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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ACM BuildSys 2019 - Nov. 13-14 - New York City - Call for Workshops/Papers Reminder and Call for Posters/Demos/PhD Colloquium
by Lars Wolf 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] ACM BuildSys 2019 - Nov. 13-14 - New York City - Call for Workshops/Papers Reminder and Call for Posters/Demos/PhD Colloquium Datum: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:42:14 -0700 Von: Mostafa Mirshekari <mmirshekari(a)CMU.EDU> Antwort an: Mostafa Mirshekari <mmirshekari(a)CMU.EDU> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Just a couple of reminders about the ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (*ACM BuildSys*) Call for Workshops/Papers and announcement of the Call for Posters/Demos, Short Papers, and the Doctoral Colloquium. The conference will be held Nov. 13-14 in New York City, NY, USA. *Call for Workshops Reminder - Approaching Soon!* BuildSys features co-located workshops on new trends or emerging topics of interest to the BuildSys research community. BuildSys 2019 Call for Workshops: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/workshops.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Workshop Proposal Important Dates* Proposal submission deadline: *April 20th, 2019 - Approaching soon!* Notification: *April 28th, 2019 * For Workshop Proposals, please submit your proposal in PDF format via email directly to Semiha Ergan (semiha(a)nyu.edu) and Dan Wang ( dan.wang(a)polyu.edu.hk). Only complete proposals with all required information will be considered. -------- *Call for Papers Reminder* We solicit three types of original submissions: - Regular papers for oral presentation (10 pages) - Notes papers for oral presentation (4 pages) - Abstract papers for short oral and optional poster presentations (2 pages) - **NEW Type of Paper Submission Option this Year** Notes papers are 4-page papers intended to discuss preliminary research results, advocate new research directions, describe public software or datasets, or present short projects that do not warrant a 10-page paper. Notes papers serve, in part, to encourage younger researchers and research teams entering this field of research to share their work. We also encourage Notes paper submissions from industry participants that may not be able to devote resources to a full paper. While Notes papers are not expected to have extensive evaluations, they will be reviewed based on the novelty of their ideas, potential for impact, and quality of presentation. This year we will also have abstract only papers, where the presentation will include a very short oral and an optional poster presentation. The abstract papers will be reviewed by a subset of reviewers and focus on the novelty of the ideas and to encourage new topic areas in BuildSys. BuildSys 2019 Call for Papers: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/cfp.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Paper Submission Important Dates* Abstract Registration: June 15, 2019, AOE Paper Submission: June 22, 2019, AOE. (No further extension will be granted) Paper Notification: August 1st, 2019, AOE Submission site: TBD -------- *Call for Posters/Demos Announcement* BuildSys 2019 welcomes exciting demonstrations of novel technologies, applications, and hardware for the built environment as well as posters showing promising early work. We seek participation from both industry and academia for demonstrations and posters. Selection of demonstration and posters will be based on a short abstract, evaluated based on technical merit and innovation as well as the potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference. The demo and poster session is a great forum to share your early stage work to the broader audience. Accepted abstracts will appear in the regular conference proceedings. At least one author of every accepted demonstration or poster abstract is required to register and attend the conference. BuildSys 2019 Call for Posters/Demos: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/posters.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Poster abstract*Poster abstracts should report on research work where at least some preliminary results are available, but they need not necessarily describe completed work. An easel will be provided for all posters. All poster abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. *Demo abstract*Demo abstracts should describe both the technology being showcased as well as the user experience of the demo. Tables, power, and wireless connectivity will be provided. If a demo requires additional special arrangements, please describe them clearly in your submission using a separate third page (not part of the technical content of the abstract). All demo abstract submissions must strictly adhere to the formatting guidelines specified below. The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract. *Poster/Demo Important Dates* Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Notification of acceptance: August 19, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Camera-ready abstract: September 6, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Submission site: TBD -------- *Call for Doctoral Colloquium (PhD Forum) **Announcement* The Doctoral Colloquium of BuildSys 2019 seeks to provide a friendly, supportive, and constructive environment where PhD students can present their research in progress for an open discussion guided by a panel of experienced researchers. The Doctoral Colloquium will be structured as a series of short presentations by the students followed by individual discussions, feedback, and advice from the panel. Students with the most inspiring topics will also be invited to present a poster during the main conference to leverage further interaction with BuildSys attendees. Current PhD students in the early stages of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-page research summary describing the work in progress and including a 100-word abstract. Things to consider for inclusion in the research summary might be: the expected contribution to the field; the original idea or thesis statement; the problem domain and the specific problem addressed; a brief overview of related work; the methodological approach; research carried out and results so far. The abstract should also include a one-paragraph biography of the student, including the names and affiliations of the research advisor(s), and expected date of dissertation submission. The student should be the sole author, although contributions of the advisor and others should be acknowledged. The Doctoral Colloquium committee will review submissions to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in person to the Doctoral Colloquium. There will be no separate registration fee for the Doctoral Colloquium. BuildSys 2019 Call for Doctoral Colloquium: http://buildsys.acm.org/2019/doctoral.html <http://trackmyemails.org/1c92e995d1f999d35dde2f1bac182f67/5ed727f818a2ea195…> *Doctoral Colloquium Program* The BuildSys Doctoral Colloquium will be held in conjunction with the SenSys Doctoral Colloquium to enable students from both communities to interact and receive constructive feedback on their work from a diverse set of panelists. Date: Sunday, November 10, 2019 Time: TBD Location: TBD *Doctoral Colloquium **Submissions* Research summaries will be reviewed by the chairs and panel members. If the work is accepted, a student may be expected to make clarifications and improvements to the research summary by the camera-ready deadline. Submissions must be received no later than October 7, 2019 via web submission (HotCRP). Submissions must be in PDF format, be written in English, of no more than two pages in length (all inclusive), and adhere to the BuildSys/SenSys formatting styles found here. The abstract should include the author’s name, affiliation, and email address. *Doctoral Colloquium **Camera-Ready Guidelines* The camera-ready paper must be submitted by the 26th of November 2018 (AOE). You should use the acmart.cls. Please note that ACM uses 9-pt fonts in all conference proceedings, and the style (both LaTeX and Word) implicitly define the font size to be 9-pt. The maximum number of pages for poster and demos is 2, including the references. Please refer to publication chair's Note as well as the User Guide of the new class. To submit a Doctoral Colloquium abstract, please add " PhD Forum Abstract:" at the beginning of the manuscript's title. *Doctoral Colloquium Important Dates* Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Notification of acceptance: August 19, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Camera-ready abstract: September 6, 2019, 11:59:59pm AOE Submission site: TBD Regards, Mostafa Mirshekari and Clayton Miller BuildSys 2019 Publicity Chairs ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: Call for Papers for ICT4VRU Workshop - Deadline extended to May 1, 2019
by Lars Wolf 18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers for ICT4VRU Workshop - Deadline extended to May 1, 2019 Datum: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:34:02 +0000 Von: Morold, Michel <michel.morold(a)comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de> An: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)ccs-labs.org>, Fabian.PonteMueller(a)dlr.de <Fabian.PonteMueller(a)dlr.de>, biebl(a)tum.de <biebl(a)tum.de>, konrad.doll(a)h-ab.de <konrad.doll(a)h-ab.de>, ott(a)in.tum.de <ott(a)in.tum.de>, lars.wischhof(a)hm.edu <lars.wischhof(a)hm.edu>, wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de <wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>, office(a)ika.rwth-aachen.de <office(a)ika.rwth-aachen.de> https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/ict4vru/ICT4VRULogo.PNG *Call For Papers* * * *Workshop on ICT based Collision Avoidance for VRUs (ICT4VRU) in conjunction with INFORMATIK 2019, September 23-26, 2019, Kassel, Germany* According to the latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO), 26 % of all road traffic deaths worldwide (about 350,000) involve Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) like pedestrians and bicyclists. Cooperative collision avoidance aims at protecting VRUs by assuming that they are able to communicate their position with nearby cars by using mobile devices. In this approach, vehicles and VRUs exchange information, like their respective movement vectors for detecting whether a collision is possible or not. Mobile devices offer a wide range of sensors, which enable the recognition of specific contexts of VRUs, like for example whether a pedestrian runs towards an intersection or crosses a curb. Those contexts indicate unsafe VRU movements and can be used to improve collision avoidance in terms of collision detection performance, position accuracy, energy efficiency and more. This workshop aims at addressing these and similar challenges for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Car2VRU related scenarios. Topics of interest for the submissions include, but are not limited to: * Car2VRU architectures, applications and use cases * Car2X, Car2VRU (Car2P, Car2B) communications * Analysis of latency, overhead and message frequencies for Car2VRU communication * Machine learning and context modelling for pedestrians and bicyclists * Localization, GNSS improvements * Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) * Mobile edge computing (MEC) IMPORTANT DATES: *Paper Submission Deadline: April 19, 2019*** *Paper Submission Deadline:**(extended) May 1, 2019*** Author Notification: May 31, 2019 Camera-ready version due: June 20, 2019 Workshop: September 23-24, 2019 TPC, SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: See workshop website: _https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/ict4vru/ <https://www.comtec.eecs.uni-kassel.de/ict4vru/index.html>_ CHAIRS Klaus David, University of Kassel Falko Dressler, Paderborn University CONTACT INFO: ict4vru-workshop(a)informatik2019.de <mailto:ict4vru-workshop@informatik2019.de>

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Approaching: 44th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019)
by Lars Wolf 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Deadline Approaching: 44th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) Datum: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:21:02 +0200 Von: LCN Publicity Chairs <publicity(a)IEEELCN.ORG> Antwort an: LCN Publicity Chairs <publicity(a)IEEELCN.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Please let us know if it is undesirable to send CfPs to this list, and accept our apologies if this is the case.] ============================================================================== Call for Papers The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) & Symposium on Emerging Topics In Networking ============================================================================== Osnabrück, Germany October 14-17, 2019 http://www.ieeelcn.org ## The 44th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. For the past 43 years, major developments from high-speed networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at this conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Personal and wearable networks * Wireless ad hoc & sensor networks * Information-centric networking * Embedded networks * Opportunistic networking * Delay-tolerant networks * Cognitive radio networks * Vehicular networks * Smart Grid communications * Underwater sensor networks * Cyber-physical systems * Social networks * Mobile and ubiquitous networking * Green networking * Overlay and peer-to-peer networks * Local-area and metropolitan-area networks * Storage-area networks * Routing and transport protocols * Big Data Networking * Cloud computing and networking * Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization * Internet of Things * Link technologies * Adaptive networking applications * Authentication, authorization, accounting * Security and privacy * Cross-layer optimization * Mobility and Location-dependent services * Multimedia and real-time communication * Machine-to-machine communications for smart environments * Smart Cities * Network traffic characterization and measurements * Network management, reliability and QoS * Performance evaluation of networks * Testbeds for network experiments * Network coding * Optical and high-speed access networks * E-Health networking Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or a journal. Full papers (up to 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results and are limited to 4 camera-ready pages. Short papers will be presented in a poster session. Both full and short papers are published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## LCN Paper Submission Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Program Chairs: * Karl Andersson <karl.andersson(a)ltu.se> * Hwee-Pink Tan <hptan(a)smu.edu.sg> ## LCN Important Dates Paper registration: April 19, 2019 Paper submission : May 3, 2019 Notification : July 5, 2019 Final paper : August 9, 2019 ## Organizing Committee ### General Chair Soumaya Cherkaoui (Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada) ### Program Chair Karl Andersson (Luleå Univ. of Techn., Sweden) ### Program Co-Chair Hwee-Pink Tan (Singapore Management Univ., Singapore) ### Local Arrangements Nils Aschenbruck (Univ. of Osnabrück, Germany) ### Finance Chair Frank Huebner (USA) ### Corporate Relations Matthias Wählisch (FU Berlin, Germany) ### Symposium Chair Lyes Khoukhi (Université de Technologie de Troy, France) ### Demonstrations Chair Katrin Reitsma (Motorola Solutions, USA) ### Publications Chair Sharief Oteafy (DePaul Univ., USA) ### EDAS Chair Eyuphan Bulut (Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA) ### Registration Chair Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian Univ. of Dubai, UAE) ### Student Grants Chair Suleyman Uludag (Univ. of Michigan Flint, USA) ###Publicity Co-Chairs Florian Tschorsch (TU Berlin, Germany) Kanchana Thilakarathna (The Univ. of Sydney, Australia) ### Webmaster Gary Kessler (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., USA) ### Media Chair Fabian Marquardt (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) ## Steering Committee Kemal Akkaya (Florida International Univ., USA) Nils Aschenbruck (Univ. of Osnabruck, Germany) Joe Bumblis (IEEE TCCC Executive Committee) Ken Christensen (Univ. of South Florida, USA) Ehab Elmallah (Univ. of Alberta, Canada) Matthias Frank (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) Anura Jayasumana (Colorado State Univ., USA) Salil Kanhere (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia) Gary Kessler (Embry-Riddle Aeron. Univ., USA) Burkhard Stiller (Univ. of Zürich, Switzerland) Tim Strayer (BBN, USA) Jens Tölle (Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany) Damla Turgut (Univ. of Central Florida, USA) ## LCN Symposium on Emerging Topics In Networking ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Symposium provides an opportunity to present early work in-progress that shows exciting promise. The aim of the Symposium is to enable timely discussion of novel ideas and challenging future directions on emerging topics in networking. Submissions in areas such as, but not limited to, the following are encouraged: - Network Softwarization and virtualization - 5G and IoT - Connected vehicles Symposium papers are limited to 8 camera-ready pages, 10 pt font in IEEE format and published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. ## Symposium Paper Submission Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Symposium Chair: * Lyes Khoukhi <lyes.khoukhi(a)utt.fr> ## Symposium Important Dates Paper submission : May 10, 2019 Notification : July 5, 2019 Final paper : August 9, 2019 Follow LCN on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IEEELCN Follow LCN on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-lcn-conference/ ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special Issue on Future Internet of Vehicles
by Lars Wolf 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special Issue on Future Internet of Vehicles Datum: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:35:05 +0200 Von: chaker abdelaziz kerrache <ch.kerrache(a)lagh-univ.dz> Antwort an: chaker abdelaziz kerrache <ch.kerrache(a)lagh-univ.dz> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *Call for papers* Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) *Future Internet of Vehicles* *Aims and Scope* Thanks to the recent advancements in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT), fog computing and wireless technologies, Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are evolving towards a new environment called the Internet of Vehicle (IoV). In addition to vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-roadside (V2R) interactions, as foreseen in traditional VANETs, IoV focuses on the smart integration between humans, vehicles and things to provide not only conventional safety and infotainment applications but also advanced transportation-related services, including autonomous and green driving. The potential of IoV has been acknowledged by the industrial and academic communities and many specifications targeting vehicular-to-everything (V2X) communications have been carried out by standard development organizations (SDO) such as IEEE, 3GPP and ETSI. However, several open challenges still hinder its actual deployment. This special issue solicits original technical papers addressing the main research challenges in the IoV research arena. *Topics of Interest* Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Networking solutions for V2X communications - Cloud and Edge/Fog computing for IoV - Social networks for IoV - Opportunistic IoV - Heterogeneous V2X technologies - Modeling and Simulation frameworks for IoV - Vehicular Named Data Networking (VNDN) - Big data and data analytics for V2X - MEC application-centric mobility management design in IoV - Software-Defined Intelligent Transportation Systems - Security, privacy, and trust in IoV - 5G-IoV integration - Multimedia communications in IoV over NDN and SDN - Performance, scalability, reliability and efficiency of IoV communications over NDN and SDN - NDN-based IoV clouds - Machine learning and swarm intelligence approaches for IoV - Testbeds and validation This Special Issue encourages the submission of original, high-quality papers that are not yet published or that are not currently under review by other journals or peer-reviewed conferences. The papers should be formatted according to the ETT guidelines ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1541-8251/homepage/For…). Authors should submit a PDF version of their complete manuscript via Manuscriptcentral (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ett) according to the timetable below. *Important Dates:* Submission deadline: September 15th, 2019 Author Notification: November, 2019 Final Manuscript: January 2019 Publication: To be determined by the publisher *Guest Editors:* - *Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache* Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Ghardaïa, Ghardaïa Algeria. kr.abdelaziz(a)gmail.com - *Marica Amadeo* Department of ICT Infrastructures, and Sustainable Energy, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy. marica.amadeo(a)unirc.it - *Chengchao Liang* Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada. chengchaoliang(a)sce.carleton.ca - *Syed Hassan Ahmed* Department of Computer Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA. sh.ahmed(a)ieee.org ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019)
by Lars Wolf 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > Von: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> > Datum: 16. April 2019 um 17:28:11 MESZ > An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG > Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP -- The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2019) > Antwort an: Zhuozhao Li <zl5uq(a)VIRGINIA.EDU> > > *[Please accept our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]* > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > IEEE MASS 2019 - The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems > > Monterey, CA, USA > November 4 - 7, 2019 > > http://sites.google.com/view/mass2019 > > > IEEE MASS is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks and smart systems, defined broadly. As wireless ad-hoc networks continue to evolve and specialize into a number of application scenarios and environments, and sensor-based systems and technologies increasingly permeate our everyday life and become the inner fabric of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, the unfolding of smart environments such as smart cities, smart farming, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing, to name a few, demand integrated solutions that can make intelligent use of both cloud and edge systems, while applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to handle their growing complexity and to leverage the vast amount of available data created. > > Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 16th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in beautiful Monterey, CA, USA, on November 4-7, 2019, and it aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, covering algorithms, theory, protocols, systems & applications, experimental evaluations and testbeds, security/privacy, as well as AI/ML-based smart design. > > > Topics of Interest > > Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > • 5G networks and technologies > • AI/ML for smart wireless networks > • AI and machine learning aided protocol design and resource allocation > • AI and machine learning based applications for ad hoc networks > • Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs > • Application Layer Protocols > • Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity > • Cognitive networking > • Cooperative and cognitive communication > • Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications > • Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing > • Cyber-physical systems and applications > • Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination > • Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols > • Experiences in real-world applications and deployments > • Flying Ad-Hoc Networks > • Free-space optical networks > • Heterogeneous networks > • Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure > • Light-weight distrib > • Localization and Location Based Services > • Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds > • Mobile computing and networking > • mmWave and Terahertz networks > • Mobility modeling and management > • Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies > • Network components, operating systems, and middleware > • Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking > • QoS and Resource management > • Robotic networks > • Routing protocols > • Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems > • Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer > • Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems > • Smart grid, healthcare, transportation applications > • Vehicular networks and protocols > • Visible light communications > • Wearable and human-centric devices and networks > > > Important Dates > > Abstract submission: April 30, 2019 > Paper submission: May 15, 2019 > Notification of acceptance: August 09, 2019 Camera-ready version: August 30, 2019 > > Submission Guidelines > > Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, including all figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on TPC reviews and discussions, some papers may be accepted as 5-page short papers, in addition to the regular 9 page papers. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Note that the conference will also include a poster and demo session. > > Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25849 > > > Organizing Committee > > General Chair > - Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA > > Program Chairs > - Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA > - Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasília, Brazil > > Track Chairs > > Algorithms and Theory > - Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA > - Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, USA > > Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies > - Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA > - Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA > > Systems and Applications > - Octav Chipara, The University of Iowa, USA > - Desheng Zhang, Rutgers University, USA > > Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds > - Falko Dressler, Paderborn University, Germany > - Kang Chen, Southern Illinois University, USA > > Security and privacy > - Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University, USA > - Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA > > Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-based Smart Design > - Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA > - Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China > > Panel Chair > - Wei Zhao, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates > > Workshop Chairs > - Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China > - Ilker Demirkol, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain > > Posters Chairs > - Marcos A.M. Vieira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil > - Chenxi Qiu, Rowan University, USA > > Publicity Chairs > - Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago, USA > - Rolando Menchaca-Mendez, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico > > Finance/Registration Chair > - Shuhui Yang, Purdue University Northwest, USA > > Publication Chair > - Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA > > Local Arrangements > - Chen Qian, University of California Santa Cruz, USA > > Web Chair > - Henrique D. Garcia, University of Brasília, Brazil > > Steering Committee > - Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati,USA > - Jie Wu, Temple University, USA > - Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA > - J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California Santa Cruz, USA > > ______________________________________________________________ > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications > http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ > TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. > tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org > https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 (Deadline approaching)
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 (Deadline approaching) Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:42:08 +0200 Von: Vinay Setty <vsetty(a)MPI-INF.MPG.DE> Antwort an: Vinay Setty <vsetty(a)MPI-INF.MPG.DE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CFP: 20th ACM/IFIP International Conference on Middleware 2019 ACM/IFIP Middleware 2019 Conference - Call for Papers http://2019.middleware-conference.org where and when UC Davis, CA; Dec 9 - 13, 2019 Dates Abstract Submission May 10 Paper Submission May 17 Author Rebuttal August 1-5 Notification August 23 Final Version Due September 13 The annual ACM/IFIP Middleware conference is a major forum for the discussion of innovations and recent scientific advances of middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms and architectures for computing, storage, and communication. Highlights of the conference will include a high quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials and workshops. Original submissions of research papers on a diversity of topics are sought, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to: * Cloud and data centers * Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling * Data-intensive computing (big data) and data analytics * Stream Processing * Machine learning * Mobile and pervasive systems and services * Internet-of-Things, smart cities * Fog, Edge computing * Cyber-physical and Real-time systems * Energy and power-aware techniques * Event-based, publish/subscribe, and peer-to-peer solutions * Networking, network function virtualization, software-defined networking * Multimedia Systems * Fault tolerance and Consistency * Blockchains * Security and privacy * Monitoring, resource management and analysis * Middleware Design principles * Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware * Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective approaches * Reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation, etc. * Methodologies and tools for design, implementation, verification, and evaluation Original papers of three types are sought: * Research Papers: These papers report original research on the above topics, and will be evaluated on significance of the problem, novelty of the solution, advancement beyond prior work, sufficient supporting evidence and clarity of the presentation. * Experimentation and Deployment Papers: These papers describe complete systems, platforms, and/or comprehensive experimental evaluations of alternative designs and solutions to well-known problems. The emphasis during the evaluation of these papers will be less on the novelty and more on the demonstrated usefulness and potential impact of the contributions, the extensive experimentation involved, and the quality and weight of the lessons learned. * Big Ideas Papers: These are papers that have the potential for opening up new research directions. For such papers, the potential to motivate new research is more important than full experimental evaluation, though some preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of the approach or idea is important. Confirmed keynote speakers: Brian Cooper - Google Monica Lam - Stanford University Ion Stoica - Berkeley Submission Guidelines Submitted papers must have at most 12 pages of technical content, including text, figures, and appendices, but excluding any number of additional pages for bibliographic references. Note that submissions must be double-blind: authors’ names must not appear, and authors must make a good faith attempt to anonymize their submissions. Submitted papers must adhere to the formatting instructions of the ACM SIGPLAN style, which can found on the ACM template page. Please note that it is preferable, although not mandatory, to use a 10pt font instead of 9pt one. The Middleware 2019 conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. The official publication date will be the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library which may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the Middleware conference. Note that the official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. Software and Data Artifact Availability for Accepted Papers The authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit supporting materials to be made publicly available as “source materials” in the ACM Digital Library. The materials will be vetted by the Artifact Availability Evaluation process run by a separate committee. This submission is voluntary but encouraged and will not influence the final decision regarding the papers. Papers that go through the Artifact Availability Evaluation process successfully and are made available in the ACM Digital Library will receive a badge printed on the papers themselves. Note to Authors: By submitting your article for distribution in this Special Interest Group publication, you hereby grant to ACM the following non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide rights: * to publish in print on condition of acceptance by the editor * to digitize and post your article in the electronic version of this publication * to include the article in the ACM Digital Library and any Digital Library related services * to allow users to make a personal copy of the article for non-commercial, educational or research purposes However, as a contributing author, you retain copyright to your article and ACM will refer requests for republication directly to you. The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. General Chairs Mohammad Sadoghi, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Roman Vitenberg, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Program Chairs Vana Kalogeraki, ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Robbert van Renesse, CORNELL UNIVERSITY Industrial Track Chairs Dejan Milojicic, HP LABS Vinod Muthusamy, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER Workshop Chairs David Eyers, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Jan Rellermeyer, TU DELFT Tutorial Chair Saurabh Bagchi, PURDUE UNIVERSITY Doctoral Symposium Chairs Faisal Nawab, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ Etienne Riviere, UC LOUVAIN Test-Of-Time Award Chair Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Sponsor Chairs Andy Gokhale, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Jayaram Kallapalayam Radhakrishnan, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER Local Arrangements Chairs Christopher Nitta, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Dongfang Zhao, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO Poster And Demo Chairs Jelle Hellings, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Amy L. Murphy, BRUNO KESSLER FOUNDATION Proceedings Chair Kaiwen Zhang, ÈTS MONTRÉAL Publicity Chairs Vincenzo Massimiliano Gulisano, CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Jia Rao, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Vinay Setty, UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER Web And Social Media Chairs Suyash Gupta, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Research Track Program Committee Members: Alberto Montresor, University of Trento Aleksandar Dragojevic, Microsoft Research Cambridge Amy Tai, VMware Andy Gokhale, Vanderbilt University Boris Koldehofe, Technical University Darmstadt David Bromberg, University of Rennes, IRISA, INRIA David Eyers, University of Otago, New Zealand Derek Murray, Google Diego Lugones, Nokia Bell Labs Dilma da Silva, Texas A&M University Eva Kalyvianaki, University of Cambridge Fabio Kon, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano Fred Douglis, Perspecta Labs Gabriele Mancagli, University of Pisa Gordon Blair, Lancaster University Guillaume Pierre, INRIA Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto Ioana Giurgiu, IBM Research Zurich Jayaram K. R., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Kang Chen, Tsinghua University Liuba Shrira, Brandeis University Luis Rodrigues, INESC-ID Lydia Chen, TU Delft Marko Vukolic, IBM Research Zurich Marta Patino, Technical University of Madrid Mema Roussopoulos, University of Athens Michael Vrable, Google Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UC Irvine Pascal Felber, University of Neuchatel Patrick Eugster, Purdue University Paulo Ferreira, University of Lisbon Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College London Peter Triantafillou, University of Warwick Phillip Stanley-Marbell, University of Cambridge Rong Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Roy Campbell, UIUC Roy Friedman, Technion Samuel Kounev, University of Wurzburg Sangeetha Seshadri, IBM Research Sara Bouchenak, INSA Lyon Sonia Ben Mokhtar, CNRS Lyon Spyros Voulgaris, Athens Univ. of Economy And Business Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens Tarek Abdelzaher, UIUC Valerie Issarny, INRIA Wei Tsong Ooi, National University of Singapore Ymir Vigfusson, Emerson University ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 2019 IEEE GLOBECOM <Deadline Extended> - Green Communication Systems and Networks
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: 2019 IEEE GLOBECOM <Deadline Extended> - Green Communication Systems and Networks Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:08:15 +0800 Von: sipengbo(a)bjut.edu.cn <sipengbo(a)BJUT.EDU.CN> Antwort an: sipengbo(a)bjut.edu.cn <sipengbo(a)BJUT.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] The technical paper submission deadline has been extended to 1 May, 2019. The 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in Waikoloa on the beautiful Big Island, Hawaii, USA, from 9 -13 December 2019. Themed “Revolutionizing Communications,” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 13 symposia and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 will also include an attractive Industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits. Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS: Pengbo Si, Beijing University of Technology, China Kyng Sup Kwak, Inha University, Korea SCOPE AND MOTIVATION: The high-density deployment of base stations and the exponentially increasing of sensors and actuators in 5G and 6G networks bring great challenge on reducing carbon footprint in 5G and 6G networks. Moreover, the information sharing and intelligent decision making capabilities help recent communication systems and networks play an important role in improving energy efficiency in various industries. The aim of Green Communication Systems and Networks Symposium in GLOBECOM 2019 is to serve as a platform presenting state-of-the-art research work on challenging issues related to energy efficiency in communication systems and networks, as well as to shed further light on future directions in this space. Authors from both industry and academia are invited to submit papers and share their recent results on this platform. MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST: Energy-efficient transmission technologies and network protocols Green 5G/6G networks Energy-efficient protocols and networking Green network concepts and architectures Cross-layer design and optimization for green communications and computing Green routing and switching Green wireline communications and networking Energy-efficient storage, cloud computing, edge computing and data centers Green traffic shaping and policy implementation Energy-efficient resource management and scheduling Green software, hardware, devices, and equipment Power-efficient cooling and air-conditioning systems for communications and computing Physical layer approaches for green communications and computing Low cost, energy-efficient antenna and RF designs Green management of communication networks Context-based green approaches & green awareness Economy and pricing for green systems and services Green network monitoring Measurement and profiling of green issues Power consumption trends and reduction in communications and computing Modeling and analysis for green communications and computing Security in green communication and computing Carbon-neutral communication and computing systems Cognitive technologies to reduce energy consumption in communication networks Zero-emission base stations, communication devices, and networks Standardization, policy and regulation for green communications and computing Non-energy based green topics, issues and approaches ICT for green buildings and smart cities Architectures and models for smart grid communications Sensor and actuator networks for smart grid Communications networks for the smart grid Quality of service in smart grids Self-organizing green wireless networks Green industrial processes Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, wireless power transfer Renewable energies for ICT Energy-aware communications and networking Architectures, models, security, and approaches for smart grids and smart grid networks Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies Experimental test-beds and results for green communications and computing Field trials and deployment experiences SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 website provides full instructions on how to submit papers and the paper format. All papers should be submitted via EDAS through the following link: https://edas.info/N25074 IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: 1 May 2019 Acceptance Notification: 15 July 2019 Camera Ready: 16 Aug 2019 Pengbo Si, PhD, Professor, PhD Supervisor, SMIEEE College of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, and Deputy Director of the HR Department, Beijing University of Technology ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: GI-Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, OSPERT 2019
by Lars Wolf 15 Apr '19

15 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: GI-Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, OSPERT 2019 Datum: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:51:42 +0200 (CEST) Von: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. <mitglieder-info(a)gi.de> Antwort an: mitgliederservice(a)gi.de Organisation: Gesellschaft f�r Informatik e.V. An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Logo der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. MITGLIEDERINFO FG BETRIEBSSYSTEME Liebe Mitglieder der Fachgruppe Betriebssysteme, die Einrichtungsfrist für den bei der ECRTS-Konferenz in Stuttgart angesiedelten Workshop OSPERT 2019 <http://ospert19.tudos.org>(The 15th Annual Workshop on Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time Applications) wurde auf den 23. April verschoben. Die Organisatoren würden sich über Beiträge aus dem Kreis der Fachgruppe sehr freuen. Weitere Details finden Sie unter folgender URL: https://ospert19.tudos.org/ospert19.txt Schöne Grüße Olaf Spinczyk (Fachgruppensprecher) Impressum <https://gi.de/impressum>Datenschutz <https://gi.de/datenschutz>

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for papers: Internet of Everything Track, INFORMATIK 2019, Kassel, Germany
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for papers: Internet of Everything Track, INFORMATIK 2019, Kassel, Germany Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:26:45 +0200 Von: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Anna Förster <anna.foerster(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ***Call for Papers: Internet of Everything*** The conference INFORMATIK is the annual convention and the most important meeting of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), the largest computer science association in German-speaking countries. INFORMATIK 2019 will take place at the University of Kassel on September 23 - 26, 2019. It will celebrate the GI’s 50th birthday, which was founded in 1969, with an attractive program for participants from science and industry. The theme of the conference is “50 Years of Society for Computer Science - Computer Science for Society”. Seven conference tracks cover topics that currently receive special attention in science, practice and society. The best contributions will be forwarded for publication in suitable journals. Conference languages are German and English. Further information: www.informatik2019.de <http://www.informatik2019.de/> Internet of Everything The Internet is more than a communication infrastructure for a selected group of people. It is an integral part of our daily life. In this track, we focus on all research questions that relate to the interconnection of users and devices as well as machine-to-machine communication. This includes common topics such as network protocols and algorithms for the Internet of Things but also emerging fields such as the interconnection of cars and factories. Topics of Interest Internet of Things Industry 4.0 Car2X communication M2M communication Security and privacy 5G, 6TSCH, CoAP, MQTT, etc. Submissions Applications Services Protocols Network architectures Deployment experiences and open challenges Standardization We welcome contributions of the following two kinds from science and practice related to the theme of the track: * Extended abstracts provide a summary of already published outstanding work which appeared in top international venues 2017 or later that is presented to the community at the conference includ- ing an opportunity for discussion (2 pages). * Regular articles present new insights and stable results (up to 14 pages). They may not have been submitted or published elsewhere. Contributions in German or English should be submitted to the Review System of INFORMATIK 2019 http://easychair.informatik2019.de <http://easychair.informatik2019.de/> . Please refer to the guidelines for the GI-Edition “Lecture Notes in Informatics” at https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni/ <https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni/>. All submissions are reviewed by at least three members of the program committee in terms of content quality and thematic suitability. Important Dates 12.04.2019 registration of submissions 19.04.2019 submission deadline 31.05.2019 decision notification 20.06.2019 camera-ready version due 23.-26.09.2019 date INFORMATIK 2019 Track Co-Chairs Anna Förster, Univ. Bremen (co-Chair) Matthias Wählisch, FU Berlin (co-Chair) Contakt ioe_chairs(a)informatik2019.de <mailto:ioe_chairs@informatik2019.de> — Prof. Dr. Anna Förster Sustainable Communication Networks Faculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering University of Bremen NW1, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1 28359 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 421 218 62383 Fax. +49 421 218 98 62383 * One planet, one people. -- Prof. Dr. Anna Förster Depkenstr. 21 28213 Bremen Deutschland ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522)
by Lars Wolf 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] Elsevier Physical Communications: Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management (IF: 1.522) Datum: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 01:05:18 -0400 Von: Zeeshan Kaleem <zeeshankaleem(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Zeeshan Kaleem <zeeshankaleem(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Mission Critical Communications and Networking for Disaster Management Deadline: June 1, 2019 CFP: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/call-for-papers/sp… In recent years, since 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) is giving high priority to the mission critical communications networks and services to provide communication services in disaster areas. Because, the disaster management organizations such as fire brigades, rescue teams, and emergency medical service providers have high priority and broadband demand to exchange information among team and with the victims by using mission-critical voice and data communication. To fulfill these demands, a standalone architecture is desired that can enable communication during the disaster situations. Moreover, broadband in public safety gives law enforcement the advantage to access information, stream video, and collaborate in real time. Law enforcement and border control remains the largest application of public safety LTE. To develop the standalone architecture and technologies, currently many organizations are developing LTE-based disaster support architecture because of its capability to provide the bandwidth efficient solutions. Technologies used in existing narrowband critical communications networks such as Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and Project25 (P25) have been in use for about 20 years now. These networks are well developed and effective in supporting only voice applications but are not suitable for future higher bandwidth applications with the requirements of high data/video transmissions. Thus, the MC services are expected to evolve into the future by taking inputs from critical communications industries regarding architecture, technologies, and service requirements. Since, in disaster situation there is a possibility of complete architectural disaster, so to enable voice/data communication in this situation, the unmanned air vehicle (UAV)/robots can be used to provide the communication setup by enabling the path towards the core network. Moreover, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications are the key drivers in the emergency situation for exchanging information from the MC site in the absence of network infrastructure to provide MC voice and data services. To provide these services 3GPP included the Mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality into LTE standard which is the first major step in a series of MC Services and functionalities demanded by the market. Recently, 3GPP Release 14 added various enhancements to its repertoire related to MCPTT, MC Data, and MC Video. Hence, the Release 14 MC services not only required new protocols and security enhancements but also enhancements in existing MCPTT services to enable reuse of common functionalities. Similarly, the Release 15, that will be the first phase of 5G, is expecting more enhancements in MC services. The main objective of this special section is to bring most recent advances in physical layer of mission critical communication technologies. Moreover, its goal is to address the challenges related to mission critical services. Authors are required to submit previously unpublished papers in this special issue. Topics of interest include, but not limited to the following: • Physical layer issues for mission critical communications and network • Radio resource management schemes for mission critical communications and network • Spectrum sharing and future spectrum requirements for mission critical communications and network • UAV/robots detection and localizations protocols for mission critical communications and network • Location-based services: indoor positioning, navigation and mapping for mission critical communications and network • Stochastic geometry models for mission critical communications and network • Disaster resilient 3D location detection protocols suitable for mission critical communications and network • Channel measurements and modeling for mission critical communications and network • Mission critical communications and network optimization by targeting low latency applications • Opportunistic offloading schemes for mission critical communications and network • Device-to-device (D2D) discovery and communications for mission critical communications and network • Full duplex communications for mission critical communications and network • Deep learning algorithms for mission critical communications and network • Real-time video analytics for situation-aware mission critical communications and network • Information-driven video communication for mission critical communications and network • Heterogeneous fog communications and computing for mission critical communications and network • Connected vehicle and computing platform for mission critical communications and network • Wireless power transfer protocols for mission critical communications and network • Software defined radio (SDR) based prototype development for mission critical communications and network Editor in Chief Tolga M. Duman Bilkent University, Turkey Lead Guest Editors Zeeshan Kaleem, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan Email: zeeshankaleem(a)gmail.com Trung Q. Duong, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K Email: trung.q.duong(a)qub.ac.uk Guest Editors Mubashir Husain Rehmani Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland Email: mshrehmani(a)gmail.com Nguyen-Son Vo Duy Tan University, Vietnam Email: vonguyenson(a)dtu.edu.vn Important Dates: Manuscript due: June 01, 2019 Notification of first round review: August 1, 2019 Revised manuscript due: September 1, 2019 Final decision notification: October 1, 2019 Publication date: November 1, 2019 Submission Guideline: All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers must not exceed 25 pages (one-column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physical-communication/ All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through EVISE. The authors must select as “Mission Critical Commun.” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. All papers will be peer-reviewed by three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Zeeshan Kaleem Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Pakistan. https://sites.google.com/view/zeeshankaleem ______________________________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/ TCCC Announce: For announcements concerning computer networking and communications. tccc-announce(a)comsoc.org https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/

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