ICIN 2016 - 19th conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks

The Call for Papers for the ICIN 2016 conference is available and submissions are open through the EDAS system. Prospective authors are invited to submit review manuscripts.
Since 1989 the ICIN conferences have been bringing together leading internet and telecom experts from industry, universities and government worldwide. ICIN operates on a rigorous peer review process and has an enviable track record of identifying key technology and service trends ? and analyzing their impact on business models ? before they become widely recognized. The acceptance rate of the 2015 edition was 36% for full papers. Each paper was evaluated by at least 5 reviewers.
ICIN 2016 seeks original and unpublished contributions describing original research and innovation in the following areas:
+ Full paper sessions:
- Network IT-isation and 5G;
- Big data insights for networking;
- Real-time communication platforms and services;
- Internet of Things.
+ Short paper sessions:
- Research agenda for 2020-2025;
- Demo track.
+ Call for panels.
Submissions should be made electronically through EDAS at http://edas.info/N20187
Submission deadline: 30 September 2015
Notification of paper acceptance by: 15 November 2015
Final paper: 15 January 2016
If you have any questions please contact cfp-AT-icin.co.uk.
The following topics will be particularly investigated:
Track A: Network IT-isation and 5G
- New paradigms for network architecture and operations
- Cloud technologies and network functions virtualisation (NFV)
o Applying new software paradigms to network functions and network OS (e.g., micro-services, API management, DevOps)
o Virtualization technologies (e.g., hypervisor-based versus Containers)
o Mobile Edge Computing
o Network as a service, third-party openness
o Service chaining
o Impact on OSS/BSS, towards real-time OSS
o Energy efficiency, performance and availability
- 5G
o Multi-access (e.g., fixed-mobile convergence, overarching resource & mobility management, new access types, network ID management), IoT networks
o Evolutions of the core network, use cases for modular control planes
o Network slicing
o Flexible Cloud-based RAN architectures
- Software Defined Networking (SDN)
o Control and forwarding plane separation
o SDN for real-time communications
o SDN and NFV cross-fertilisation
o Relation to policy-based management
- Policy-based and Intent-based networking
- Cross-layer solutions in existing and future networks, e.g. SPUD
- Flexible and autonomic network management, new operation models
- Evolution of business models, business cases for NFV
- Managing the transition from legacy to the fully virtualized networks; case study, test-beds, field trial experiences, implementation roadmaps
Track B: Big data insights for networking
- Mining cloud and network data, probes and storage
- Data analytics algorithms and platforms
- Predictive approaches for multimedia service delivery
- Cross-layer topology awareness
- Optimization of network services
- Big data usage for third-parties
- Security and privacy
- Business models and regulation
Track C: Real-time communication platforms and services
- New paradigms for real-time communication and/or large-scale streaming
o WebRTC and http-based signalling
o Trustful Identity Management
o Context awareness
o High performance real-time infrastructures
o QoE probing and assessment
o Application-Network collaborations, requirements on network services
o Business aspects
o Security and privacy implications
o Future of emergency communications
- Media processing
- Full stack approaches
- New design and programming models, e.g. micro-services, containers
- Innovative services and applications, impact on business models, enterprise market
- User interface design innovations, human computer interface (HCI), usability
Track D: Internet of Things
- IoTPS (Internet of Things, People and Services)
o Social IoT
o Objects architecture and middleware
o Data mining and big data, distributed storage, data fusion, distributed sensing and control, sensors data management
o Business and delivery models
o Security, trust and privacy, identity management
o Collaborative applications and systems, context awareness
- Test-beds and business cases; field trial experiences in the domain of smart cities, building automation systems, e-Health, intelligent transport systems, energy management, personal medical monitoring, vehicular systems, residential appliances and systems, structural monitoring of infrastructure
Special Session: Research agenda for 2020-2025 (short papers)
- Future challenges for Industry, future directions for Academia: What should be the main topics for research in the forthcoming years?
- Impact of disrupting actors and technologies, e.g.
o New organizational models (e.g. DevOps, agility…),
o New ecosystems,
o Market structure, multi-sided business competition, value chain,
o Regulatory stakes,
o Future of standardization, open source models…
- Future of mass market, e.g.
o New needs of individuals,
o Who care about privacy?
o Future of universal telephony…
- Future of enterprise market, e.g.
o New needs of corporations, future of IT departments, servitization,
o BYOD, IT consumerization, IT governance,
o Collaboration and Enterprise Social Systems (ESS),
o Evolution of networking needs, security and privacy…
Demo Track (short papers)
ICIN 2016 invites proposals for research prototypes and demonstrations on all the topics from tracks A, B, C and D. Prospective contributors are expected to write a short paper proposal, preferably including a system architecture illustration.
Call for panel:
ICIN 2016 solicits proposals for panels. These proposals should indicate a brief description of the topic and why it will be of interest to the audience. Panel topics should be related to the main themes of the conference and involve various perspectives and viewpoints. Proposals should include a suggestion for a panel moderator (if different from the submitter) and potential panelists.
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Stuart Sharrock, Chairman
ICIN International Advisory Board
chair-AT-icin.co.uk
Emmanuel Bertin, Chairman
ICIN Technical Programme Committee
cfp-AT-icin.co.uk