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CALL FOR PAPERS

5th International Conference on Internet Multimedia Systems
Architecture and Application (IMSAA-11)
December 12-14, 2011
Bangalore, India
www.imsaa.org



Mobile broadband, convergence of data and communication networks, and
proliferation of smart end-user devices and terminals have sparked many
new architectures enabling internet multimedia applications. However,
"Any Information, Any Device, Any Location" networked systems still face
significant technical challenges including issues related to performance,
privacy, security, reliability, scalability, mobility, interoperability,
and deployment.

IMSAA-11 is intended to tackle these challenges and will bring together
researchers, engineers and practitioners working on the latest issues
in internet multimedia systems, architectures and applications. The
conference will include a peer reviewed program of technical sessions,
workshops, tutorials, and demonstration sessions.


IMSAA is seeking original research work which is not yet published or
not submitted in any other conferences, journals or magazines. Proposals
for tutorials are also solicited. We welcome submissions for IMSAA's
Technical Program under the following tracks and topics:

Track I: Services
    - Mobile Applications and Application Stores
    - Crowdsourcing and New Business Models
    - Social Networking and Communication services
    - Context and Content Aware Services
    - Service Lifecycle Management
    - Service Delivery Platforms, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing
    - Service Composition and Feature Interaction Handling
    - P2P Communication and Gaming Services
    - Voice over IP (VoIP) Services
    - Benchmarking Services and Application

Track II: Next Generation Communication System
    - M2M Communications and Internet of Things
    - P2P Communication Architectures
    - IMS Control and Application Network
    - Smart Handheld, Settop, and Home Networking Equipment
    - Traffic Optimization and Performance
    - IPv6 Migration
    - Testing, Simulation, and Validation Platforms
    - Policy Management and Charging Gateways and Systems
    - Green Systems and Smart Grids

Track III: Multimedia Streaming and Communication
    - Multicast, Broadcast, and IPTV
    - Media Streaming
    - Cross-layer Optimization for Multimedia Service Support
    - Video Quality Assessment
    - QoS for Voice and Video

Track IV: Security
    - Privacy and Information Sharing
    - User Data Security and Privacy
    - End-to-end Security
    - Security and Privacy in P2P Networks
    - Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control

In addition to the technical tracks, IMSAA-11 will host a range of
workshops, tutorials and demos. Please check the conference website
at http://www.imsaa.org/ for details.

All submissions are handled via EDAS (http://edas.info/8901). All
papers submitted in scope to conference tracks and topics will receive
at least 3 reviews. The proceedings will be published in the IEEE Xplore
digital library.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission deadline:           July 15, 2011 (EST, USA)
Author notification:                 September 15, 2011 (EST, USA)
Final camera ready:                  November 1, 2011 (EST, USA)
Demo proposal submission:            November 1, 2011  (EST, USA)


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

General Chair:
John Buford, Avaya Labs Research, USA


TPC Co-chairs:
Ashish Jain, Telcordia, USA
Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK
Mohan Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore


Publicity Co-chairs:
Christian Makaya, Telcordia, USA
David Llewellyn-Jones, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Sabu Thampi, IIITMK, India


Workshop Chair:
Xiaotao Wu, Avaya Labs Research, USA


Publication Chairs:
Shweta Jain, York College CUNY , USA
David Llewellyn-Jones, Liverpool John Moores University, UK


Tutorial Chair:
R. (Mouli) Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA


Registration Chair:
Jayanta Mukherjee, HP, India


Panel Chair:
Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA


Finance Chair:
A.N. Ramachandra, IIIT-Bangalore



STEERING COMMITTEE:
Ashutosh Dutta, Niksun, USA
Subir Saha, IonIdea, India
Debabrata Das, IIIT-Bangalore, India