Subject: [SAM] 5 days to deadline: 3rd International Conference on Internet Multimedia Systems Architecture and Application (IMSAA-09)

From: Dr Mario Kolberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:19:33 +0100

CALL FOR PAPERS

3rd International Conference on
Internet Multimedia Systems Architecture and Application (IMSAA-09)
Bangalore, India
9 – 11 December 2009

Submission deadline: 15 July 2009

Keynote Speakers
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Plenary Keynote: Dr. Rajeev Rastogi,
                  Vice-President,Yahoo! Research India
Keynote:         Dr. Vishy Poosala, Head Bell Labs India
Keynote:         Dr. Venky Krishnaswamy,
                  Director, Avaya Labs Research, USA

IMSAA-09, sponsored by the IEEE COMSOC Society Bangalore, IEEE Bangalore
Section, IEEE Communications Society HQ (pending), supported and
attended by multi-national corporations and academic institutions, is an
annual international conference organized with the objective of bringing
together researchers, engineers and practitioners from academia and
industry working in Internet-based telecommunications services and
converged broadband networking.

IMSAA-09 will present the latest developments and technical solutions in
the areas of next generation communication system and multimedia
services, and related deployment, performance, security and mobility
topics. The conference will include a peer reviewed program of technical
sessions, workshops, tutorials, and demonstration sessions.

We welcome submissions for IMSAA's Technical Program in the following
areas of telecommunications services and converged networking:

o Next Generation Communications Systems
  - Transport, Signaling and Data Routing
  - 3G and 4G Wireless Technologies
  - Performance Evaluation
  - Experimental and Simulated Testbeds
  - Peering and Transit Architectures
  - Mobility Across Networks
  - Vehicular Communications

o Advanced Services and Applications
  - New Services and Service Models
  - Over-the-Top Services, Social Networking, and Location-based Services
  - Web 2.0 and beyond
  - Virtual Worlds
  - Human Centric Communications
  - Compositional Services and Model Checking.
  - Emergency and e-Health Services

o IP Multimedia Subsystem
  - Architectures and Runtimes for IMS Elements
  - IMS Core Services
  - IMS Mobility
  - Case Studies and Status of IMS Deployment
  - IMS Clients and Devices

o Peer-to-Peer and Application Layer Overlays for NGN
  - Service Overlays
  - P2P Streaming and Content Distribution
  - Communications Services
  - Support for P2P Mobility

o Multimedia Streaming and Communications
  - Multicast, Broadcast and IPTV
  - Media Streaming
  - Cross-layer Optimization for Multimedia Service Support
  - Video Quality Assessment

o Open Source-based Activities in the NGN
  - Case Studies
  - Testbed Design and Deployments
  - Application development frameworks and tools

o NGN Management and Business Models
  - Service Creation, Delivery, and Management
  - Multimedia QoS Provisioning
  - Quality of Experience for End-to-End Communications
  - Infrastructure Evolution and Return on Investment
  - Charging, Pricing, and Business Models
  - Triple Play Services

o Security & Privacy towards Converged Communications
  - System Security
  - End to end Security
  - User Data Privacy
  - Privacy and Location-Based Services

All paper submissions are handled through EDAS:
http://edas.info/7593
The proceedings will be published in the IEEE Xplore digital library.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission:             15 July 2009 (EST, USA)
Demo proposal submission:     15 August 2009 (EST, USA)
Paper review notification:    30 Sept. 2009
Paper camera ready:           15 Oct. 2009
For further information, please see the conference
website: http://www.imsaa.org
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TPC Chairs:
Dr. John Buford (Avaya Labs Research, USA)
Dr. Vijay K Gurbani (Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, USA)
Dr. Anand Prasad (NEC, Japan)

General Chair:
Dr. Debabrata Das (IIIT-Bangalore)

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