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3rd International Conference on
Broadband Communications, Information Technology & Biomedical Applications (BroadCom '08)
November 23-26, 2008 CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa Call for papers (pdf format, 60KB)Call for tutorials (pdf format, 26KB)Call for PapersSouth Africa in recent years has continued to create significant excitement in R&D. This excitement is being supported by government, the National Research Fund (NRF), Department of Science and Technology (DST), industry and research organisations with strong collaboration and support from the European Union through its framework programs and the AU. This conference therefore is organised to further report and add impetus to the emerging collaborations and provide researchers the avenue for networking.
In 2008 the International conference on wireless broadband and ultra wideband communication) is being hosted by South Africa with stronger and more broad emphasis. The current emphasis reflects the growing interest in new areas of broadband communications. In 2008 the conference is being co-organised by South Africa's leading research organisations. The core theme of the conference has been expanded to include applications of broadband communications, broadband biomedical applications and biotechnology.
The conference is co-organised by the French South African Technical Institute in Electronics (F'SATIE); Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa; Meraka Institute, South Africa; University of Technology Sydney, Australia, University of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa and South African National Centre for Informatics, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (SANCIKMKE).
The current research trend reflects the growing interest in new areas of broadband communications. International conference on Broadband Communications, Information Technology & Biomedical Applications (BroadCom' 08) is a major annual international conference to bring together researchers, engineers, developers and practitioners from academia to industry working in multi-disciplinary area and technically converging areas of wireless communication. As a field of explosive growth, development, and application, BroadCom'08 will enable the creation of future broadband wireless communication systems, networks and services. Following the big success of Auswireless 2007 and Auswireless 2006, BroadCom' 08 continues to serve as a forum to aggregate state-of-art researches, ideas, creations, implementations in the fields of Broadband Communications, Information Technology & Biomedical Applications. In 2008 the conference is being co-organised by South Africa's leading research organisations. The core theme of the conference has been expanded to include applications of broadband communications, broadband biomedical applications and biotechnology.
BroadCom 2008 is sponsored and co-organised by the French South African Technical Institute in Electronics (F'SATIE); Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa; University of Technology Sydney, Australia;
River Publisher, Denmark; IEEE; University of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa.
You are cordially invited to submit papers in all areas of wireless broadband communications, IP networks, services, and applications. All papers submitted to this conference are always peer-reviewed. All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore digital library and the best papers from the conference will be published as a book of best papers by River Publishers of Denmark (as in 2007). Other short-listed papers will also be published in a special edition of the African Journal of Information and Communication Technology (AJICT). Potential topics are included, but are not limited to the following broad themes and tracks:
Broad Themes:
BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
BROADBAND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS & IP COMMUNICATIONS
BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SECURITY, MANAGEMENT & REGULATIONS
APPLICATIONS & CONTENTS
I. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS:
MIMO and OFDM techniques
Wireless Mesh Networks
WiMAX
Millimetre Wave Technologies
Millimetre wave Imaging
Ultra wideband communications and systems
Ultra wideband synchronisation
Broadband Antennas and systems
Modulation and coding schemes
4G and B3G MAC protocols
Personal Area Networks (PAN)
Mobility management
Radio resource management
Packet scheduling algorithms
Routing protocols
Vehicular Wireless Networks
Network architecture and topology design
Cross-layer design and optimization
Operations Support Systems (OSS)
Wireless QoS
Multihop and relay networks
Mobile ad hoc networks
Wireless sensor networks
II. OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS:
WDM transmission technologies and systems
Optical cross-connects and optical packet and burst switches
Optical packet, burst and circuit switching networks
Optical access networks - FTTx networks and systems
Hybrid packet and circuit nodes and architectures
Radio over fiber based networks
FTTx networks and systems
Optical grids in access and core
Storage Area Network extensions
Multilayer optical networks (Ethernet, IP, G-MPLS technologies, etc)
Cross-layer design
Optical networking for green information and communications technology
Traffic grooming and processing
Modelling and design of optical networks and systems
Network operations and management
Passive Optical Networks
III. COMMUNITY WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS:
Wireless mesh networks (WMN)
Business Models of wireless access networks
Fixed and Mobile WiMAX
IP Services (Voice over IP (VoIP) communications, IPTV, Presence, Mobile TV , SIP-based services)
IP Service Architectures (Parlay, SIP and IMS)
Second Life and Social Networking Softswitching
MPLS and IPv6
Instant Messaging and Presence
Routing and Scheduling
Congestion control and Traffic engineering
Network modelling, measurement and management QoS
Peer-to-peer networks
Content distribution networks
Web and Media technologies
Internet architectures, algorithms, protocols, and services
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IV. APPLICATIONS & CONTENTS
Sensor networks and ontologies
Sensor monitoring systems
Sensor web, resource and services
Semantic Web
Ontology theory, model and visualisation
Web ontology languages
Video surveillance and sensing
E-Healthcare and health care networks
Intelligent broadband transport networks
Applications of RFID
Interactive Multimedia Systems over IP networks
Multimedia Content Distribution and Management,
Content Personalization in IP-based Applications
Internet Agents/Softbots
Adaptive Agent Systems
Agent Communication and Multi-Agent Systems
E-government, Entertainment and Home Networking
Mobile VoD, SDV, IPTV
Mobile video conferencing
Mobile video gaming
Quality of experience metrics
Video quality measurement
Performance analysis
Encoding and Transport
Wireless video coding techniques
Adaptive media coding
V. SECURITY, MANAGEMENT & REGULATIONS
Detection, mitigation and prevention of SPIT, SPIM, Vishing
Intrusion and anomaly detection and protection for VoIP, NGN and IMS systems
Denial of Service detection and prevention
Security of voice, video and text over IP services
Fraud detection and prevention
Threat and vulnerability analyses of VoIP, NGN and IMS systems
Content security and protection of media flows
Security of VoIP supporting systems
End-to-end security schemes
Inter-provider trust and verification schemes
Emerging security aspects in standards
Management, Resilience and QoS
Management of VoIP infrastructure and services
P2P overlays for future telecommunication systems
Self-healing architectures
Traffic monitoring and QoS measurement of VoIP, NGN and IMS traffic
Monitoring and testing tools for VoIP, NGN and IMS infrastructures
QoS for voice and video
VoIP and IMS system performance, reliability and scalability
Load balancing for VoIP, NGN and IMS systems
High availability solutions for VoIP, NGN and IMS systems
Billing and AAA
Emergency services
Regulatory aspects of IP-based telecommunication systems
Lawful intercept for VoIP, NGN and IMS systems
Inter-connections
VI. BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Biomedical Applications
BioNets
Medical Imaging and compression
Implantable devices and applications
e-Forensics
Telemedicine
Bioinformatics
Bio-signal processing
Medical Image Processing & Analysis
Knowledge management
Clinical Applications of telehealth (Dermatology, Chronic Disease Management)
Cost benefit analysis of telehealth
Applications of telehealth
Telehealth Technologies and Interoperability
Telehealth networking and interfaces
Image and x-ray Transmission
Health monitoring
Assistive technologies
Storage and display devices
Emerging technologies for rehabilitation
Knowledge management
Demand for telehealth
Web-based telehealth
Database and health information systems
Digital Imaging
Computed Radiology
Computed Tomography
Computing for Human Experience and Wellness
Medical nomadic computing
Ultrasound Imaging
Image Processing
Image and x-ray Compression
Medical Imaging & Molecular Imaging
Data Transmission
Mobile Telemedicine
Tele-homecare & Ubiquitous Healthcare
Tele-presence & Robotics in Healthcare
Rural e-HealthCare Management
Healthcare Cost & Financial Analysis
Context-awareness for smart space in healthcare
IT infrastructures & platforms for remote healthcare
Security and Privacy in healthcare
Navigation Systems for Healthcare
Tele-Rehabilitation and Tele-Physiotherapy
Graphical Visualization & Modelling
Healthcare Industry Applications
Important datesTutorial due: 30 April, 2008Deadline for Technical Papers: 30 June, 2008Acceptance notification: 30 July, 2008
Final camera ready copy: 21 Aug., 2008
Early-bird Registration Due on: 23 Oct., 2008
Paper submissions
All papers submitted to this conference will be peer-reviewed. All accepted papers will be published in the
IEEE Xplore digital library and the best papers from the conference will be published as a book of best papers by River Publishers of Denmark. Other short-listed papers will also be published in a special edition of the African Journal of Information and Communication Technology (AJICT).
Authors are invited to submit draft papers (up to 6 pages with double columns, single space, font size of 10 to 12). Provided manuscripts should be compliant with
IEEExplore format. For word or latex templates, please see
Information for Authors for more details.
You're cordially invited to submit high-quality manuscripts via our
Online Submission System.Book of Best Papers (2007 Edition) You may now order copy(ies) of the 'extended best papers from the conference' of 2007 being published by River Publishers Denmark. Order now and get a unique 50% discount, the book can be ordered NOW for just Euro 48.50!!
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Book of Best Papers (2008 Edition) The Best Papers of BroadCom 2008 will also be published in a similar manner.
Caption: Rhia Trogo (left) is from De La Salle University, Raffy Saldana (center) is from Ateneo de Manila University, and Mahar Lagmay (right) is from University of the Philippines-Diliman. They are representing the Philippines in the 6th Regional ICT-Asia Seminar on February 11 - 12, 2009 at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. 
Caption: Dr. Daniel Racoceanu (left) is the Director of IPAL (Image Perception Access and Language), a France-Singapore Joint Laboratory. Daniel is Principal Investigator of the ONCO-MEDIA Project (http://www.onco-media.com) an international research collaboration funded by the French Government.Isabelle Epaillard (2nd) works at the Office of the Scientific Attache of the Embassy of France to the Philippines; Rhia Trogo (3rd) is a faculty member of the College of Computer Studies of De La Salle University-Manila; and Dr. Rafael "Raffy" Saldana (4th) is a faculty member of the School of Science and Engineering of Ateneo de Manila University. Raffy is Co-Principal Investigator of the ONCO-MEDIA Project (http://www.onco-media.com).
Figure Caption: Vicinity map of the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Brussels, Belgium -- venue of the 2008 Euro-Southeast Asia Cooperation Forum on ICT Research.
The Manila Futurists Society, in cooperation with FEU's Research Department, holds its free seminar-event entitled 
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