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CALL FOR PAPERS:

Q o E - M C 2 0 1 6

Fifth International Workshop on
QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE for MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications
In conjunction with IEEE Globecom 2016
8 December 2016, Washington, DC USA

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WORKSHOP VENUE & TIME
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Venue: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut AVE., NW, Washington DC
Room: Embassy
Date: Thursday, December 08, 2016
Time: 2:00 - 5:30 PM

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WORKSHOP TOPICS OF INTEREST
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• QoE evaluation methodologies and metrics
• QoE-based network and service monitoring and troubleshooting
• QoE management in Smart Cities applications;
• QoE-aware Internet reference architecture
• QoE-based analysis of CDNs and Cloud networks
• Frameworks and testbeds for QoE evaluation (crowd-sourcing, field testing, etc.)
• QoE models, their applications and use cases
• QoE-driven media processing and transmission over the cloud
• QoE for emerging applications (Immersive communications, Gaming, Haptics)
• Datasets for QoE validation and benchmarking
• QoE control, monitoring and management strategies
• KPI and KQI definition for QoE optimization in emerging environments (5G, IoT, M2M, Cloud)
• Media analytics from QoE Big Data
• QoE-based adaptive media services
• QoE databases
• From Quality of Experience to Quality of Life

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FURTHER INFOS
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For more information, visit the Globecom 2016 website http://globecom2016.ieee-globecom.org/.
Extended version of the best papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue at prestigious journals.

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WORKSHOP CHAIRS
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General Chairs:
Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, Italy
Nabil J. Sarhan, Wayne State University, USA

Technical Program Chairs
Ahmet Kondoz, Loughborough University in London, UK
Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

Publicity Chairs
Tasos Dagiuklas, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Raimund Schatz, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Austria

Keynote/panel Chairs
Pedro Assuncao, Institute of Telecommunications/IPL, Portugal
Weisi Lin, NTU University, Singapore