ICIN 2010 - 2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN): “Weaving Applications into the Network Fabric: The Transformational Challenge”

ICIN 2010 approved by IEEE Communications Society for technical co-sponsorship.
ICIN 2010 Call for Papers deadline 23 April
New presentation options available ? Technical Paper Sessions, Work in Progress Sessions and Demonstration Sessions
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ICIN 2009 ? Conclusions and Looking Forward
ICIN 2009 sustained the ICIN tradition of attracting participants from diverse sectors of the ICT industry. The theme of Beyond the Bit Pipes focused attention on technologies and business models that allow end users to benefit from the high speed wired and wireless bit pipes being provided by TelCos.

Applications are currently being developed both centrally and on the edge of the networks, on devices and in clouds. The latest trends in technologies such as Java, SOA, Web 2.0, IMS and others were discussed at ICIN 2009 as well as home networks where new devices like 3D-TV are emerging. Many examples of end user services derived by combining this plethora of possibilities were presented.

ICIN 2009 participants heard how end users are requiring the ability to personalize their own experience and how Web 2.0 technologies and widgets, standard on PCs today, are being adopted on mobile handsets. Handsets increasingly include cameras as standard and that camera is now being enabled for image recognition with automatic tagging for application usage.

The business model track included interesting insights on consolidation and marketing issues based on experiences in the airline and retail industries.

Many of the topics addressed by ICIN 2009 are far from concluded and we will see interesting developments in the coming year. We would like to highlight some areas where we expect significant progress to be reported at ICIN 2010:

There are many programming methods, APIs and standards (de jure and de facto) in our industry. Could the number be reduced in order to ease the complexity for Application Developers and stimulate an increase in the number of applications in the various "TelCo Application Shopping Malls"?
The TelCos' Service Delivery Platform is being challenged but can also be complemented by new initiatives from the WebCos. The Telco SDP should use services from the web and add the unique capabilities and data possessed by the TelCos. The TelCos' SDP APIs should be made available to WebCos and the outside developer community. Service execution should also be considered by means of cloud computing.
Home networks are an imminent possibility and many new devices will be connected in these networks. Do we understand the impact on the service layer and the bandwidth requirements in different parts of the network?
Web 2.0 technologies such as social networks, wikis and blogs have entered into the enterprise and employees have started to use them for internal collaboration. An early usage study from inside a large enterprise was presented at ICIN 2009.
Many new things and machines will be connected and communicate over the bit pipes in the future; what requirements will they put on the industry? The revenue from each "thing" might be low but the number of things will be enormous thus creating new revenue streams for the various players in the ICT domains.
These developments will be presented and debated at ICIN 2010 scheduled for 11-14 October 2010 in Berlin, Germany.