COMSNETS

17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS

To promote strategies to facilitate activities related to Communications, Networking, Security, Communication Middleware, Software and related areas such as Applications and Services.

To help create professional interest communities or special interest groups in the areas of communications, networking and related areas.

To enable and sponsor world class conferences, workshops, symposiums with an objective of creating a world class gathering of researchers from academia and industry, practitioners, business leaders, intellectual property experts and venture capitalists, providing a launch pad for new innovative business and technology.

To create, manage and provide grants towards travel of students and faculty in order to attend conferences, workshops, seminars etc both domestic as well as at international level.

To encourage recognition of related activities in communication systems and networking related activities performed by individuals or groups and promote awards.

To assist the development of volunteer leaders among members and promote their representation in appropriate COMSNETS organizational units.

To interact with other similar institutions having similar objectives for mutual benefit.

To work and collaborate with other non – profit professional organizations such as academic institutions, government departments, IEEE, ACM, CSI, INAE etc.

To foster the growth of basic research and education in Computer, Communications and Networking in India.

To help disseminate advanced knowledge to the Computer Communications and networking community engaged in high level teaching, research and developmental activities.

To contribute to increased interaction among Electronics and Communication Engineers and scientists in India and their counterparts abroad.

To improve the quality of Communications software practice in India and abroad.

Interact with governmental agencies/bodies to identify and support emerging thrust areas in electronics, communications and networking.

Topics of Interest

The topics of interest include (but not limited to) the following:

Wireless

5G and wireless broadband networks Technologies for 6-100 GHz spectrum WLAN, RFID, and NFC Visible light communications Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) Cognitive radio and white-space networking CubeSats/Satellite networking Long-range/Low-power wide-area wireless networking Connected unmanned aerial/terrestrial/underwater systems

Data Center & Edge

Enterprise, data center, and storage-area networks Edge & Cloud computing/networking Multimedia networking

Green Networking

Economics of networks Energy-efficient communications Sustainable Networking

Testbeds

Studies on testbeds and large-scale experimental platforms

Architecture

Network architecture, protocols & science Traffic analysis and engineering Caching and Content delivery systems Information/Content centric networks (ICN) Network management and operations SDN/NFV and Network Programmability Internet Measurement and Modeling Big Data and machine learning for networks Web applications and content distribution

Mobility & IoT

Mobility and location management Mobile sensing Vehicular networks and intelligent transportation Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Grid communications and networking Machine Learning and AI in Networking & IoT Crowdsourcing

Blockchain & Security

Network security and privacy Trusted computing Blockchain and Distributed Ledger