The European project INTEGRAL aims to build and demonstrate an industry-quality reference solution for DER aggregation-level control and coordination, based on commonly available ICT components, standards, and platforms. To achieve this, the Integrated ICT-platform based Distributed Control (IIDC) is introduced. The project includes also three field test site installations in the Netherlands, S...

W e are pleased to present this special issue of invited papers from the IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), which was held in San Jose, California, 11–13 December 2016. As in past years, this collaboration between IEEE MultiMedia and the ISM organizers facilitates the processing of extended versions of the top 10 ISM papers through a fast-track review and publication schedule. We...