CALL FOR PAPERS
Technically co-sponsored by
the IEEE United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Section Computer Chapter
the IEEE United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Section Communications Chapter ; and
the European Council for Modelling and Simulation (ECMS)
Proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press
IMPORTANT DATES
| Paper Submission: | 7 May 2009 |
| Notification of Acceptance: | 30 May 2009 |
| Author/Early Registration | 20 June 2009 |
| Camera Ready | 22 June 2009 |
| Tutorials | 15 September 2009 |
| Exhibition | 16-17 September 2009 |
| Conference Dates | 16-18 September 2009 |
Leading Keynote Speakers from industry and Academia
Following the distinctive success of NGMAST’07 and '08, the NGMAST '09 Conference will be also held in Wales iconic building in Cardiff Bay, the Millennium Centre.
Following the established tradition, NGMAST'09 will focus on all novel aspects of technology, application and service development within the Mobile and Wireless Communications community. It aims to bring together a wide spectrum of international experts from the fields of research, business and policy, to facilitate a creative forum for the promotion of collaboration and knowledge transfer.
In particular it will facilitate a dialogue between Government, SMEs, major industry players and academia to help create pathways for the development of common goals in a convergent network environment.
Conference themes include but not limited to:
Next Generation Mobile Services
- IMS service architecture
- Fixed-Mobile Convergence and IMS
- Next Generations Service Management and delivery
- Software System design for Mobile services
- Multimedia and Multicast services
- Peer-to-Peer Services
- Client-Server based services
- Service platforms for the Digital Economy
- Innovative services on IMS Application Servers
- Location-based services
- Context/Content-aware services
- Security services
- IMS Billing, Accounting and Charging
- Web 2.0 for IMS
- IMS interfaces for Web 2.0 services
Next Generation Mobile Applications
- SIP-based applications on IMS
- Mobile TV and multicast applications
- Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications
- Real-time multimedia applications
- Mobile gaming
- High-speed data applications on mobile networks
- Web 2.0 applications and IMS
- Secure Mobile banking applications
- Mobile GIS applications
- Mobile health care and medical applications
- Innovative platforms and applications for assisted living
- Home automation and monitoring applications
- M-commerce
- M-learning
- M-entertainment
- Mobile applications user interface and design
- Mobile Search engines
- Mobile social networking
- Mobile Mixed Reality
- proximity/sensors/NFC based mobile services
Next Generation Mobile Technologies
- IMS deployment experiences
- Next generation access technologies
- Fixed-Mobile Convergence and IMS
- Mobile Broadband technologies
- HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE Advance
- WiMax
- Ad hoc and sensor networks
- Femtocells
- Mobile vehicular technologies
- Adaptation techniques for next generation networks and services
- End-to-End quality of service
- Resource Allocation and Management strategies
- Ambient and pervasive networking
- Energy conservation technologies
Standardization and Ethical issues for beyond 3G
- Open Telco Initiatives
- Web3.0 and telco 3.0 proposals
- Inter-operability and optimization issues
- Beyond 3G and Society
- Next Generations Network Management and Operation strategy
Opportunities and Activities
The three day conference programme will combine keynote speakers from both industry and academia with a multi-track technical programme. There will be opportunities to attend interactive, high quality, peer reviewed sessions which will provide detailed insights from forward thinkers working in the themes of the conference. The conference will include a number of specialised workshops as well.
Additionally there will be an exhibition for both international business and niche market SMEs to display their latest products and services and to undertake a range of networking opportunities.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Full papers reporting original and unpublished research results on
NGMAST topics are solicited. Submissions must not be under consideration
for publication elsewhere while being evaluated for this conference.
- FORMATTING: The proceedings will be published by the prestigious IEEE Computer Society Press. Submissions must be in IEEE two-column format and must not exceed 6 pages, including figures, tables and references. The cover page should contain title, author names, affiliations, and email addresses. Please indicate clearly the corresponding author. Include up to five keywords from the above list and an abstract of no more than 300 words.
- HOW TO SUBMIT: The paper submission for NGMAST'09 will only be accepted through the EDAS Paper Submission System accessible from the link on the website. Only papers in PDF will be accepted for reviewing. Submissions as e-mail attachment will not be accepted.
- REVIEWING: Consistent with standard practice, each submitted paper will receive rigorous peer reviewing. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance and clarity of presentation. Selection will be based on full papers. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. All accepted papers of the conference are expected to be presented and will be included in the conference proceedings.
- CAMERA READY MANUSCRIPT: Accepted papers will need to be formatted in IEEE format (see publication guidelines on the conference website). Camera ready papers must be submitted directly to IEEE through a link that will be activated on the conference website. Again: Only PDF files will be accepted!
