The Eighth International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS
(COMSNETS) will be held in Bangalore, India, during January 5-9, 2016.
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.
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KEY DATES
- Abstract Submissions (Hard Deadline) : August 29, 2015 at 11:59pm EST
- Paper Submission (Hard Deadline) : September 5, 2015 at 11:59pm EST
- Notification of acceptance : October 20, 2015
- Camera ready submission : November 24, 2015
- Date of conference : January 5 - 9, 2016
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QUICK LINKS
- Conference Homepage http://www.comsnets.org/
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Keynote/Plenary/Banquet Talks
- Technical Paper and Poster Sessions
- Co-located Workshops
- Graduate Research Forum
- Panel Discussions
- Demos and Exhibits
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
(Includes but NOT LIMITED TO)

5G and wireless broadband networks
Technologies for 6-100 GHz spectrum
Heterogeneous networks (HetNets)
Cognitive radio and white-space networking
Economics of networks and systems
Energy-efficient communications & networking
Cloud computing
Enterprise, data center, and storage-area networks
Internet architecture and protocols, Internet science and emergent
behavior Mobility and location management
Mobile sensing
Traffic analysis and engineering
Internet of Things (IoT)
Information/Content centric networks (ICN)
Network management and operations
Network security and privacy
Trusted computing
Network science
Online social networks
Overlay communications, content distribution
Wireless adhoc and sensor networks
Systems and networks for smarter energy and sustainability
Vehicular communications
Smart Grid communications and networking
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Co-Chairs:
Ishwardutt Parulkar, CISCO, India
Sumit Roy, UWash, USA

Technical Program Chairs:
Niloy Ganguly, IIT Kharagpur
Teng Joon Lim, NUS, Singapore
Narayan Mandayam, Rutgers, USA

Steering Committee Co-Chairs:
Uday Desai, IIT Hyderabad, India
Giridhar Mandyam, Qualcomm, USA
Rajeev Shorey, TCS Innovation Labs
G. Venkatesh, SASKEN, India

International Advisory Board:
Tulika Pandey, DEITY, GoI, India
Zartash Afzal Uzmi, LUMS, Pakistan
Prashant Pillai, University of Bradford, UK
Dah Ming Chiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Panel Co-Chairs:
Ravindranath Kokku, IBM Research, Bangalore, India
Gaurav Sharma, University of Rochester, USA

Poster Co-Chairs:
Chandramani Singh, IISc, Bangalore, India
Rijurekha Sen, MPI-SWS, Germany

Workshop Chair:
Koushik Kar, RPI, USA

Publications Chair:
Baek-Young Choi, UMKC, USA

Graduate Forum Co-Chairs:
Pradipta De, SUNY, Korea
Vinayak Naik, IIIT Delhi, India

Travel Grants Chair:
Vijay Gabale, Infilect Technologies

Demos and Exhibits Co-Chairs:
Mohit Kumar, Flipkart, Bangalore, India
Kuldeep Yadav, Xerox, Bangalore, India

Web Chair:
Ananda Krishna, NIIT University, India

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Joydeep Chandra, IIT Patna, India
Aveek Dutta, Princeton University, USA
Nitin Maslekar, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany

Sponsorship Co-Chairs:
Sudipta Maitra, New Delhi, India
Rajeev Shorey, TCS Innovation Labs

Local Arrangements Chair:
Sudipta Maitra, New Delhi, India

Registration Co-Chairs:
Chandrika Sridhar, IISc Bangalore, India
Rajeshwari Maitra, Godfrey Phillips, India
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FURTHER CONTACT
comsnets.conference@gmail.com