[Telecentres] CfP: ICSNC 2011 || October 23-28, 2011 - Barcelona, Spain

Sat May 28 00:58:37 BST 2011

INVITATION:

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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate
groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original
scientific results.
Note that the submission deadline of June 1st, 2011 is approaching.
In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit
extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals:
http://www.iariajournals.org
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============== ICSNC 2011 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICSNC 2011: The Sixth International Conference on Systems and Networks
Communications

October 23-28, 2011 - Barcelona, Spain

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/ICSNC11.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/CfPICSNC11.html

- regular papers
- short papers (work in progress)
- posters

Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/SubmitICSNC11.html

Submission deadline: June 1st, 2011

Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA
Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org

Please note the Poster Forum and Work in Progress options.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of
concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations,
running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors
are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under
review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not
limited to, topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in
terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress,
Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules:
http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

ICSNC 2011 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

WINET: Wireless networks
3G/4G integration; Wireless protocols, architectural and design
concepts; Design and implementation of mobile information systems;
Wireless communications and mechanisms; Antenna and RF subsystems;
Coding & modulation & equalization; Channel modeling and
characterization; Equalization/Synchronization; Wireless technologies;
Wireless applications & services; IP Multimedia subsystems (IMS);
Wireless and mobility; Wireless-wireline convergence; Radio
communications systems; Specialized wireless networks; Management of
wireless networks; Position on standards & fora on wireless networks;
Business models on wireless networks; Communications regulations,
Spectrum management; Software-Defined Radio (SDR) [ architectures,
hardware, software, signal processing and smart antennas, etc.]

HSNET: High speed networks
Technologies, protocols, and applications for high speed networks; Voice
over high speed networks; Services and interconnections of high speed
networks; Technologies for High speed optical networks; Optical burst
switching; End-to-end applications; Optical control plan; Advanced
optical technology architectures; Design of high speed systems and
networks; Methodologies and development tools for high speed networks;
Management and control of high speed networks; Performance in high speed
networks; Security aspects in high speed networks; QoS/SLA in high speed
networks; Diagnosing high speed networks; High speed networks and NGN

SENET: Sensor networks
Architectures and protocols for wired and wireless sensor networks;
Design of sensor networks; Instrumentation and models for deployment of
sensors networks; Power in sensor networks; Ad hoc and wireless sensor
networks; Management and control of sensor networks; Performance in
sensor networks; Security and reliability aspects in sensor networks;
Information assurance in sensor networks; QoS/SLA in sensor networks;
Applications, case studies and prototypes with sensor networks

MHNET: Mobile and Ad hoc networks
Mobile technology and fundamentals; Analytical and validation models for
mobility; Architecture and routing protocols for mobile networks;
Architectures, frameworks, fundamentals on ad hoc networks; Energy
efficient design, cross-layer design, scalability; MAC protocols for
ad-hoc and sensor networks (801.11, Bluetooth, etc.); Data, information,
and signal processing in mobile networks; Complexity analysis of mobile
algorithms and protocols; Software platforms and development tools
supporting mobility; QoS/SLA, access control and security in mobile and
ad hoc networks; Location and mobility management; Location and service
discovery in ad hoc networks; Planning, provisioning, and deployment
mobility features; Directional and smart antennas for mobile and ad-hoc
networks; Performance and security in ad hoc and mobile networks;
Self-organization, synchronization and stability in ad hoc networks;
Self-management in ad hoc and mobile networks; Ad hoc and mobile
networks and autonomic computing; Mobile ad hoc platforms, systems and
tools; Applications over ad hoc networks; Standards evolution on
mobility and ad hoc networks

VENET: Vehicular networks
Communication technologies in vehicular networks; Frameworks and
architectures for vehicular networks; Interoperability with Internet and
other networks; Vehicle-infrastructure communications;
Vehicle-to-vehicle communications; Emerging inter/intra-vehicle and
infrastructure-to-vehicle wireless technologies; Cross-layer design and
optimization for vehicular networks; Middleware and service
architectures for vehicular networks; Propagation issues Vehicular
sensors and data collection and process; On-drive diagnostics and repair
technologies and systems; Protocol features /MAC, QoS, routing,
multicast, addressing, identity/; Mobility and hand-off ; Properties
/security, privacy, performance, robustness, real-time, etc./; Control
and management in vehicular networks; Driver-oriented support systems
/assistance, active&passive safety, etc./; Case studies and fields
trials on vehicular networks; Applications across vehicular networks
/content distribution, alerting, etc./; Standardization /802.11p, DSRC,
etc./ and standard platforms /JasPar, AUTOSTAR, etc./

RFID: Radio-frequency identification systems
Fundamentals for RFID systems; Communications in RFID systems; Next
generation RFID Technologies; RFID middleware design and architecture;
Antenna design for RFID; System design and deployment; Circuits and
architecture; RFID ans sensor networks; Bridging RFID networks in
heterogeneous networks; Collision, proximity, speed; Security, privacy,
trust; Monitoring and control of RFID systems; Localization and
tracking; Inventory tracking; Testing and verification; Planing and
executing RFID systems; RFID pilot projects; Use cases in deploying and
operating /finance, manufacture, agriculture, transportation, etc./;
Tools for supporting the design and deployment of RFID systems

SESYS: Security systems
Security analysis methodologies; Middleware and distributed systems
security; Cryptography, certificates, information hiding, access
control; Protection, risk, vulnerabilities, attacks,
authorization/authentication; Access control, wireless access control,
broadband access control; Biometrics, smart cards, identification and
trust methodologies; Certification, accreditation anonymity, and audit;
Security management, emergency contingency planning, identify theft,
life safety; Wireless and mobile security; Fast security associations;
Electronic surveillance and e-commerce protocols; Security and trust in
web-services-based applications; Peer-to-peer security, denial of
services; Information survivability, insider threat protection,
integrity; Intellectual property rights, privacy, legal and regulatory
issues; Criminal exploitation of technology; Commercial and industrial
security; Viruses, hackers, worms, spam, and other malicious code

MCSYS: Multimedia communications systems
Technologies, protocols, and mechanisms for multimedia communications;
Multimedia compression mechanisms and information representation;
Multimedia encoding and compression, MPEG-1 to MPEG-4, Wavelet and
fractal; Multimedia frameworks, communications, and middleware; Next
generation multimedia communications; Mobile multimedia communications;
Methodologies and development tools for multimedia communications
systems; Wireless mobile multimedia communications; Ad hoc multimedia
networks; IP-based Multimedia Subsystems (IMS); QoS/SLA in mobile
multimedia services and applications; Mechanisms for interactive
multimedia applications; Designing and implementing interactive
applications; Multimedia authoring, publishing, and right securing;
Security and performance for multimedia communications; Management, QoS,
and security aspects in streaming over wireless ad hoc networks;
Management and control of multimedia systems; Standards protocols for
multimedia communications

POSYS: Policy-based systems
Policy for automation control; Trusting policy control commands;
Policy-driven autonomic organizations; Policy-based control scalability;
Policy sensors for feedback control; Policy conflict detection and
conflict resolution; Context-aware policy-driven adaptive frameworks;
Policy integrity, trust and negotiations; Policy-based software
applications; Policing pervasive computing environments; Policing
on-demand systems and services

PESYS: Pervasive education system
Learning and teaching systems; E-learning methods and e-learning
scenarios; Tools and architectures for mobile/ubiquitous e-learning;
Cooperative learning and working; Mobile technology and education;
Distance learning and education; Computers and arts; Education in
developing regions; Reflection in learning software and hardware; Social
impact metrics on distance learning; Methodologies and processes for
education; Curriculum projects and experiences; Intelligent support;
Multimedia environment for teaching; E-market place for higher
education; Embedded systems education; Wearable computers and education

Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/ComICSNC11.html
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