Call for Workshop Proposals

The organizing committee of COMSNETS'25 invites proposals for a one-day workshop to be held on the first (Jan 6, 2025) or last day (Jan 10, 2025) of the conference. The purpose of the workshop is to instill thought-provoking discussions and engage community interactions in a specialized area in Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS). The conference has a long-standing history of conducting pre-determined specialized workshops. Thus, the submitted proposal must not overlap/intersect with the existing workshops. The submitted proposals should highlight how the workshop differs from the existing themed workshops and how the Co-chairs would foster participation from across the World that shall enhance the visibility of COMSNETS. The existing workshops are given below. Please refer to the previous editions of these workshops on the COMSNETS website for more details: COMSNETS 2024; COMSNETS 2025. Please visit the COMSNETS'25 website for paper submission instructions.

List of approved workshops for 2025:

• Workshop on Machine Intelligence in Networked Data and Systems (MINDS)
• Cyber Security and Privacy Workshop
• Workshop on Standards-driven Research
• QCom(P) Workshop: Workshop on Quantum Communication and Computing
• India Internet Governance Workshop (IIGW)
• Advances in Autonomous Driving and Vehicular Networks (ADVnet)

Here are some topics of interest for the conference. The proposal may focus on the following topics or propose one of its own.

• Green Communications and Energy-Harvesting Networks
• Next Gen wireless systems (WiFi 7, 6G and beyond)
• Virtualized infrastructure systems and architectures
• Software-defined radio and software-defined networking
• Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things
• Edge and Fog Computing or other Networking Architectures
• High bandwidth and latency-aware real-time applications
• mmWave / THz Ultra High-Frequency Communication

Each workshop proposal must include:

1. A title and acronym (if any) for the workshop
2. Name, affiliation, and a short bio of up to 250 words for each of the workshop Co-chairs. Each workshop may have up to four Co-chairs specialized in the domain
3. Submit a brief description of
   • the technical issues that the workshop will address
   • the reasons the workshop is of interest to the COMSNETS community
   • tentative topics included in the call for papers
   • a description of the communities/groups the workshop aims to attract
   • the planned format of the workshop (e.g., invited speakers, papers, panel discussion, etc.). You must also provide a well-defined strategy to facilitate lively and interactive discussions. In your plan, please also consider how you could support an engaging workshop
   • Please provide a description of past editions of the workshop (if it has already been held), including the number of submitted and accepted papers and attendees. If this is a new workshop, kindly provide an estimation for the number of submissions, accepted papers, and attendees
   • Publicity plan.
   • Names of potential technical program committee members and speakers. If the workshop proposes a panel discussion, describe the topic for discussion and a tentative list of panelists
   • Provide a list of comparable workshops or conferences that are exploring similar subject matter, if known

Please note the roles and responsibilities of the workshop Co-chairs:

1. The creation of the workshop calls for papers. P.S: As per the regulations of COMSNETS, the co-chairs cannot submit a paper to ANY of the workshops (including their own) conducted under the umbrella of COMSNETS.
2. Inviting authors, keynote speakers, and panelists for the workshop.
3. Forming the program committee of the workshop. As we wish to incorporate diversity, please include committee members across the Globe.
4. Soliciting sponsors for the workshop (this is not required but is sometimes desirable, for e.g., underwriting paper awards or travel grants).
5. Coordinating with the TPC and general chairs regarding content and speakers.
6. Deciding best paper awards

The paper submission deadline date for a workshop will generally come after the deadline for the technical program submissions for the main COMSNETS conference; this is decided in accordance with the suggestions made by overall workshop co-chairs. This implies a compressed schedule for reviews for workshops but allows workshops

How to submit the proposal:

Please use the Google Form link here to submit your proposal:

Important Dates:

Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline	10th June 2024
Notification	30th June 2024

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