Gentle reminder: 

Abstract submission date 5th Sept
Paper submission date September 12th

Travel grants announcements :
Travel Grants: COMSNETS 2012 will be providing a large number of student
travel grants.
This includes travel grants for students (and potentially student authors)
from abroad to attend COMSNETS 2012 as well as student travel grants for
students from India and neighboring countries. An exciting best student
paper award, in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM, has been planned.

http://www.comsnets.org/student_travel_grants.html
 
Call for Papers 

The Fourth International Conference on
                           COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS)  
               
           January 3 ­ January 7, 2012, Bangalore, India
http://www.comsnets.org

In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGCOMM, ACM SIGMOBILE
Technical Co-Sponsor: IEEE, IEEE Communication Society



The Fourth International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS
(COMSNETS) will be held in Bangalore, India, from 3rd January 2012 to 7th
January 2012. COMSNETS is a premier international conference dedicated to
addressing advances in Networking and Communications Systems, and
Telecommunications services. 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 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 parallel tracks of submitted papers, a small set of invited papers on
important and timely topics from well-known leaders in the field, and poster
sessions 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, thus complementing the technical program.

Topics of interest 

Papers describing original research work and practical
experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics including, but not
limited to:

    * Internet Architecture, Protocols and Applications
    * Network Algorithms
    * Video Distribution (IPTV, Mobile Video, Video on Demand)
    * Network Operations and Management
    * Broadband and Cellular Networks (3G/4G, WiMAX/LTE)
    * Mesh, Sensor and PAN networks
    * Communication Software (Cognitive Radios, DSA, SDR)
    * Wireless Operating Systems and Mobile Platforms
    * Peer-to-Peer Networking
    * Cognitive Radios and White Space Networking
    * Stochastic Models of Communication Networks
    * Performance Analysis
    * Network Economics
    * Network Optimization
    * Optical Networks
    * Network Security and Cyber Security Technologies
    * Cloud and Utility computing
    * Storage Area Networks
    * Next Generation Web Architectures
    * Vehicular Networking
    * Energy-Efficient Networking
    * Network Science and Emerging Behavior in Socio-Technical Networks
    * Social Networking Analysis, Middleware and Applications
    * Networking Technologies for Smart Energy Grids
    * Disruption/Delay Tolerant Networking

Conference Highlights
*     Keynote/Plenary/Banquet Talks
*     Technical Paper and Poster Sessions
*     Co-located Workshops
*     Ph.D. Forum 
*     Panel Discussions
*     Demos & Exhibits
*     Mobile India 2012 Workshop
*     Visit to R&D Labs


Important Dates for COMSNETS 2012

Abstract submission (HARD deadline) : September 5th, 2011 at 11:59pm EST
Paper submission    (HARD deadline) : September 12th, 2011 at 11:59pm EST
Notification of Acceptance: November 7, 2011
Camera-Ready Submission:    December 2, 2011


COMSNETS 2012 Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs

    * K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs Research, USA
    * Rajeev Shorey, NIIT University, India
    * Don Towsley,  U. Mass. at Amherst, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs

    * Aditya Akella, U. of Wisconsin, USA
    * Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay, India
    * R. Srikant, U. of Illinois, USA

Posters Chair

    * Ranjita Bhagwan, Microsoft Research, India

Publications Chair

    * Kameswari Chebrolu, IIT Bombay, India

Panel Co-Chairs

    * Ram Ramjee, Microsoft Research, India
    * Prashant Shenoy, UMass, Amherst, USA

Ph.D. Forum & Travel Grants Co-Chairs

    * Partha Dutta, IBM Research, India
    * Aaditeshwar Seth, IIT Delhi, India

E6 2012 Workshop Co-Chairs

    * Sergey Gorinsky, Institute IMDEA Networks, Spain
    * Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, IBM Research, India

NetHealth Workshop Co-Chairs

    * Bill Thies, Microsoft Research, India
    * Santosh Kumar, USA
 
WISARD Workshop Co-Chairs

    * Sharad Jaiswal, Bell Labs Research, Alcatel-Lucent, India
    * Srikrishna Bhashyam, IIT Madras, India

Mobile India 2012 Co-Chairs

    * Rajaraghavan Setlur, SASKEN, India
    * Sridhar Vardarajan, SASKEN, India

Sponsorship Chair

    * Sudipta Maitra, New Delhi, India

Publicity Co-Chairs

    * Ajay Kulkarni, CISCO, USA
    * Rubén Cuevas Rumín, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
    * Vinay Ribeiro, IIT Delhi, India

Web Co-Chairs

    * Vijay Gabale, IIT Bombay, India
    * Vinay Veerappa, SASKEN, India

Local Arrangement Chair

    * Sudipta Maitra, New Delhi, India

Steering Committee Co-Chairs

    * Uday Desai, IIT Hyderabad, India
    * Giridhar Mandyam, Qualcomm, USA
    * Rajeev Shorey, NIIT University, India
    * G. Venkatesh, SASKEN, India

International Advisory Committee

    * K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T, USA
    * Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research, USA
    * Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National U., Korea
    * Sajal Das, U. Texas at Arlington, USA
    * B. N. Jain, IIT Delhi, India
    * Anurag Kumar, IISc, Bangalore, India
    * P. R. Kumar, UIUC, USA
    * L. M. Patnaik, IISc, Bangalore, India
    * Krithi Ramamritham, IIT Bombay, India
    * Parmesh Ramanathan, U. Wisconsin, USA
    * Krishan Sabnani, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
    * Kang Shin, U. Michigan, USA
    * Nitin Vaidya, U.  Illinois, USA

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