Camera Ready Paper Submission Guidelines

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  Authors of the accepted papers should strictly adhere to the following guidelines while submitting their final camera ready manuscript(s). Any paper found violating these will not be accepted for the conference proceedings.
  

  1.	No pictures or biographies of the authors are allowed anywhere in the manuscript.
  2.	The paper should be no longer than six pages, 10pt and should follow the IEEE double column format. Please use the WORD / LATEX templates given below while formating your paper.
  3.	For inclusion of the paper in the conference proceedings, every accepted paper must be accompanied by at least one full registration. Where an author has more than one accepted paper, he/she has to register for each paper separately.
  4.	The deadline for submission of the final manuscript in PDF format, after incorporating reviewers' comments if any, is October 20, 2008. No extension will be given. All final manuscripts should be submitted only through EDAS portal.
  5.	The pre-registration deadline for the authors of the accepted papers is October 25, 2008.
  6.	The completed IEEE copyright form must be submitted online through EDAS by October 20, 2008.
  7.	All PDF submissions should be IEEE Xplore compliant. If your file is not Xplore complaint, it will NOT be published and will be removed from the IMSAA 2008 conference proceedings and the IEEE Xplore database. To meet these requirements, you must ensure that your PDF file is compliant by using the IEEE PDF express system before you submit your paper to the EDAS portal. Guidelines: i. Please go to the IEEE PDF eXpress site at:http://www.pdf-express.org/ ii. Click on the link "New Users - Click Here" and fill in your information. You will need the Conference ID which is: imsaa08x For any assistance regarding PDF eXpress, please click on the following link: http://www.pdf-express.org/frhelp.asp

  
  

  Selected Papers & Posters

  • Selected Papers
  1. 1569133023,1569139639,1569141317,1569142015,1569142143,1569142495,1569142629,
  2. 1569142655,1569143201,1569143563,1569143781,1569143891,1569144139,1569144195,
  3. 1569144353,1569144519,1569144777,1569144815,1569144828,1569144840,1569144969,
  4. 1569145085,1569145131,1569145142,1569145173,1569145191,1569145207,1569145225,
  5. 1569145283,1569145405,1569145624,1569148833,1569148869,1569148931,1569149087
  
  
  
  • Selected Posters
  1. 1569142555,1569142661,1569144823,1569145123,1569145385,1569145975
  
  

  Best Paper Award

  As evaluated by TPC Chairs and TPC Members THREE papers will be given Best Paper Award for IMSAA 08 viz 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. The winners will be declared during the conference. These awards have been supported by Telcordia, USA.

  
  

  Other Details

  
  Please see Below for the Broad Areas and General Instructions for Uploading the Paper (*IEEE Xplore process has been initiated). EDAS Website for Paper Registration and Submission.  
  
  • Architectures and Runtimes for IMS Elements
  1. Application Server Architectures and Converged Containers
  2. Architectures for Rich and Scalable Presence
  3. Service Mediation and Billing Platforms
  • IMS Core Services
  1. Real-time Service Support: (voice, video calls, multimedia conferencing, multiplayer gaming)
  2. Content/Context-aware services: (Location, presence, social and community context)
  3. Service Creation Environments (IMS, SCIM, Service Delivery Platforms, Integrated environments)
  • Device, Subscriber, Service and Network Management
  1. Provisioning and management (Handsets, PDA's, Set top Box, Home Gateway)
  2. Subscriber and User Profile Management
  3. Managing the quality of the user experience (QoE, QoS)
  4. End to end Performance Measurement and modeling (signaling, media,services)
  • Operator Network Planning
  1. Routing and Load Balancing
  2. Redundancy and Fault Tolerance
  3. MVNO Operations and Support
  • Novel IMS-based Applications
  1. Gaming and mixed-reality
  2. Environmental and Sensor Monitoring
  3. Multimedia Content Sharing
  4. Converged IN
  5. Converged Home Network
  6. IPTV over IMS
  • Security, Identity Management and Privacy
  1. Privacy and Security in Composite Applications
  2. Privacy in LBS
  3. IMS authentication
  • IMS mobility
  1. Heterogeneous Mobility
  2. Roaming issues
  3. Mobility performance
  • IMS and Alternative Technologies
  1. P2P and IMS (VoIP, Instant Messaging, Gaming)
  2. Integrating IMS and Web2.0 services (Mashups, Rich Internet Applications)
  3. User-generated Services and Content
  4. IMS simplification
  5. Non-IMS support
  • Case Studies and Status of IMS deployment
  1. Interoperability Testing
  2. IMS Support in Vendor Products
  3. Benchmarking IMS Services and Applications
  • Testbeds and Software Tools
  1. Service Test and Validation Platforms
  2. Open Source Initiatives
  3. Benchmarking IMS Services and Applications
  • IMS Clients and Devices
  1. IMS-aware consumer devices
  2. Media/communication platforms

• The sample manuscript for submission:

1. Templates
   Microsoft Word	Linux/Unix
   A4	LaTex

Paper Submission Format: Papers must be submitted in IEEE format (.pdf file).
The EDAS Website for Paper Registration and Submission.  
Papers for review: Double-column, 10pt IEEE format and no longer than 6 pages
(including all figures and references).
Camera ready paper: It will be in double-column, IEEE format, but in 10 pt font,
and no longer than 6 pages (including all figures and references).

Due to recent IEEE COMSOC Technical Sponsorship the Last and Final Date for CFP has been extended to: 25th August'08 23:59:59 (EST, USA)

Paper Review Notification: 10th October, 2008

Paper Camera Ready: 20th October 2008

** Students with accepted paper will be provided free accommodation at IIIT-Bangalore campus,subject to availability.