2021 13th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS) Indexed by Scopus & IEEE

 The 13^th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS) virtual conference will be held from January 5-9, 2021. 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 a 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.

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 Mobility and Location Management 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 SDN/NFV and Network Programmability Internet Measurement and Modeling Systems and Networks for Smarter Energy and Sustainability Vehicular Communications Smart Grid Communications and Networking Machine Learning and AI in Networking Big Data Analytics in Networking, Including IoT Analytics Blockchain and Distributed Ledger

Papers submitted to the main conference should be prepared in standard IEEE conference format and should contain no more than eight pages of technical content, plus one page of references. We will follow a single-blind review policy. Please check the conference website for more details. The selected best papers from COMSNETS 2021 will be invited for submission of their significant extended version at a special issue in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal (2019 I.F. 3.643). Conference Highlights Keynote/Invited/Banquet Talks Technical Paper and Poster Sessions Graduate Research Forum Panel Discussions Demos and Exhibits Mentoring Sessions COMSJOB Co-Located Workshops Cyber Security & BlockChain MINDS IMOBILE AIMS NetHealth LastMileS ITS Keynote Speakers Sunita Sarawagi, IIT Bombay, India  Jennifer Rexford, Princeton University, USA Michele Zorzi, University of Padua, Italy Invited Speakers Dinesh Bharadia, UCSD, USA Harsha Madhyastha, University of Michigan, USA Sharayu Moharir, IIT Bombay, India K P Naveen, IIT Tirupati, India Damith Ranasinghe, University of Adelaide, Australia Winston Seah, VUW, New Zealand Pooja Vyavahare, IIT Tirupati, India

Important Dates and Deadlines   Abstract submission: 7 October 2020, 11:59 pm AoE Paper submission: 7 October 2020, 11:59 pm AoE Notification of Acceptance: 31 October 2020 Camera-Ready Submission: 15 November 2020 Main Conference: 6–8 January 2021 Workshops: 5 and 9 January 2021 COMSNETS provides generous travel grants to International student applicants who have an accepted paper at the conference. Please see the home page for details.

Poster Session The COMSNETS 2021 Poster Session is a forum to showcase preliminary/ongoing work in the area of computer networking and communications. Poster presenters will benefit from lively discussions and critical feedback on their work in progress. Accepted posters will be published in the conference proceedings. Important Dates and Deadlines for Posters   Paper Submission: 15 October 2020, 11:59 pm AoE Notification of Acceptance: 1 December 2020 Camera-Ready Submission: 15 December 2020

Demos and Exhibits

COMSNETS invites demos from researchers, startups, and corporates showcasing cutting edge information technologies and their applications. All accepted demos will be considered for the Best Demo Award.