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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:red;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Call for Papers</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:mediumblue;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">International Workshop on Internet
Measurements Research in Africa</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">Aim of the workshop is to facilitate
discussions around mechanisms and challenges of measuring Africa’s Internet; to
evaluate the breadth of Internet measurements research and to formulate
strategic directions for such research in Africa; and to initiate and
accelerate collaboration among Africa’s Internet measurements researchers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">The workshop is calling for high-quality
papers that are focused on Internet measurements research in Africa. Papers are
invited on topics related to:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">●</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">End-to-end Internet performance metrics</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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Computing</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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and 3G/4G</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">●</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Data analytics for network monitoring, traffic analysis and
network </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Submissions should be made electronically as
PDF in the Confy system: <a href="http://confy.eai.eu/#conftrack-overview/conf/52446/cid/52366"><span style="color:mediumblue">IMRA track</span></a> .</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Papers will be selected through a single-blind
peer-review process.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Accepted papers will be included in the
conference proceedings and will be published in Springer digital library.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:red;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Important deadlines</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:mediumblue;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Submission Guidelines and Paper Submission:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Please check the submission guidelines
here: <a href="http://africommconference.org/2017/show/initial-submission"><span style="color:mediumblue">http://africommconference.org/2017/show/initial-submission</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">All the papers should be in English and
formatted according to the Author's Kit</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">IMRA papers should be submitted into <a href="http://confy.eai.eu/#conftrack-overview/conf/52446/cid/52366"><span style="color:rgb(48,63,159)">IMRA track</span></a> in
confy</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:mediumblue;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Publications:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Accepted papers will be published in
Springer's LNICST series and will appear in the SpringerLink, one of the
largest digital libraries online that covers a variety of scientific
disciplines, as well as in the EAI's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). LNICST volumes
are submitted for inclusion to leading indexing services, including DBLP,
Google Scholar, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span></span></span></p>
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