[Tccc] IFIP/IEEE IM 2013 QCMan Workshop (registration deadline in one month)

Steven Latre steven.latreatintec.ugent.be
Wed Nov 28 04:00:14 EST 2012



 Dear Colleagues,

Please consider submitting a paper to QCMan 2013. The paper registration 
deadline is one month from now (28 December 2012).
Apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP.  

CALL FOR PAPERS : QCMAN 2013

1st IFIP/IEEE Workshop on QoE Centric Management - Part of IFIP/IEEE IM 2013

Ghent, Belgium,  31 May 2013
http://www.qcman.org

ABSTRACT REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 28 December 2012

PAPER SUBMISSIONS DUE: 4 January 2013

The First IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Experience Centric 
Management (QCMan) will be held in conjunction with IFIP/IEEE IM 2013 in Ghent, 
Belgium, from May 27-31, 2013. The workshop is sponsored by the IEEE 
Communications Society (ComSoc) & IFIP and supported by the Technical 
University Eindhoven and Ghent University-iMinds. The workshop is endorsed by 
the Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). In recent 
years, the Internet has evolved from a pure packet forwarder to a provider of 
complex and high demanding services and applications (e.g., video, voice, 
on-line gaming, cloud applications). These services and applications are 
typically managed through a set of Quality of Services parameters (e.g. packet 
loss, delay, jitter). However, it is widely agreed that the management of these 
services and applications should be centered on their quality as perceived by 
the end user: the Quality of Experience (QoE). However, this QoE centric 
management is greatly challenged in todays Internet by (i) the stringent QoE 
requirements of the supported services and applications (e.g., timing 
constraints, loss intolerance) and users (e.g., unpredictability of user 
behavior, request for high quality services), (ii) the plethora of service 
consumption possibilities (e.g. for video: live vs on-demand, managed vs 
over-the-top), (iii) the inherent complexity of services and applications which 
can be offered to users in several ways to reach the same QoE level and (iv) 
the difficulty in assessing the quality as perceived by the end user also due 
to insufficient insight in the psychological and sociological factors of the 
service and application consumption. QCMan 2013 aims at providing an 
international forum for researchers addressing these challenges. QCMan 2013 
will combine original full paper presentations with a motivating keynote to 
thoroughly explore this challenging topic.



TOPICS OF INTEREST

Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to the topic 
areas listed below:
Characterization of QoE

Definition of QoE: methods and tools
Relationship between QoE and QoS in multimedia networking
Objective & subjective QoE assessment of multimedia delivery systems
New objective & subjective methods and algorithms
QoE-aware management systems

QoE management in heterogeneous networks
QoE optimized multimedia network management
Adaptive video streaming in Over-The-Top and IPTV networks
QoE issues of multimedia services and applications
QoE management of multimedia services over wireless networks
Energy efficient QoE management
QoE driven network diagnostics, tracing, troubleshooting 

Nature-like techniques for QoE management
Adaptive QoE management
Self-organization techniques for the management of multimedia services
Cognitive approaches, self-learning and Computational Intelligence-based 
algorithms for QoE management
Autonomic techniques for QoE management
Policy-based QoE management

QoE oriented coding
Streaming aware video encoding
QoE oriented coding for multimedia streaming
Energy aware video coding and decoding

Experimental approaches
Subjective studies in commercial settings
Subjective studies in a controlled lab environments
QoE of mobile services
Experimental facilities for QoE evaluation of algorithms and services
Subjective QoE evaluation pilots


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Paper submissions must present original, research or experiences. Late-breaking 
advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also 
encouraged. Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for 
publication elsewhere can be submitted. Each submission must be written in 
English, accompanied by a 75 to 200 word abstract and a list of up to 5 key 
words. There is a length limitation of 6 pages (including title, abstract, 
figures, tables, and references) for workshop papers. Papers exceeding these 
limits, multiple submissions, and self-plagiarized papers will be rejected 
without further review. At least one author of accepted papers must be present 
at the workshop, to present the paper. Accepted papers will be published in the 
IFIP/IEEE proceedings (electronically and on-line on IEEE Xplore) and indexed 
accordingly.
Authors should submit their papers in PDF, postscript, or Word formats via JEMS 
(https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1742).


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract registration deadline: December 28, 2012
Paper submission: January 4, 2013
Notification of acceptance: February 18, 2013
Final version of papers due: March 1, 2013
Workshop date: May 31, 2013

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Nicolas Staelens, Ghent University - iMinds, Belgium
Jan De Cock, Ghent University - iMinds, Belgium

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
Antonio Liotta, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Filip De Turck, Ghent University  iMinds, Belgium
Steven Latr, Ghent University  iMinds, Belgium
For more information, please contact one of the Co-Chairs at i... at qcman.org

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Dr. Steven Latr
Department of Information Technology
Internet Based Communication Networks and Services  (IBCN)
Ghent University - iMinds
Gaston Crommenlaan 8 (Bus 201), B-9050 Gent, Belgium
T: +32 9 33 14988; T Secr: +32 9 33 14900
F: +32 9 33 14899
E: steven.la... at intec.ugent.be
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