Services, Enablers and Architectures
Supporting business models for a new open world
Submission Deadlines
28 March:
Extended Abstract (Deadline Extended to April 11th)
12 May:
Notification of Paper Acceptance
21 July:
Full Conference Paper
ICIN 2008 Extended Abstract Submission Process
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To submit an extended abstract for consideration to be presented at the ICIN 2008 conference in Bordeaux France, please read the directions and then click here to begin: http://edas.info/6477.
Submissions should indicate which topic (1 to 7) they are addressing in the conference. Abstracts should be submitted in one of the following formats: MS- Word (6.0 or higher), PDF or Postscript. They must include the author’s name, affiliation, email address and postal address, telephone and fax numbers. If submissions are co-authored, the primary recipient of the correspondence should be clearly indicated. Submissions must be written in English and consist of an extended abstract of between 1000 and 1500 words. Abstracts should include relevant figures and tables describing results and should indicate how the abstract will evolve into a final paper. The ICIN Technical Programme Committee reviews all abstracts for relevance, content and originality and it is important for this peer review process that abstracts are of the length requested. Authors of abstracts may be accepted either for presentation or panel sessions or for poster presentations.
Papers presented during ICIN 2007 can be accessed here .
All authors who plan to present an accepted paper or poster must complete their paid registration prior to the papers going to the printer (31 July 2008). There is no refund for cancellation but substitutions may be made at any time prior to the event. Co-authors are considered as delegates from a payment registration perspective.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be requested to provide a full paper for publication in the ICIN Conference Proceedings.
ICIN 2008 Focus
The focus of ICIN 2008 is on supporting business models for a new open world. The aim is to bring together visionary ideas and perspectives on the application of intelligence in web and network technologies. ICIN is the ideal industry forum to explore the interplay between web and telecom technologies, services and players. ICIN 2008 will highlight future services, enablers and architectures that capitalize on the transition to an IP environment and lead to enhanced user expectations and experiences.
ICIN 2008 will include keynote presentations from industry leaders, providing insights into strategic thinking within the communications industry, as well as panel sessions providing the opportunity for interactive debate with invited experts. The conference will be preceded by a day dedicated to tutorials and workshops given by leading authorities to introduce delegates to key technical issues.
Extended Abstract Topics
Prospective authors are invited to submit extended abstracts presenting new research on services, enablers and architectures. ICIN welcomes proposals for papers concerning the interplay of intelligence in end-user devices, access networks, core network signalling and control, as well as applications, service architectures and business models which build on this interplay.
Submissions that reflect new thinking and offer new perspectives will be favoured. Submissions should be either technical or business oriented; commercial presentations will be rejected. Submissions that are regarded as recycled presentations from other events or conferences will also be rejected.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Services and Applications
- Web 2.0, web services
- IPTV (including Internet TV), mobile TV, interactive TV
- Gaming
- SIM card-based
- New payment methods (including mobile payment)
- Video applications
- Advanced voice applications
- Services and mobility
- Communications car-to-car / automotive services
- Open APIs for social networking
- Social and behavioural changes related to blogs, wikis, etc.
- Social networking, community services and user generated content
- Self-managed services
- Mobile advertising
- Enablers
- Context: personal, group and spatial
- Environment and device actuating
- Billing data collection and management,
- Charging
- Group management and group communication
- Identity management and privacy enhancement
- Identity management and security
- Profile management and policy management
- Location
- Logging
- Notification
- Presence
- Messaging
- Proximity sensing
- Architectures
- Alternative operator perspectives
- IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
- Integration of new services in existing environments
- Service delivery platforms on top of IMS
- Peer-to-peer (P2P)
- Service composition and interactions
- Service life cycle management
- Changing the way of introducing services
- Network overlay management
- Consequences and perspectives of IPv6
- Flat IP architectures
- IP transformation
- Business Models
- Internet versus telecom
- VNOs (IPTV-VNOs, MVNOs)
- New value chains / revenue models
- Partnerships
- Network Infrastructure and Devices
- Evolution of IP transport services
- Intelligence at the IP layer
- Advanced QoS management
- Mobility support
- Advanced SIM cards
- 4G, LTE and WiMAX
- Fixed mobile convergence
- Session continuity / Voice Call Continuity (VCC)
- Terminals, home networking, set top boxes
- CPE (including auto-configuration and self-provisioning)
- Ad hoc access networks
- Interoperability and ecosystems
- Security
- Implementation Experiences
- Converged services (fixed, mobile, web, TV, etc.)
- Experiences from early IMS projects
- Experiences using open source code
- Enhancing the User Experience
- Accessing services via IPTV interfaces
- Combining web-interfaces and communication services
- Intuitive GUI designs for converged (web & telecom) services
- Key elements of "quality of user experience" for converged services
- Multimedia user interfaces for enhanced user experience
- Multi-modal, multi-device and migratory user interfaces
- Successful new web interface design
- Usability testing results for converged services
- User interfaces for handheld devices
Oral Presentations
Presentations are grouped into sessions, each chaired by a member of the Technical Programme Committee. Session chairs will provide coaching and guidance to presenters to ensure a stimulating session in which both key points of agreement and contrasting perspectives are highlighted. During the conference, one or more outstanding papers will be selected and recognized.
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