Deploying efficient and effective infrastructures and solutions when limited resources are available is a challenging task and a key-enabler for the diffusion of ICT in developing countries. The aim of this conference is bringing together international researchers, students, public officers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries.
AFRICOMM 2017 solicits high-quality papers reporting research results and/or experimental results on e-Infrastructures and e-Services for developing countries. Submissions will be judged on their originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and technical correctness. Accepted papers will be published in Springer digital library.
The topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:
Cloud computing, network function virtualization (NFV) in the context of developing countries
Design and analysis of protocols and architecture for developing countries
Energy-aware ICT infrastructure
Existing/emerging wireless broadband access technologies, WiMAX, LTE.
ICT security issues in developing countries
Overlay networks (such as p2p, bittorent, etc) in developing countries
Self-managed deployment, operation, maintenance
Affordable and relevant mobile technologies and solutions
ICT infrastructures for critical environmental conditions
ICT infrastructures based on alternative energies
Applications and business models in such environments, etc
Ubiquitous networks and environments
Smart Objects
Social Networks and e-Government
Emergency and Disaster Management
Dec 11
2017
Dec 12
2017
Draft paper submission deadline
Draft Paper Acceptance Notification
Final Paper Deadline
Registration deadline
2015-12-15 Benin Cotonou
7th EAI International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries
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