Updates

The conference proceedings have been published on IEEE Xplore
Online Registration is active now:
- Speaker Registration : Registration Link , authors should select "Full Conference Admission" option and use the speaker discount code.
- Presentation Registration : Registration Link , authors should select "IPTComm Track" and "Single Presenter" option for registration.
Final camera-ready submission: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 1800 EST
- Submission Instructions
Notification of acceptance: Monday, August 20, 2018, 1800 EST
Submission deadline: Monday, July 02, 2018, 1800 EST July 16, 2018, 1800 EST

The 11th IPTComm conference will be held from October 15-17, 2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA . IPTComm brings together researchers from academia, industry and government to discuss challenges, share ideas, results and experiences. The conference addresses current topics related to Cloud-based IP communication architectures, WebRTC-enabled applications, Big Data analytics in IP-based communication networks, Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) systems, Mobility and Ubiquitous computing, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Defined Networking (SDN), 5G technologies. IPTComm focuses on the reliability, security, privacy, performance and scalability of real-time communications and data services, as well as on the applicability of these technologies for public-safety applications such as Next Generation 9-1-1.

IPTComm is co-located with Real-Time Communications (RTC) Conference, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago. In addition to hosting the IPTComm Research track, the RTC Conference will have tracks related to IoT, WebRTC and CPaaS, Mobile Networks and Applications, and NG9-1-1. The demonstrations and presentations in these tracks complement the material presented in the IPTComm track and serve as a source of new ideas and research partnerships in industry.

IPTComm 2018 is co-sponsored by the IEEE Chicago section. Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore.

Call for Papers ( Download PDF)

We invite paper submissions addressing theoretical and experimental achievements, innovative systems, prototyping efforts, case studies and technological advancements. The topics include but are not limited to:

New Technologies, Services and Applications
- Cloud-based IP communication services
- Browser-integrated IP Communications (WebRTC)
- Mobile P2P IP communication systems
- Public safety applications and Next Generation 9-1-1
- Open source development in IP communications
- Internet of Things and M2M
- Mobility and Ubiquitous computing
- Information Centric Networks (ICN)
- 5G Networks: applications, proof of concepts and research issues
- Applications and research areas in IP communications for industries (e.g., finance, energy, healthcare, education, transportation)

Management and Resilience
- Scaling, monitoring and management of large-scale IP communication systems
- Benchmarking of large-scale IP communication systems
- Quality of Experience (QoE)
- Effects of virtualization on quality of IP communication systems
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Service Function Chaining (SFC)
- Programmable networks and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Energy consumption and energy management in IP communication systems

Security
- Identity management, anonymity and privacy in IP communications
- Challenges in end-to-end security in the presence of middleboxes in managed networks
- Middleboxes for trust and privacy in IP communications
- Autonomous intrusion detection and prevention
- Forensics and diagnostics in IP communication systems
- Surveillance and Lawful Interception of IP communications networks

Analytics in IP Communications Networks
- Analyzing unstructured data in IP communication systems (Chats, Audio calls / transcripts, Video feeds)
- Real-time machine learning methods in IP communications networks
- Scalable distributed architectures for analytics in IP communication networks
- Operational analytics and Big data platforms for understanding communication network patterns (energy optimization, graph processing, etc.)

Submission Guidelines

Paper submissions must describe original research, not published nor currently under review for another conference or journal. The program committee will referee all papers. At least one author of each paper must be registered and present their paper at the conference.

All paper submissions must be done through EDAS - https://edas.info/N24657.
Regular regular paper submissions should follow the guidelines and use the formatting tools available at the IEEE Manuscript Templates page.
Regular papers are limited to 8 pages, double-column IEEE format, including figures, references and appendices.
Work-in-progress papers should have no more than 4 pages in IEEE double-column format, including figures, references and appendices. Work-in-progress papers must include "Work in Progress" in the title.

If your paper is accepted and you need an invitation letter to apply for a visa to attend the conference, please contact tpc@iptcomm.org as soon as possible. (Visa applications can take at least 30 working days to process.) Please identify yourself as a presenter and include your mailing address in your email.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: Monday July 02, 2018, 1800 EST
Notification of acceptance: Monday, August 20, 2018, 1800 EST
Final camera-ready submission: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 1800 EST
Conference Dates: October 15 - October 17, 2018

Conference Location

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Conference Chairs

Carol Davids - Illinois Institute of Technology - chair@iptcomm.org
Vijay K. Gurbani - Nokia Networks - chair@iptcomm.org

Technical Program Committee Chairs

Simon Pietro Romano, University of Napoli Federico II - tpc@iptcomm.org
Aman Singh, Palindrome Technologies - tpc@iptcomm.org

Steering Committee

Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University
Gaston Ormazabal, Columbia University
Radu State, University of Luxembourg
Jan Seedorf, HFT Stuttgart
Carol Davids, Illinois Institute of Technology
Vijay K. Gurbani, Nokia Networks
Simon Pietro Romano, University of Napoli Federico II
Aman Singh, Palindrome Technologies

Technical Program Committee

Eric Burger, Georgetown University
Edward Chlebus, Illinois Institute of Technology
Jason Fedore, FACEmeeting
Jerome Francois, INRIA Nancy
Rosario Garroppo, University of Pisa
Volker Hilt, Nokia Bell Labs
Stefan Hommes, University of Luxembourg
Cynthia Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology
Srinivasan Iyengar, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Salvatore Loreto, Ericsson
Ronald Marx, Huawei German Research Center
Gaston Ormazabal, Columbia University
Artiom Baloian, Columbia University
Shashank Murali, Palindrome Technologies
Victor Pascual, Genaker
Esa Piri, Kaitotek Oy
Thomas Schmidt, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Jan Seedorf, HFT Stuttgart
Kundan Singh, Avaya Labs
Dorgham Sisalem, Oracle
Jose Soler, Technical University of Denmark
Martin Stiemerling, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt
Jin Tang, AT&T Labs
Wilhelm Wimmreuter, SCCT