*** APOLOGIES IF YOUR RECEIVED MULTIPLE COPIES OF THE CFP *** *** EXTENDED FIRM DEADLINE: Sept 27, 11:59pm PDT *** COMSNETS 2011 The THIRD International Conference on COMunication Systems and NETworks January 4-8, 2011, Bangalore, India http://www.comsnets.org (In Co-operation with ACM SIGMOBILE) (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE COMSOC) The Third International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS) will be held in Bangalore, India, from 4 January 2011 to 8 January 2011. 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. Papers describing original research work and practical experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics including, but not limited to: Topics of Interest ------------------ Internet Architecture and Protocols Network-based Applications 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 Radio and White Space Networking Optical Networks Network Security & Cyber Security Technologies Cloud and Utility computing Storage Area Networks Next Generation Web Architectures Vehicular Networking Energy-Efficient Networking Network Science and Emergent Behavior in Socio-Technical Networks Social Networking Analysis, Middleware and Applications Networking Technologies for Smart Energy Grids Disruption/Delay Tolerant Networking Conference Highlights --------------------- Conference Inaugural Speaker: Prof. Pravin Varaiya, U. C. Berkeley, USA Banquet speaker: Dr. Rajeev Rastogi, Yahoo Research, India Keynote Speakers: • Prof. Don Towsley, U. Mass Amherst, USA • Dr. Pravin Bhagwat, AirTight Networks, India • Dr. Jean Bolot, Sprint, USA Workshops • WISARD (4, 5 Jan) • NetHealth (4 Jan) • IAMCOM (5 Jan) • Mobile India 2011 (7 Jan) Technical Paper and Poster Sessions Ph.D Forum Panel Discussions Demos & Exhibits Important Deadlines ------------------- Paper submission (FIRM, ABSOLUTELY NO EXTENSIONS): September 27, 2010 at 11:59 pm EDT (Sept 28, 9:29 am IST) Notification of Acceptance: November 8, 2010 Camera-Ready Submission: December 8, 2010 Detailed conference information and paper submission guidelines is available on the conference web site. Please see http://www.comsnets.org for detailed information from time to time. The conference email address is: comsnets2011@gmail.com General Co-Chairs ----------------- David B. Johnson, Rice University, USA Anurag Kumar, IISc Bangalore, India Technical Program Co-Chairs --------------------------- Jon Crowcroft, U. of Cambridge, UK D. Manjunath, IIT Bombay, India Archan Misra, Telcordia Tech., USA Steering Committee Co-Chairs ---------------------------- Uday Desai, IIT Hyderabad, India Giridhar Mandyam, Qualcomm, USA Sanjoy Paul, Infosys, India Rajeev Shorey, NIIT University, India G. Venkatesh, SASKEN, India Panel Co-Chairs --------------- Aditya Akella, U. of Wisconsin, USA Venkat Padmanabhan, MSR, India Ph.D Forum Chair ---------------- Bhaskaran Raman, IIT Bombay, India Publications Chair ------------------ Varsha Apte, IIT Bombay, India Demos and Exhibits Co-Chairs ---------------------------- Aaditeshwar Seth, IIT Delhi, India Ajay Bakre, Netapps, India Sponsorship Chair ----------------- Sudipta Maitra, Delhi, india Workshop Chairs --------------- Sharad Jaiswal, Alcatel-Lucent, India Ravindran Kaliappa, CUNY, USA Neelesh Mehta, IISc Bangalore, India Mobile India 2011 Co-Chairs --------------------------- Gulzar Azad, Google, India Gene Landy, Ruperto-Israel & Weiner, USA Rajaraghavan Setlur, SASKEN, India Sridhar Varadharajan, SASKEN, India Publicity Co-Chair ------------------ Augustin Chaintreau, TTL, France Kameswari Chebrolu, IIT Bombay, India Song Chong, KAIST, Korea Ramana Kompella, Purdue Univ, USA Nishanth Sastry, U. of Cambridge, UK Web Co-Chairs ------------- Santhana Krishnan, IIT Bombay, India Vinay Veerappa, 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 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 University Partners: -------------------- IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IISc Bangalore, IIT Hyderabad, NIIT University, IIIT Bangalore Patrons: -------- Mobile Monday Bangalore, Sasken, IBM Research, Alcatel Lucent