First International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications (ACC-2011)

Kochi, Kerala, India

July, 22-24, 2011

http://www.acc-rajagiri.org

Technically sponsored by Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) - SIGWEB

CALL FOR PAPERS
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The first International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications (ACC-2011) is organized by Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (RSET) in association with Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)- SIGWEB, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Computer Society of India (CSI)- Div IV & Cochin Chapter, The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), The Institution of Engineers (India) and Project Management Institute (PMI),Trivandrum, Kerala Chapter during July, 22-24, 2011 at Kochi, Kerala, India.

ACC2011 focuses on Advances in Computing and Communications, and it will provide a forum for sharing insights, experiences and interaction on various facets of evolving technologies and patterns related to Computer Science, Information Technology and Electronics. The conference provides the most relevant opportunity to bring together students, researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry. The conference will include a peer reviewed program of technical sessions, workshops, tutorials, and demonstration sessions.

Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished results are solicited in all areas of theory and practice of Computing, Communication and Information Technologies. Authors are invited to submit papers through EDAS Conference Management System (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=9485). The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer in the series of Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in ISI Proceedings and Scopus. The Proceedings of ACC2011 will also be included in the CCIS electronic book series hosted in the SpringerLink digital library. Authors can confirm the Springer Author Guidelines at the Springer web page. All the accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The organizers of ACC 2011 as well as our attendees expect accepted papers to be presented at the conference.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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* Ad-hoc Networks
* Autonomic and Context-aware Computing
* Bioinformatics and Bio-computing
* Cloud, Cluster, Grid and P2P Computing
* Database and Information Systems
* Green Computing
* Internet and Web Computing
* Knowledge Management
* Mobile Computing
* Multi Agent Systems
* Multimedia and Video Systems
* Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
* Reconfigurable Computing
* Security, Trust and Privacy
* Ubiquitous Computing
* Soft Computing Techniques
* Vehicular Communications Networks
* Advanced Micro Architecture Techniques
* Cognitive Radio and Cognitive Networks
* Cyber Forensics
* Distributed Software Development
* Emergency First Response Systems
* Human Computer Interaction and Interface
* ICT for Women Empowerment and Rural Development
* Information Theory and Coding
* QoS and Resource Management
* Satellite and Space Communications
* Sensor Networks and Embedded Systems
* Signal and Image Processing

The RSET Campus is located on the banks of the river Chitrapuzha. It is 0.5 km from the Seaport - Airport Highway, 13 km from Ernakulam North Railway Station, and 27 km from the Nedumbassery International Airport. RSET is an endeavor of the Sacred Heart Province of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) - the first-ever indigenous religious congregation for men in the Syrian Catholic tradition of Christianity in India.

Kochi (colonial name Cochin) is a vibrant city situated on the south-west coast of the Indian peninsula in the breathtakingly scenic and prosperous state of Kerala, hailed as 'God's Own Country' (http://www.cochin.org/cochin.htm, http://www.keralatourism.org/). Its strategic importance over the centuries is underlined by the sobriquet Queen of the Arabian Sea. Informally, Kochi is also referred to as the Gateway to Kerala. Southwest monsoon is the main rainy season in Kerala. This season begins by the end of May with the outset of the southwest monsoon winds. The next few months are periods of torrential rain.

Best Paper Awards
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As evaluated by TPC Chairs and TPC Members, THREE papers will be given Best Paper Award for ACC-2011 viz 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. The above committee will expect the presentation of the selected best papers during the conference before finalizing the list. The winners will be declared during the conference.

Important Dates
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Full Paper Submission: March 1, 2011
Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2011
Camera Ready Papers due: May 01, 2011
Registration Starts: April 16, 2011
Registration Closes: May 01, 2011
Conference: July, 22-24, 2011

Steering Committee
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John F. Buford, Avaya Labs Research, USA
Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Mukesh Singhai, University of Kentucky, USA
John Strassner, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Ramakrishna Kappagantu, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., India
Achuthsankar S. Nair, Centre for Bioinformatics, Trivandrum, India

Programme Committee
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General Chairs

Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, Europe
Chandra Sekaran K, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Waleed W. Smari, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA

Program Chairs

Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Thorsten Strufe, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain

Conference Chair

Sabu M. Thampi, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, India

Special Sessions & Workshops Co-Chairs

El-Sayed El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Silvio Bortoleto, Positivo University, Brazil

Tutorial Co-Chairs

Patrick Seeling University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, USA
Jaydeep Sen, Tata Consultancy Services, Calcutta, India
K.S. Mathew, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, India
Roksana Boreli, National ICT Australia Ltd, Australia

Demo Co-Chairs

Amitava Mukherjee, IBM Global Business Services, India
Bhadran V K, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Trivandrum, India
Janardhanan P.S, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, India

Publicity Co-Chairs

Victor Govindaswamy, Texas A&M University, USA
Arun Saha, Fujitsu Network Communications, USA
Biju Paul, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, India

Publication Chairs

Pruet Boonma, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Sajid Hussain, Fisk University, USA
Hiroshi Wada, University of New South Wales, Australia

International Programme Committee
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A. Hafid, Network Research Lab, University of Montreal, Canada
Abhijit Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Alicia Triviño Cabrera, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Amit Agarwal, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
Ankur Gupta, Model Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jammu, India
Antonio Coronato, ICAR-CNR, Napoli, Italy
Anura P. Jayasumana, Colorado State University, USA
Arnab Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Arun Saha, Fujitsu Network Communications, USA
Babu B V, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, India
Babu Raj. E, Sun College of Engineering and Technology, India
Brijendra Kumar Joshi, Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Indore, India
Chang Wu Yu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Chitra Babu, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India
Chittaranjan Hota, BITS Hyderabad Campus, India
Christos Chrysoulas, Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, Greece
Chung Shue Chen, TREC, INRIA, France
Chutima Prommak, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Danda B. Rawat, Old Dominion University, USA
Deepak Garg, Thapar University, India
Demin Wang, Microsoft Inc., USA
Deyun Gao, Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R.China
Egemen Cetinkaya, University of Kansas, USA
Elizabeth Sherly, IIITM-Kerala, India
Emad A. Felemban, Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Francesco Quaglia, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Roma, Italy
Guo Bin, Institut Telecom SudParis, France
Houcine Hassan, Technical University of Vamencia, Spain
Iwan Adhicandra, The University of Pisa, Italy
Jiankun Hu, RMIT University, Australia
Jiping Xiong, Zhejiang Normal University of China
Juan-Carlos Cano, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Ka Lok Man, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Katia Bortoleto, Positivo University, Brazil
Kotecha. K, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India
Madhu Kumar S.D, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
Madhumita Chatterjee, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Maria Ganzha, University of Gdansk, Poland
Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Mario Fanelli, DEIS, University of Bologna
Massimiliano Laddomada, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, USA
Matthias R. Brust, University of Central Florida, USA
Michael Alexander, Scaledinfra Technologies GmbH, Austria
Michael Hempel, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA 
Ming Xia, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan
Mohamed Ali Kaafar, INRIA, France
Namje Park, Jeju University, South Korea
Natarajan Meghanathan, Jackson State University, USA
Niloy Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Pablo Corral González, University Miguel Hernández, Spain
Paulo R. L. Gondim, University of Brasília, Brazil
Phan Cong-Vinh, London South Bank University, UK
Pr. Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Punam Bedi, University of Delhi, India
Rajendra Akerkar, Western Norway Research Institute, Norway
Renjie Huang, Washington State University, USA
Roberto Verdone, WiLab, University of Bologna, Italy
Ruay-Shiung Chang, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Salman Abdul Moiz, CDAC, Bangalore, India
Sanjay H.A, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
Sathish Rajasekhar, RMIT University, Australia
Shancang Li, School of Engineering, Swansea University, UK
Silvio Bortoleto, Positivo University, Brazil
Somayajulu D. V. L. N, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India
Soumya Sen, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Stefano Ferretti, University of Bologna, Italy
Steven Gordon, Thammasat University, Thailand
Subir Saha, Nokia Siemens Networks, India
Sudarshan T.S.B, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore, India
Sugam Sharma, Iowa State University, USA
Velmurugan Ayyadurai, University of Surrey, UK
Vicent Cholvi, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Vijaya Kumar B.P, Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, India
Vijil E Chenthamarakshan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York, USA
Vino D.S. Kingston, Hewlett-Packard, USA
Xu Shao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Zhihua Cui, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, China
Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai, India