IEEE ANTS 2014 Call For Papers.

Call for Papers/Tutorials/PhD Forum Abstracts
IEEE ANTS 2014
Eighth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and
Telecommunication Systems (ANTS)
Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society
www.ieee-comsoc-ants.org
Dec. 14-17, 2014, New Delhi, INDIA
Submission Deadline:
July 25, 2014 (Technical Papers)
August 15, 2014 (Tutorials, Panels, Exhibits/Demos, PhD Student Forum)
Paper submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18053
ABOUT IEEE ANTS
ANTS is the premier IEEE forum on networking and telecommunications
topics in India and the only conference financially sponsored by IEEE
Communications Society. One of the distinguishing goals of IEEE ANTS
is to promote an intense dialogue between academia and industry to
bridge the gap between academic research, industry initiatives, and
governmental policies. This is fostered through panel discussions,
keynotes, invited talks and industry exhibits where academia is
exposed to state-of-practice and results from trials and
interoperability experiments. The industry in turn benefits by
exposure to leading-edge research in networking as well as the
opportunity to communicate with academic researchers regarding
practical problems that require further research.
SCOPE
We are witnessing a paradigm shift in networking where the end user
demands and cloud computing based service paradigms are influencing
evolving network architectures, system designs and service delivery
models. Over-the-Top (OTT) players, consumer electronic vendors, IT
providers and 3rd party software developers have entered the service
delivery value chain fostering an open environment challenging the
hegemony of traditional network operators. IT & Telecom, hitherto
distinct domains, are now spoken of as ICT (Information and
Communications Technologies) symbolizing the close inter-working of
these disciplines in the emerging service delivery
architectures. Different vertical industries such as energy utilities,
health-care, automotive, banking & finance, retail, media
entertainment are leveraging network technologies in innovative ways
to offer branded services directly or in partnership with network
providers. Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) have
opened new vistas for communications and networking technologies.
IEEE ANTS 2014 will feature a rich industry program comprising of
keynote addresses, invited talks and panel discussions to complement a
high quality technical program of peer-reviewed papers, tutorials, and
Ph.D. student forum presentations bringing together experts from
industry, academia and government. The conference will provide an
exciting meeting ground for the confluence and exchange of ideas among
participants from all over the world.
IEEE ANTS 2014 will feature both long (6-page) and short (3-page)
papers in three broad areas.  Authors are strongly encouraged to
submit original, high quality research papers addressing topics of
interest to both industry and academia, focusing on (but not limited
to) the following thrust areas:
1. Wireline Networks (including topics such as):
Cloud and data center networks
Software-Defined networks
Core network architectures and protocols
Metro and access networks
Optical communications and networking
Architectures for high-performance routers and switches
Storage networks
Green communication networks
High-Performance computing networks
Network architectures for the Smart Grid
Power line communication networks
Disaster-aware and survivable networking
2. Wireless Networks (including topics such as):
Mobile ad hoc networks
Wireless mesh networks
Cellular and broadband wireless networks (LTE, LTE-A, 5G, etc.)
Cognitive radio networks
Convergence of optical and wireless access networks
Converged cloud radio access networks
Green wireless communication networks
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications
Mobile backhaul networks
Next generation mobile/wireless networks
Networks for Internet-of-Things (IoT)
Optical wireless (free space optics) networks
Satellite communication networks
Sensor networks and embedded systems
Smart grid communication networks
Vehicular ad hoc networks
White space networks
Wireless body area networks
Wireless local and personal area networks
3. Network Applications and related (including topics such as):
Cyber-physical systems and networks
Big Data and e-Science Applications
Data and File sharing
Embedded Analytics
Energy-Efficient Green networking and Sustainability
IPTV, Video-on-Demand, Telepresence, Collaboration tools
M-Health, E-Health, and Smart Health-care
Middleware services
Network virtualization
Online social networking
Peer-to-peer networks
Security, trust and privacy in networks
Smartphone networked apps
Standardization
Telecom service assurance
Triple-play architectures and applications
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
(1) TECHNICAL PAPERS: Authors must submit their papers using EDAS on
or before July 25, 2014. All papers will be reviewed for technical
content and scope by a technical program committee. All accepted and
presented papers would be digitally archived through IEEE Xplore.
The page limits are SIX pages for the long paper track and THREE pages
for the short paper track. Papers should be in PDF format, two
columns, font size 10 or greater and compliant with other IEEE ANTS
manuscript guidelines.
Submitted papers must be unpublished and not currently under review
for any other publication. Authors of accepted papers must sign an
IEEE copyright release form and also present their paper at the
conference for the paper to be included in IEEE Xplore.
A subset of the accepted papers will be considered for special issues
of journals including the Springer Photonic Network Communications
Journal. A small number of papers may be accepted for poster
presentation instead of oral presentation.
(2) TUTORIALS: Proposals are solicited from domain experts to cover
current topics directly relevant to the conference such as (but not
limited to): Cloud and Data Center Networks, IPTV, Video-on-Demand,
Smartphone Networked Apps, Software Defined Networking (SDN),
Information Centric Networking, Wireless Networks, Optical Networks,
etc.  Proposals must provide an in-depth survey of a chosen topic with
the option of describing a particular piece of work in detail and a
meaningful summary of open issues in the topic. Proposed tutorials
should be comprehensive, informative, and appealing to ANTS 2014
attendees.
Each tutorial will be for 3.5 hours with a half-hour break. Tutorial
instructors must make a commitment to prepare the tutorial materials
(e.g., slides) reflecting high quality standards. All tutorials will
be featured prominently in the conference program.
Each tutorial proposal should have: (i) A single page abstract that
includes: Title of the tutorial, Name and affiliation and a short
biography of the instructor(s), Description of the tutorial scope,
Intended audience; and (ii) A description at most 2 pages long that
includes: Main topics (preferably with some description) to be covered
during the tutorial; if relevant, a description of real-world systems,
experiences and/or case studies, details of the new
knowledge/perspectives gained by the audience attending the tutorial.
Tutorial proposals should be directly EMAILED to the Tutorial
Co-Chairs by Aug 15, 2014.
(3) PANELS: Panel proposals should contain the Panel Title, Scope,
Lead Panelist and a list of 3-4 Panel Members; proposals should be
directly EMAILED to the Panel Co-Chairs by Aug 15, 2014.
(4) Ph.D. STUDENT FORUM: A single page extended abstract describing
their Ph.D. work (preferably work-in-progress and/or planned) must be
submitted. Please include title, name of student, advisor(s),
department and institution information. The abstracts are to be
submitted through EDAS (Link:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18053&track=59391) by Aug 15, 2014.
(5) EXHIBIT/DEMOS: IEEE ANTS 2014 will include exhibit/demonstration
sessions that shall provide a forum to present and discuss:
industry/academia demonstrations of new products, applications and
techniques, practical implementations; industrial and commercial
developments, research testbeds and implementations.
A 3-page extended abstract describing the main contributions of the
exhibits/demo and the merits of the proposed ideas must be
submitted. Demonstration submissions should include the space, power,
network connectivity requirements and/or any other equipment-specific
requirements. The documents must contain the authors' names,
affiliations, contact information and the designated corresponding
author. Proposals will be evaluated mainly based on their potential to
stimulate interesting discussions, exchange of ideas and promote
collaborations.
The proposal must be directly EMAILED to the Exhibit/Demo Co-Chairs by
Aug 15, 2014.
IEEE and IEEE Communications Society Policies:
All IEEE ANTS 2014 technical papers must be associated with an author
registration at the FULL rate. For authors presenting multiple papers,
one FULL registration is valid for up to three papers. IEEE reserves
the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference
(e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the
conference.
Important Dates:
Paper submissions: July 25, 2014
Tutorial, Panel, Exhibits/Demos, PhD Forum Submissions: Aug 15, 2014
Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2014
Camera-Ready Submission and Author Registration: October 31, 2014
(For Technical Paper, Exhibit/Demo and PhD Student Forum)
Early-bird Registration Ends: Nov. 15, 2014
Conference dates: December 14 - 17, 2014
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Co-Chairs:
Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Deepak Kataria, IPJunction Inc., USA
Vipin Tyagi, C-DOT, New Delhi, India
General Vice-Chair:
Bhabani P. Sinha, ISI, Kolkata, India
TPC Co-Chairs:
Vinod Vokkarane, Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Swades De, IIT Delhi, India
TPC Vice Chair:
Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, IIT Hyderabad, India
Industry Co-Chair:
Ravi Gupta, C-DOT, India
Panels Co-Chairs:
Pamela Kumar, Cloud Computing Innovation Initiative, India
Tutorials Co-Chairs:
Kalimani Venkatesan, Aricent, India
Vijay Mann, IBM, India
Sponsorships Co-Chair:
Anuj Malik, Infinera, USA
Demos/Exhibits Co-Chair:
M. Bala Krishna, GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
PhD Student Forum Co-Chairs:
Adrish Banerjee, IIT Kanpur
Raja Datta, IIT Kharagpur
Ketan Rajawat, IIT Kanpur
Publications Co-Chairs:
Satyajayant Misra, New Mexico State University, USA
Saigopal Thota, UC Davis, USA
Publicity Co-Chairs:
Seshadri Mohan, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
T. Rama Rao, SRM University, Chennai, India
Ming Xia, Ericsson Research Silicon Valley, USA  
Website Co-Chairs
Kartik Gopalan, SUNY at Binghamton, USA
Pan Yi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:
Atul Kumar Gupta, C-DOT, India
Rajiv Bhasin, C-DOT, India
Registration Co-Chair:
Pankaj Dalela, C-DOT, India
STEERING COMMITTEE
Sudhir Dixit, HP, USA (Chair)
Deepak Kataria, IPJunction Inc, USA
Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
T. Rama Rao, SRM University, Chennai, India
Krishna Sivalingam, IIT Madras, India
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Biswanath Mukherjee, UC Davis, USA (Chair)
Ashok Chandra, Wireless Adviser to the Govt of India (Former), India
I. Vijaya Kumar, Indian Angel Network, India
Viswanath (Vishy) Poosala, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, India