The Ninth International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS
(COMSNETS) will be held in Bangalore, India, during January 4-8, 2017.
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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Important Dates &Deadlines

Abstract submission (HARD deadline) : 29th August, 2016at 11:59 pm EST
Paper submission (HARD deadline) :5th September, 2016at 11:59pm EST
Notification of Acceptance :20th October, 2016
Camera-Ready Submission :24th November, 2016
Main Conference :4th – 8th January 2017
Workshops :4th and 8th January 2017
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Contact : comsnets.conference@gmail.com

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Topics of Interest

The topics of interest for the technical program include (but are not
limited to) the following


5G and wireless broadband networks
Technologies for 6-100 GHz spectrum
Visible light communications
Heterogeneous networks (HetNets)
Cognitive radio and white-space networking
Economics of networks
Energy-efficient communications
Cloud computing
Enterprise, data center, and storage-area networks
Internet architecture and protocols, Internet science and emergent behavior
Mobile Sensing
Traffic analysis and engineering
Internet of Things (IoT)
Caching & content delivery systems
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
Mobility and location management

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Conference Highlights

Keynote/Plenary/Banquet Talks
Technical Paper and Poster Sessions
Co-located Workshops
Graduate Research forum
Panel Discussions
Demos& Exhibits

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Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs
Niloy Ganguly, IIT Kharagpur, India
Sergey Gorinsky, IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain
Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice University, USA
Technical Program Chairs
A. Chockalingam, IISc Bangalore, India
Rahul Mangharam, U. Penn, USA
Nishanth Sastry,King’s College London, UK
Panel Chair
Saurabh Bagchi, Purdue University, USA
Publications Chair
Sandeep Chakraborthy, IIT Kharagpur, India
Web Chair
Bharat Dwivedi, SIS Research Centre, SIS-SMU, Singapore
Shivam Vinayak, TCS Innovation Labs, India
Ananda Krishna, Czar Securities, India
Publicity Co-Chairs
Sourav Dandapat, IIT Patna, India
Puneed Jain, HP Labs, USA
Sponsorship Co-Chairs
Sudipta Maitra, New Delhi, India
Rajeev Shorey, TCS Innovation Labs
Local Arrangements Chair
Ananda Krishna, Czar Securities, IndiaSudipta Maitra, New Delhi, India
Raj Sharma, Xerox Bangalore, 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
Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Uday Desai, IIT Hyderabad, India
Giridhar Mandyam, Qualcomm, USA
Rajeev Shorey, TCS Innovation Labs
G. Venkatesh, SASKEN, India