Conference Schedule





Wednesday, 4 January 2017

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) Workshop

SIGMA HALL 1

Wild and Crazy Ideas on the Interplay between IoT and BigData (WACI)

SIGMA HALL 3

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Tea Break

ITS Workshop

WACI Workshop

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

ITS Workshop

WACI Workshop

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Tea Break

ITS Workshop

WACI Workshop

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

Research Café: Industry perspectives

Venue: Indian Affair

7:15 PM onwards

COMSNETS Welcome Reception

Venue: The Pool Side

Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Residency Road, Bangalore

Thursday, 5 January 2017

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

COMSNETS 2017 Inauguration and Opening Remarks
General Co-Chairs
TPC Co-Chairs
Steering Committee Co-Chairs

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

COMSNETS KEYNOTE TALK

Speaker: Prof. Sue Moon

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

Venue: SIGMA HALL

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Tea Break @ Sigma Foyer

Demo Spotlight talks @ SIGMA HALL

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Paper Sessions

Session T1-1: Vehicular Networking

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-1: Mobile and Cyber Physical Systems

SIGMA HALL 3

Demos and Exhibits

INDIAN AFFAIR
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break @ Pool Side

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Paper Sessions

Graduate Forum

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T1-2: Internet of Things

SIGMA HALL 3

Demos and Exhibits

INDIAN AFFAIR
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Tea Break @ Pool Side

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Paper Sessions

Graduate Forum

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-2: Network Security

SIGMA HALL 3

Demos and Exhibits

INDIAN AFFAIR
5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
COMSNETS Panel Discussion - 1
Topic: Big data in IoT: Academic hype or industrial reality?

Location: SIGMA HALL

Friday, 6 January 2017

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

COMSNETS KEYNOTE TALK

Speaker: Prof. Anurag Kumar

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

Venue: SIGMA HALL

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Tea Break

10:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Paper Session

Session T1-3: Physical Layer Communication

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-3: Network Protocols and Applications

SIGMA HALL 3

Demos and Exhibits

INDIAN AFFAIR
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Poster Session @ Pool Side

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Tea Break @ Pool Side

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Paper Session

Session T1-4: Cloud and Data Centers

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-4: Data, Networks and Learning

SIGMA HALL 3

Demos and Exhibits

INDIAN AFFAIR
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
COMSNETS Panel Discussion - 2
Topic: Ubiquitous sensing and privacy: Can the twains meet?

Location: SIGMA HALL

7:00 PM onwards

COMSNETS Banquet

Banquet Speaker: Dr. Harrick Vin, Tata Consultancy Services


COMSNETS 2017 Award Ceremony:

Best Papers, Best Posters, Best Graduate Forum,
Handing over the Baton to the 2018 Committee


Cocktails and Dinner: 8:00 PM onwards

Location: Grand Ballroom, Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Bangalore

Saturday, 7 January 2017

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

COMSNETS KEYNOTE TALK

Speaker: Prof. Muriel Medard

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Venue: Sigma Hall

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Tea Break @ Sigma Hall Foyer

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Paper Session

Session T1-5: Cellular networks

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-5: Virtualization and Network Functions

SIGMA HALL 3

Mobile India 2017

INDIAN AFFAIR
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break @ Pool Side

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Paper Session

Session T1-6: Energy Efficiency and Resource Provisioning

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-6: IoT and Sensor Networks

SIGMA HALL 3

Mobile India 2017

INDIAN AFFAIR
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Tea Break @ Pool Side

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Paper Session

Session T1-7: Local and Metropolitan Area Networks

SIGMA HALL 1

Session T2-7: Performance Analysis

SIGMA HALL 3

Mobile India 2017

INDIAN AFFAIR
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
COMSNETS Panel Discussion - 3
Topic: Smart Cities: Delusions of Grandeur

Location: SIGMA HALL

CONFERENCE CLOSURE

Sunday, 8 January 2017

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Social Networking

SIGMA HALL 1

NetHealth Workshop

SIGMA HALL 3

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Tea Break

Social Networking Workshop

NetHealth Workshop

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

Social Networking Workshop

NetHealth Workshop

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Tea Break

Social Networking Workshop

NetHealth Workshop