[Call For Chapter Proposals] CFC - Deadline Approaching - Advances in Next Generation Services and Service Architectures
CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010
Advances in Next Generation Services and Service Architectures
www.samrg.org/book
A book edited by
Dr. Anand R. Prasad, NEC Corp., Japan
Dr. John F. Buford, Avaya Labs Research, USA
Dr. Vijay K. Gurbani, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
To be published by River Publishers:
http://www.riverpublishers.com
There is growing interest in recent years as technology gains in Internet, Web 2.0, virtualization, wireless, IMS, virtual worlds, and mobile technologies enable a variety of new services
and new services architectures. In addition more powerful
endpoints and access networks are fueling demand for delivery models that support infotainment, social networking, location-based services, IPTV, smart grids, remote health care, and a variety of other services.
The purpose of this book is to present state-of-the-art results in services and service architectures, identify challenges including business models, technology issues, service management, and security, and to describe important trends and directions.
The target audience of this book is professionals, engineers, researchers and students who are interested in service design and delivery over various heterogeneous and converging network infrastructures.
Topics
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Contributed chapters are requested in areas including the following:
Emerging Services and Service Architecture
Internet and Mobile Services
Services in IMS
Social Networking Services
Communications Services and Web 2.0
Location-Based Services
IPTV and Video Services
Video Services in IMS
Multimedia Middleware
Media Delivery in NGN
Converged Video Services
P2P Services
Directions in P2P and Distributed Service Architectures
Service-oriented Architecture and P2P
Group Communications
Multimedia Streaming in P2P
Security
Security Challenges
End-to-end Mechanisms
Key Management
Device Technology and Service Evolution
Device Trends
Service and Endpoint Virtualization
Wireless Sensor Networks and Service Delivery
Remote Health Care
Smart Grids and Service Delivery
Submission Procedure
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Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on
or before February 15, 2010, a 1-2 page summary of the
proposed chapter, including:
- chapter title
- authors, affiliation, contact information, and primary author contact
- abstract
- outline
- selected related publications by the author(s)
Final chapters are expected to be approximately 20 pages in
length using the publisher's template.
Authors will be notified by February 28, 2010 about
the status of their proposals and will be sent chapter guidelines.
Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2010 or earlier.
All submitted chapters must not have been published elsewhere
and will undergo a double-blind peer review by at least two referees.
Contributors will also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
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This book is scheduled to be published by River Publishers.
For additional information regarding the publisher,
please visit www.riverpublishers.com. This publication is anticipated
to be released in early 2011.
Important Dates
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Feb 15, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
February 28, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
June 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission
August 15, 2010: Review Results Returned
October 15, 2010: Final Camera-Ready Chapter Submission
November 15, 2010: Camera-Ready Manuscript to Publisher
Chapter Proposals
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Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to:
