major areas of communications. The Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications Symposium will provide a platform to present the state-of-the-art research work on challenging issues related to software design, deployment, delivering, and the management of services and multimedia applications. It will also provide an opportunity for face-to-face discussions and information sharing among experts from both academia and industry.

*Topics of interest *

The Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications Symposium covers challenges and advances for network softwarization and enablers, service delivery, management, and multimedia applications in fixed and mobile communication networks. The symposium is open, but not limited, to original contributions in the following topics.

*Network Softwarization & Services*

− Network function virtualization − Service function chaining − Resource sharing & isolation − Software defined networking − Virtualization technologies/techniques − Mobile/multi-access edge and fog computing − MEC-, SDN-, NFV-based network services − Service, slice, and infrastructure monitoring − Performance, interoperability, and scalability challenges/issues − Security and privacy issues in virtualized environments − Mobile core networks and their slicing − Slice programmability, modeling, composition algorithms and deployment − Network/service orchestration and management − Experimental testbeds, trials and deployment − Business models & new verticals − Model and delivery platforms − Scalable video delivery − Cooperative networking for streaming media content − Service overlay networks − Massive network data analytics − Machine learning for network service enhancement − Proactive management of the softwarized network infrastructures − Distributed systems and applications, including Grid Services − Convergence of communication and global services − Communications software in vehicular communications − Architectures for cooperative communications and ubiquitous computing − Software Defined Radio Access Network (RAN) * * *Quality in Services and Multimedia Applications*

− Quality of Experience (QoE) modelling and metrics − Adoption of QoE metrics and models for assessment, control and management of multimedia services − Strategies of End-to-End QoE management − Quality-oriented routing algorithms − Video quality assessment and impairment concealment − Performance studies of digital media ecosystem − High quality service provisioning for multimedia applications

*Multimedia Systems and Services*

− Multimedia cloud services − Multimedia streaming, multicast and broadcast services − Virtual/augmented/mixed reality − 360-degree video streaming − Multimedia security and privacy − Multimedia edge computing and fog communication − SDN and NFV support for multimedia − Multimedia Internet-of-Thing (IoT) − Mobile multimedia and 5G − Wearable multimedia − Energy-efficient multimedia streaming − Web Services and distributed SW technology − IMS and multimedia services − Home and entertainment digital media ecosystem − IPTV service and home networking − Triple and Quadruple play services − P2P and P2P-SIP services

*Machine learning techniques for multimedia content analysis*

− Machine learning techniques for video delivery and service − Machine learning techniques for multimedia communications − Multimedia Big data and social media − Multimedia security and privacy − Multimedia Edge Computing and Fog Communication

*Service Management*

− Security and privacy in network and service management − Scalability and reliability issues − Charging, pricing, business models − Context awareness and personalization − Next generation services and emerging threats − Cross-layer optimization for multimedia service support

********* *Symposium Chairs*

Hassine Moungla, Université de Paris, France Michele Nogueira, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Shaoen Wu, Ball State University, USA

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