MCC 2012 - Multimedia Computing and Communications (MCC) Symposium, ICNC 2012

Multimedia Computing and Communications (MCC) Symposium, ICNC 2012
Jan. 30 ? Feb. 2, 2012, Maui, Hawaii, USA
http://www.conf-icnc.org/
Scope:
Pervasive and immersive consumer communications is gaining increasing attention from consumer electronics manufactures and service providers. The wired and wireless network infrastructures with heterogeneous home network and varieties of powerful smart devices will eventually provide a transparent social and entertainment platform for all consumers. This symposium aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to share interesting ideas, present novel results, discuss potential challenges, and propose new research directions in consumer communications and home networks. To ensure complete coverage of this broad area, the Consumer Communications and Home Networks Symposium solicits original contributions in, but not limited to, the following topical areas:

* System design for social networks
* Real world applications of social network
* Mobile and pervasive social networks
* Green home networking
* Content distribution in home networking
* Management of home network and devices
* Applications and services for home network
* Coupling mobile devices with home network
* Smart devices on home network
* Over-the-top video and entertainment services
* Standards for home network (UPnP, DLNA, etc)

Please follow the author instructions at http://www.conf-icnc.org/author.htm
Direct paper submission weblink of this symposium can be found at http://www.conf-icnc.org/cfp.htm

All accepted and presented papers in ICNC 2012 will be included in IEEE Xplore database. Selected high-quality papers will be invited to publish an extended version of journal paper on a special issue of Journal of Communications.

Important Dates:

* Paper submission: July 24, 2011
* Paper Acceptance: Sept. 20, 2011
* Camera-ready paper: Oct. 20, 2011

Symposium Co-chairs
Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK
Email: mko-AT-cs.stir.ac.uk
Zhu Liu, AT&T Labs Research, USA
Email: zliu-AT-research.att.com