ANTS 2007 - Call for Participation

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First International Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS) 2007,

December 17, 18, Mumbai (Bombay), India

Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society

Broadband access networks are witnessing a convergence in terms of both technologies and services. Next-generation services demand unified technologies spread across the physical, data-link, and network layers. Integrated platforms have benefits in terms of deployment cost as well as the ability to provision new services. To investigate these problems at the optical (physical), data link SONET/SDH/Ethernet/RPR), and the network (MPLS, IP) layers, the First Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS) 2007 is being organized.

- We invite you to two days of intellectual stimulation with thought-provoking talks, interactions and networking opportunities.

- Three exciting Keynotes from Dr Krish Prabhu (CEO of Tellabs), Mr. Subrahmanyam P (SVP, Wipro) and Charles Kawwas (VP, LSI Inc)

- Over two dozen invited talks including: Jayshree Ullal (SVP, Cisco Systems), Jin Ye Pan (CTO, Nokia Siemens Networks, China), Kamran Sistanazadeh (CTO Yipes), K. C. Chua (National Research Foundation Singapore and NUS), Dominic Schupke (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany), Maurice Gagnaire (Faculty, ENST France), Aravind Sitaraman (India MD, Cisco Systems), Deepak Kataria (Director, LSI), Admela Jukan (Faculty, Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina at Brunswick, Germany), George Rouskas (Faculty, NCSU, USA), Suresh Subramaniam (Faculty, George Washington University, USA), Abdul Kasim (Adva Optical, USA), Tushar Saxena, (Director, Verizon), Sameer Padhye (VP, Cisco Systems), Vijay Jain (VP, Ericsson), Jonathan Casey (International Marketing Director, JDS Uniphase), Lakshman Tamil (Faculty, UT-Dallas), Subhash Dhar (Head CSP, Infosys), Raghuveer K (Head, Solutions group, Infosys), S. Allimatti (CTO, TechMahindra), Jay Teborek (Teknovus), Neeraj Soker (VP, Engineering, Tata VSNL), Arvind Mathur (Chief Architect, Sify), Shahul Hameed (Head OSS/BSS, TCS) and Weiqiang Sun (Shanghai Jiaotong Univ, China).

-Two intriguing panels - one on Service Providers and another on Telecommunication Opportunities in India featuring a debate amongst a collection of vendors, providers and technologists.

-34 contributed papers from leading researchers from industry and academia.

- A poster session on latest technologies in telecommunications.

- An industry exhibit showcasing the latest products in the industry.

For registrations: Click here to Register

- special domestic participant registration rates beginning from USD 125 (INR Rs 5000*) and student rate USD 40 (INR 1600*)

- foreign participation registration rates beginning at USD 125 (students) and USD 250 (regular)

Join us in Mumbai, India this December 17, 18, 2007 to witness the latest advances in telecommunications!

Sponsors: IEEE Communications Society, Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC), Cisco Systems Inc, Wipro Ltd, JDSU, Nokia Siemens Networksand LSI Inc

Academic sponsor: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

General Chairs
Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California at Davis, USA
Ashwin Gumaste, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

Technical Program Committee Chairs
Nasir Ghani, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
Mohan Gurusamy, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Publicity Chairs
North America and Europe: Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
Asia-Pac: Yaohui Jin, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
India: Members of Gigabit Networks Laboratory, IIT Bombay

Keynote Chair
Lakshman Tamil, UT-Dallas, USA

Panel Chairs:
Girish Saraph, IIT Bombay and Vegayan Ltd, India
Deepak Kataria, LSI, USA
Praveen Chathnath, Wipro Ltd., India

Publications Chair
Srinivasan Ramasubramaniam Univ of Arizona, USA