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Fwd: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Access Journal -- Special Section on "Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research"
by Lars Wolf 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [CFP] IEEE Access Journal -- Special Section on "Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research" Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 21:43:27 -0500 Von: Mubashir Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Mubashir Rehmani <mshrehmani(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear All, Please find below a call for papers for IEEE Access. Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. ----------- CALL FOR PAPERS Special Section in IEEE Access Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research Submission Deadline: January 30, 2016 This CFP can be seen at the website of IEEE Access at http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/ieee_access/SSA_bod… IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of "Body Area Networks for Interdisciplinary Research" Recent advancements in integrated circuits, wireless communication, and MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology has enabled low power, nano-technology sensor nodes strategically deployed on the human body to be used by different applications, such as health monitoring. This new area of research is known as Body Area Networks (BAN). BAN applications cover a wide area such as sports, entertainment, military, ubiquitous health care, and many other areas. BAN has multiple opportunities of interdisciplinary research where researchers from different areas of science and technology jointly put their efforts to improve the human body monitoring and performance. Due to these joint efforts, BAN is now evolving into Body Area Nano Networks (BANNs). The BANNs are further extended with Internet of Nano Things and Internet of Bio-Nano Things technologies. The objective of this Special Section in IEEE Access is to showcase the most recent advances in interdisciplinary research areas encompassing BAN. This Special Section will bring together researchers from diverse fields and specializations, such as communications engineering, computer science, electrical, and electronics engineering, educators, mathematicians, medical, and specialists in areas related to BAN. We invite researchers from academia, industry, and government to discuss challenging ideas, novel research contributions, demonstration results, and standardization efforts on the BAN and related areas. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: Body Area Networks ------------------------------ Context and situation awareness Sensory augmentation Motion detection and activity recognition E-Health systems and electronic medical records Hardware architecture and implementation Medical imaging and patient diagnostic systems Human body communication International standards and regulatory matters Physiological parameters, measurements Communication Architecture of BANs (Intra-BAN, Inter-BAN, Beyond-BAN) BAN addressing and routing protocols MAC Layer protocols for BANs Cross layer routing protocols for BANs Radio technologies for BANs, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Ultra-wideband, etc. Radio coexistence and robustness Various kinds of BANs Signal/information processing and communication models for BANs BAN architectures and protocols Power-efficient communications Wireless energy transfer Sensing and actuation in BANs Software engineering and systems engineering for BANs Modeling, simulations and empirical experiments Design and performance issues Tools, testbeds and deployment issues Standardization of BANs Delay-tolerance, fault-tolerance and reliability in BANs Body Area Networks Applications ------------------------------------------------ Pervasive health care and patient monitoring Ambient assisted living Tele-medicine systems Wearable health monitoring Aiding professional and amateur sports training New medical diagnostics and treatments Real time streaming Entertainment applications Emergency (non-medical) Cloud Computing and BANs ---------------------------------------- Cloud-based BAN healthcare solutions Healthcare based cloud deployment models Offloading and networking in healthcare using cloud Cloud governance in health environments Tools and technologies in BANs, pervasive and sensor technologies that make use of cloud facilities Cloud-based usage analytics /event management Mobility challenges in implementing BAN integrated mobile cloud systems Image Processing techniques to securely transmit the BAN data to cloud Encrypted storage of healthcare related BAN data in cloud Access controls, roles, and application-based access to cloud specific records Standardizations Security and Privacy for BANs -------------------------------------------- Security and trust establishment for BANs Lightweight privacy preserving protocol design for data sensing, transmission and processing Physical layer security in BANs Cross layer design for security, privacy and trust in BANs Biometrics security for BANs Security threats/ attacks and their mitigations in BAN Theoretical security design using game theory or information theory Body Area Nano Networks (BANNs) Intra-body channel modeling and capacity analysis Modulation and channel coding Routing and MAC Protocols for BANNs Mathematical modeling of biochemical, and/or electrochemical processes Neuronal communication network analysis Noise analysis in action potential propagation Computer simulation of neuronal networks Nanoscale neuronal interfaces Nano-device and nano-antennas design for BANNs Nanomaterial- and metamaterial-based nano-antennas for BANNs Nano-antenna arrays for BANNs Signal generators & detectors for BANNs Modulators & demodulators for BANNs Nano-processors and nano-memories, filters & amplifiers for BANNs Nano-batteries and energy harvesting Nano-sensors and electromagnetic nanoparticles Applications of BANNs Nano-sensing for health monitoring Human life enhancement Electromagnetic interference (EMI) analysis for BANNs Application case studies and testbeds BAN integrated Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNTs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Molecular communication enabled BAN integrated IoBNTs Channel modeling for molecular communication, including open and fluidic environments and intra-/inter-cellular propagation Information theory for nanoscale communication networks of BAN integrated IoBNTs Communication theoretical approaches for BAN integrated IoBNTs Deployment and topology management in BAN integrated IoBNTs Network architecture and protocols for BAN integrated IoBNTs Experiments, implementation, and testbeds for BAN integrated IoBNTs Interfaces among BAN integrated nanoscale communication networks Energy efficiency in BAN integrated nanoscale communication networks Nano-computing paradigms, including neuromorphic computing, DNA and molecular computing, membrane computing and quantum computing Security and trust establishment for BAN integrated IoBNTs GUEST EDITORS OF THE SPECIAL SECTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Associate Editor and Lead Guest Editor COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Email: mshrehmani(a)gmail.com * Ejaz Ahmed University of Malaya, Malaysia Email: imejaz(a)gmail.com * Samee U. Khan North Dakota State University, USA Email: samee.khan(a)ndsu.edu * Milena Radenkovic University of Nottingham, UK Email: milena.radenkovic(a)nottingham.ac.uk IEEE Access Editor in Chief: Michael Pecht, Professor and Director, CALCE, University of Maryland SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------------- Submit manuscript to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ieee-access We also highly recommend the submission of multimedia with each article as it significantly increases the visibility and usage of articles. For information regarding IEEE Access including its publication policy and fees, please visit the website http://www.ieee.org/ieee-access ABOUT IEEE ACCESS ---------------------------------- IEEE Access is a multidisciplinary, applications-oriented, all-electronic archival journal continuously presenting the results of original research or development across all of IEEE's fields of interest. Supported by author publication fees, its hallmarks are a rapid peer review and publication process with open access to all readers. For information regarding IEEE Access including its publication policy and fees, please visit the website https://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/ieee_access.html ================================================= Mubashir Husain Rehmani Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine Associate Editor, IEEE Access Associate Editor, Elsevier CAEE and JNCA Journals Associate Editor, Springer Wireless Networks Associate Editor, AHSWN Journal and JCN Journal Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Pakistan Tel: +92-333-3052764 https://sites.google.com/site/mshrehmani/ ================================================= ______________________________________________________________ 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 ACM MobiCom 2016
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CfP ACM MobiCom 2016 Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:42:31 +0100 Von: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> Antwort an: Falko Dressler <dressler(a)CCS-LABS.ORG> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG ACM MobiCom 2016 Call for Papers http://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2016/ As the premier conference on mobile computing and wireless networking, MobiCom 2016 solicits full papers (limited to 12 pages excluding references) that focus on the theory, system, practice, and challenge of providing users with an enriched and ubiquitous mobile or wireless experience. At its core, we solicit papers that address important challenges in access/communication, energy, computing, security and user experience as it applies to wireless networking and mobile computing. We strongly encourage papers on emerging mobile/wireless topics including but not limited to next generation (5G) mobile networks, Internet of things, machine-to-machine communications, visible light communication, novel access paradigms/modalities, smart devices, wearable computing, and mobile data science/analysis. We also invite papers that integrate mobile/wireless research with innovations in cloud computing and software defined networking. Successful papers will address real research challenges through theoretical analysis, novel system design, and/or real-world measurement and deployment of mobile networks, systems and applications. The program committee will evaluate each paper using metrics that are appropriate for the topic area. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. In addition to regular, full research papers, the conference also invites submission in the following categories: Experience Papers The conference invites submission of short papers (limited to 8 pages excluding references) that present extensive experiences with implementation, deployment, and operations of mobile systems and wireless networks. Desirable papers are expected to contain real data as well as description of the practical lessons learned. The experiences papers will be evaluated by the MobiCom technical program committee, primarily for (i) the richness of their data or experiences, (ii) inferences drawn or lessons learned, (iii) discovery of new problems, and (iv) their impact on current and future mobile systems and wireless networks as well as on the society. Note that a paper that builds a system and presents a limited experimental evaluation is not suitable as an experience paper. The selected experience papers will be a part of the MobiCom technical program and will be published in the conference proceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the f! ull papers. The title of these papers must have the prefix "Experience:". Challenge Papers The conference also invites submission of short papers (limited to 8 pages excluding references) that present revolutionary new ideas or that challenge existing assumptions prevalent among the wireless research community. These "challenges papers" should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues and/or influence the direction of future research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenges papers will be reviewed by the MobiCom technical program committee and will be part of the technical program and published in the MobiCom proceedings. They should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must have the prefix "Challenge:". Paper Submission Instructions All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their full paper. Any papers that do not adhere to the following guidelines will be immediately rejected: • Full papers - Maximum of 12 pages excluding references (i.e. submissions may include as many additional pages as needed for references) • Experience/Challenge Papers - Maximum of 8 pages excluding references • Font size no smaller than 10 points • Double column format with each column having dimensions 9.25 inches x 3.33 inches, a space of 0.33 inches between the two columns, and with no more than 55 lines of text per column • Fit properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5 inches x 11 inches) • Authors' names must not appear anywhere in the paper or in the PDF file. The PDF file must also not contain any hyper-links. All submitted papers would be evaluated through a double-blind reviewing process, with the identities of the authors withheld from the reviewers. Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs (at mobicom2016 "dot" tpcchairs "at" gmail "dot" com). Awards All accepted regular papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award. The program committee will select a number of candidates for the award among accepted regular papers. The winner will be selected at the conference, taking into consideration both the paper and the presentation. We will also have an award called the Best Community Paper Award. Among all accepted regular papers, the program committee will select one that contributes the most to the broader research community in terms of real data or new software/hardware or artifacts. Video Presentation The authors of each accepted paper will be asked to submit a short 1-minute video to introduce the research presented in their paper to the general public. These videos will be placed on the conference website up to two weeks before the conference, and will be played during the conference. A selected set will be featured by the social media channels related to the conference. A Best Video Award will be given at the conference. Important Dates Abstracts submission due: 5PM EST, March 8, 2016 Paper submissions due: 5PM EDT, March 15, 2016 (Note the switch to daylight savings time on Mar 13 in the US) Notification of acceptance: June 13, 2016 Camera-ready due: July 15, 2016 Video submission due: Aug 26, 2016 Proceedings publication date: October 3, 2016 Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs: Yingying Chen (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) Marco Gruteser (Rutgers University, USA) TPC Co-Chairs: Y. Charlie Hu (Purdue University, USA) Karthik Sundaresan (NEC Labs Princeton, USA) Steering Committee: Victor Bahl (Chair) (Microsoft Research, USA) Suman Benerjee (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Ramesh Govindan (University of Southern California, USA) David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA) Kang Shin (University of Michigan, USA) -- Prof. Dr. Falko Dressler Distributed Embedded Systems University of Paderborn, Germany http://www.ccs-labs.org/~dressler/ ______________________________________________________________ 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] IPSN '16 Call for Demos and Posters
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] IPSN '16 Call for Demos and Posters Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 20:22:43 +0800 Von: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> Antwort an: Yanmin Zhu <yzhu(a)SJTU.EDU.CN> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG The 15th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2016) draws upon many disciplines including networking, signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases, information management, distributed algorithms, embedded systems, wireless communications, and machine learning. In addition to full-length technical papers, IPSN welcomes exciting demonstrations of novel sensor network technology, applications, and hardware as well as posters showing promising early work. IPSN seeks 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. 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. ________________________________ Posters 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. If you have any questions, please contact the poster co-chairs: Lu Su (SUNY Buffalo) and Tian He (University of Minnesota) ________________________________ Demos 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). The authors of the accepted demos will be invited to submit an optional short video together with the camera-ready version of the abstract. The videos will be linked from the conference program on the IPSN 2015 home page. If you have any questions, please contact the demo co-chairs: Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang (Columbia University) and Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and SICS, Sweden) ________________________________ Formatting Guideline Poster and demonstration abstracts should be submitted as PDF files and be formatted using ACM SIG Proceedings Tighter Alternate Style. Poster and demonstration abstracts are at most 2 pages, including figures, tables, and references. Poster abstracts should follow the same format but should include a thumbnail of the planned poster as a third page. If a demonstration requires special arrangements, please describe them clearly in your submission using a separate third page. (This third page is not part of the technical content of the abstract and can be formatted at discretion of the authors). Abstracts need not be anonymous. Please make sure you use the latest version of the templates to prepare your submissions. Due to the short interval between the notification of acceptance and the camera-ready deadline, we strongly encourage authors to follow the camera-ready formatting guidelines as close as possible even for the initial abstract submission. ________________________________ Important Dates Poster and Demo Submission: February 7, 2016 (11.59 PM, US PDT) Notification of Acceptance: February 12, 2016 Camera-Ready Abstracts Due: February 25, 2016 ________________________________ Poster/Demo Submissions http://ipsn.acm.org/2016/posters.html?v=1 ______________________________________________________________ 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 special issue in Mobile Information Systems
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP special issue in Mobile Information Systems Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 18:27:09 +0100 Von: Daniel Gutiérrez Reina <d.gutierrez.reina(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Daniel Gutiérrez Reina <d.gutierrez.reina(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Application of UAVs in Mobile and Wireless NetworksCall for Papers The increasing developments in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have raised a wide range of possible applications, many of which take advantage of their communication capabilities with wireless and mobile devices. Today UAVs are equipped with many onboard sensors such as instrument measurement units (IMUs), global positioning systems (GPS), lasers, and cameras. Using this information, UAVs can work cooperatively in groups or swarms through a wide variety of scenarios, raising important challenges in their cooperative decision making and control. However, the collected context information from these sensors can also be transmitted and shared via wireless multihop communications with not only other UAVs, but also ground control stations and people on the ground. The new generation of smartphones and tablets is capable of establishing wireless communications and sensing a huge number of context variables. Thus, it is possible to plan cooperative missions that comprise both UAVs and other unmanned or manned ground devices, including tablets and smartphones. The cooperation of UAVs with the citizens carrying the portable devices will lead to a plethora of novel applications related to, for example, public protection, aerial monitoring, and transportation of goods. The purpose of this special issue is to publish high quality research papers related to novel applications of UAVs and mobile and wireless networks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: - Cooperative tactical movements, mobility models, and decision making of UAVs in monitoring applications - Collision and obstacle avoidance using context information - Wireless communication technologies for UAV based applications - Data processing and fusion from UAVs, including artificial intelligence and data mining based strategies - Novel cooperative decisions and control systems, including formation reconfiguration - Communications protocols for UAVs: routing, broadcasting, and data dissemination - Integration and interoperability of wireless UAVs with other wireless multihop ad hoc networks such as MANETs, VANETs, and DTNs - Application of UAVs in disaster scenarios - Multiple UAVs path planning with collision avoidance - UAV-WSN cooperative localization - Context-aware information systems using UAVs - Monitoring applications (aerial photography and video) using UAVs - Simulation, prototypes, and real experimentation of UAV based applications Authors can submit their manuscripts via the Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/misy/auav/. Manuscript DueFriday, 3 June 2016First Round of ReviewsFriday, 26 August 2016Publication DateFriday, 21 October 2016 Lead Guest Editor - Sergio Toral <storal(a)us.es>, University of Seville, Seville, Spain Guest Editors - Daniel G. Reina <dgutierrezreina(a)us.es>, University of Seville, Seville, Spain - Tracy Camp <tcamp(a)mines.edu>, School of Mines, Colorado, USA - Nik Bessis <nik.bessis(a)edgehill.ac.uk>, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK -- Cordiales Saludos / Best Regards, D. G. Reina, PhD. http://investigacion.us.es/sisius/sis_showpub.php?idpers=15653 https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=-BCyV50AAAAJ&hl=en ______________________________________________________________ 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 COMNET Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking
by Lars Wolf 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: Elsevier COMNET Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 11:59:28 -0500 Von: Annalisa Socievole <socievolea(a)DIMES.UNICAL.IT> Antwort an: Annalisa Socievole <socievolea(a)DIMES.UNICAL.IT> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *** Our Sincere Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message *** DEADLINE EXTENSION: ___________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier - Computer Networks Journal Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems for Mobile Opportunistic Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ The pervasive presence of mobile personal devices with communication and computation capabilities together with the massive use of online social network systems (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, etc.) are increasingly creating a cyber-physical space where users can interact exploiting and generating information. Enriched with several sensing capabilities and networking interfaces, today’s portable devices are enabling new ways of communication including Mobile Networking in Proximity (MNP). This network mode complements the classic scenario with Internet coverage enlarging the range of functionalities of these devices through short-range communications (e.g., Bluetooth, WiFi Direct, etc.) in situations where Internet may not be available. When two devices are in proximity, they could still share information without the need of continual Internet connectivity just exploiting the meeting opportunities and activating an opportunistic hop-by-hop forwarding towa! rds the destination. In this view, the social-aware or social-inspired mobile networking research is increasingly underlining the benefits and the need of having knowledge of the social behavior of users for the MNP design. On one hand, the social behavior of mobile nodes can be extracted from mobility. On the other hand, also online social network interactions may provide information about user’s social behavior. As such, the convergence between the two worlds, the physical offline one made by mobile devices and the cyber online one made by the online social networks is getting more and more important, opening a novel and interesting research field with many challenging issues. The goal of this Computer Networks Special Issue is to solicit the research closely related to the mobile and social networking reporting advances on approaches, methods, and applications envisioning and addressing the challenges in this field. Topics of Interest __________________ * Social-aware modeling, design and development of routing algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Trust, security and privacy, incentive mechanisms, reputation systems and key management algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Social metrics for network operation * Participatory mobile sensing, crowd sourcing and social media mining integration algorithms in cyber-physical MNP * Application of mixed physical and online social network sensing * Comparison of human social behavior in online and offline social networks over MNP and its evolution over time * Impact of online social behavior on MNP algorithms * Design of cyber-physical applications for MNP based on behavioral models * Graph analysis applied to cyber-physical MNP * Novel distributed solutions for designing, supporting and operating cyber-physical MNP * Real experiences and experiments with cyber-physical MNP Submission Details __________________ Submissions will be judged based on their originality, novelty, and quality. Submissions must not substantially overlap with papers that have been previously published or are currently submitted for publication. The submission must be clearly written and in excellent English, with a maximum page limit of 20 pages. All received submissions within the scope of the issue will be sent out for peer review by three experts in the field and will be evaluated with respect to the relevance to this special issue, level of innovation, depth of contribution, and quality of presentation. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ Manuscripts should be submitted on line through http://ees.elsevier.com/comnet/ with Cyber-physical MNP selected as the article type. Important Dates _______________ Paper Submission Due: January 15, 2016 Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2016 Revised Papers Due: June 15, 2016 Final Author Notification:July 15, 2016 Publication Target Date: September 2016 Guest Editors _____________ * Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy (derango(a)dimes.unical.it) * Annalisa Socievole, University of Calabria, Italy (a.socievole(a)dimes.unical.it) * Athanasios Vasilakos, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (athanasios.vasilakos(a)ltu.se) * Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, United Kingdom, (eiko.yoneki(a)cl.cam.ac.uk) * Artur Ziviani, National Laboratory for Scientific Computing, Brazil, (ziviani(a)lncc.br) ______________________________________________________________ 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 session on "Industrial Wireless Networking" at IEEE INDIN 2016.
by Lars Wolf 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Special session on "Industrial Wireless Networking" at IEEE INDIN 2016. Datum: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:47:01 +0000 Von: Gidlund Mikael <mikael.gidlund(a)MIUN.SE> Antwort an: Gidlund Mikael <mikael.gidlund(a)MIUN.SE> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics INDIN'16, 18-20 July 2016, Poitiers, France Special Session on "Industrial Wireless Networking" organized by Prof Mikael Gidlund, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Dr Johan Åkerberg, ABB Corporate Research, Sweden Call for Papers Theme: Wireless communication is very appealing for a broad range of automation applications, including industrial process monitoring and control, home and factory automation, environmental, building and structural monitoring and energy management. Wireless communications in the automation domain impose a number of research challenges, such as communication reliability, bandwidth management, latency issues and energy efficiency. In dynamic environments, very challenging research issues arrive when non-functional properties, such as real-time behavior and adaptability, must be enforced. We solicit technical papers describing original ideas, theory, methodology and experiences from the design, implementation and deployment of wireless systems for industrial automation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Advanced network architectures and standards for industrial sensor and actuator networks · Protocols for reliable and real-time wireless communication · Integration and coexistence of heterogeneous wireless networks · Wireless sensor and actuator networks performance, simulation, RF measurements, modeling and case studies · Control over wireless networks · Security and safety issues in industrial wireless networks · Emerging wireless concepts, such as related to Internet-of-Things, for industrial applications Submissions Procedure: All the instructions for paper submission are included in the conference website : http://ieee-indin2016.sciencesconf.org/. A good quality paper may be considered for publication in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics subjects to further rounds of review Reception of full paper: 15 February, 2016 Paper acceptance notification: 10 April, 2016 Camera ready paper reception: 1 May, 2016 ______________________________________________________________ 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: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities – Deadline: 29th February 2016
by Lars Wolf 24 Dec '15

24 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities – Deadline: 29th February 2016 Datum: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 04:13:35 -0500 Von: Ejaz Ahmed <imejaz(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Ejaz Ahmed <imejaz(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Please find below information related to our feature topic ''Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities” in the IEEE Communications Magazine. Kindly consider submitting your relevant work to this feature topic. Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement due to cross posting. Information related to this feature topic is given below. FEATURE TOPIC: ENABLING MOBILE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART CITIES URL: http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/enabling-mobile-and-wireless-technologies-… CALL FOR PAPERS Due to advancements in communication and computing technologies, smart cities have become main innovation agenda of research organizations, technology vendors, and governments. To make a city smart, a strong communication infrastructure is required for connecting smart objects, people, and sensors together. Smart city communication involves multiple aggregation and access networks that can be either public or private. The rapid progress in smart cities research is posing enormous challenges in terms of significance, scope, and problem domain. Smart cities rely on wireless and mobile technologies for providing services such as healthcare assistance, security and safety, real-time traffic monitoring, and managing the environment, to name a few. Such applications have been a main driving force in development of smart cities. These mobile and wireless technologies enable several new services that result into better decision making and actions made by enterprises and governments.! Without the appropriate communication networks, it is really difficult for a city to facilitate its citizens in sustainable, efficient, and safer manner/environment. Considering the significance of mobile and wireless technologies for realizing the vision of smart cities, there is a need for conducting research to further investigate the standardization efforts and explore different issues/challenges in the wireless technologies, mobile computing and smart environments. This FT focuses on the crossroads between scientists, industry practitioners, and researchers from different domains in the wireless technologies, mobile computing and smart environments. We envision to provide a platform for researchers to further explore the domain and explore the challenges. In this FT, we invite researchers from academia, industry, and government to discuss challenging ideas, novel research contributions, demonstration results, and standardization efforts on enabling mobile and wireless technologies for smart cities. FOCUS FOR THE FT In this FT we would like to try to answer some (or all) of the following questions: How mobile and wireless technologies can improve the performance and services provided by smart cities? How to evaluate the impact of mobile and wireless technologies on smart cities services? What are the key mobile and wireless technological challenges that hinder the development of smart cities? How to standardize the wireless interfaces of devices for communication in smart cities? Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Resource and network management in smart cities • Quality of Service mechanisms for wireless networks in smart cities • Integration and co-existence of technologies and networks for smart cities • Interoperability between heterogeneous networks of smart cities • Topology and mobility management in smart cities • Energy-aware wireless protocols and algorithms for smart cities • Sensing technologies and applications for smart cities • Wireless networks for smart city surveillance and management • Experimental network measurements and characterization for smart cities data traffic • Security and privacy concerns in smart cities SUBMISSIONS Articles should be tutorial in nature, with the intended audience being all members of the global communications technology community. They should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Mathematical equations should not be used (in justified cases up to three simple equations may be allowed). In general, however, mathematics should be avoided; instead, references to papers containing the relevant mathematics should be provided. Articles should not exceed 4500 words (from introduction through conclusions, excluding figures, tables and captions). Figures and tables should be limited to a combined total of six. The number of references is recommended not to exceed 15. Complete guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts are posted at http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines. Please send a PDF (preferred) or MSWORD formatted paper via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee). Register or lo! g in, and go to Author Center. Follow the instructions there. Select "December 2016/Enabling Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Smart Cities" as the Feature Topic category for your submission. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission: 29th February 2016 Decision Notification: 30th June 2016 Final Manuscript Submission: 15th September 2016 Expected Publication Date: December 2016 GUEST EDITORS Ejaz Ahmed University of Malaya, Malaysia imejaz(a)gmail.com Muhammad Imran King Saud University, Saudi Arabia dr.m.imran(a)ieee.org Mohsen Guizani Qatar University, Qatar mguizani(a)ieee.org Ammar Rayes Cisco Systems, USA rayes(a)cisco.com Jaime Lloret Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain jlloret(a)dcom.upv.es Guangjie Han Hohai University, China hanguangjie(a)ieee.org Wael Guibene Intel Labs, Ireland wael.guibene(a)intel.com Kind Regards, Ejaz Ahmed Senior Researcher, High Impact Research Project, Centre for Mobile Cloud Computing Research (C4MCCR), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email IDs: imejaz(a)gmail.com, ejazahmed(a)ieee.org Personal Website: www.ejazahmed.com Official Website: http://mobcc.fsktm.um.edu.my/index.php/Ejaz_Ahmed ______________________________________________________________ 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: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Impact of Next-Generation Mobile Technologies on IoT-Cloud Convergence
by Lars Wolf 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CFP: IEEE Communications Magazine FT - Impact of Next-Generation Mobile Technologies on IoT-Cloud Convergence Datum: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:36:25 +0600 Von: Al-Sakib Khan Pathan <sakib.pathan(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: Al-Sakib Khan Pathan <sakib.pathan(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG *CALL FOR PAPERS* *IEEE Communications Magazine* Feature Topic: *Impact of Next-Generation Mobile Technologies on IoT-Cloud Convergence* *URL: * http://www.comsoc.org/commag/cfp/impact-next-generation-mobile-technologies… In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought the vision of a more connected world into reality with emerging volume of data and numerous services that are delivered via heterogeneous access networks. At the same time, Cloud Computing came into play to offer enormous storage, computing facilities and data sharing opportunities. However, the convergence of IoT and Cloud can provide new opportunities for both technologies. It can open a new horizon of ubiquitous sensing, interconnection of devices, service sharing, and provisioning to support better communication and collaboration among people and things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. It can also support powerful processing and storage facilities of huge IoT data streams (big data) beyond the capability of individual “things”, as well as to provide automated decision making in real time. Thus, such convergence can enable the development of new innovative applications in various emerging areas such as smart cities, smart grids, smart healthcare and others to improve all aspects of life. While researchers have been making advances in the study of IoT and cloud convergence, very little attention has been given to the impact of next generation mobile and wireless networking technologies such as 5G wireless networks, software-defined networking (SDN), and cloud radio access networks (Cloud RAN) on this convergence paradigm. The next generation networking technologies will be the success factor for realizing this convergence since they will contribute to facilitate resource constrained devices to communicate efficiently with faster data generation and processing as well as improve QoS/QoE in data transmission. In addition, it can pave the way for a new form of interaction between IoT and Cloud by supporting better spectral efficiency, network capacity, mobility and coverage. This FT (Feature Topic) targets a mixed audience of researchers and investigators from several communities and research fields, including those from communications, networks, IoT, multimedia signal processing, distributed and cloud computing as well as other related disciplines to share and exchange new concepts, ideas, principles, and methodologies, aiming to advance the convergence paradigm. We seek high quality papers, which, have not been published elsewhere and have scientific value relevant to topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following: - Next generation wireless communication architectures and protocols for IoT- Cloud - Resource allocation, management and configurations for IoT-Cloud over 5G - IoT big data storage, processing, analysis in Cloud over 5G - Cloud-based IoT mobility management and QoE/QoS enhancement - Cloud RAN and spectrum management for IoT - Cloud-centric software defined wireless networking architecture for IoT - Test bed and experimental platforms of IoT deployed in Cloud environment over 5G - Cloud computing and virtualization for IoT networking infrastructure supporting 5G - 5G-supported wireless network test-beds, simulators, open-source codes, and tools for IoT - Data security, privacy and reliability scheme for the combined IoT- Cloud - Innovative applications and communication protocols for the combination of IoT and Cloud in various fields (e.g., health, multimedia bigdata and so forth) *SUBMISSIONS* Articles should be tutorial in nature and written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article. Authors must follow IEEE Communications Magazine's guidelines for preparation of the manuscripts. Complete guidelines for prospective authors are found at: http://www.comsoc.org/commag/paper-submission-guidelines It is important to note that IEEE Communications Magazine strongly limits mathematical content, and the number of figures and tables. Paper length (introduction through conclusions) should not exceed 4,500 words. All articles to be considered for publication must be submitted through the IEEE Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commag-ieee) by the deadline. *IMPORTANT DATES* Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 15, 2016 Decision Notification: August 15, 2016 Final Manuscript Due Date: October 15, 2016 FT Publication Date: January 2017 *GUEST EDITORS* *M. Shamim Hossain* King Saud University, KSA mshossain(a)ksu.edu.sa *Changsheng Xu* Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China csxu(a)nlpr.ia.ac.cn *Ying Li* IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA yingli(a)us.ibm.com *Al-Sakib Khan Pathan* UAP and SEU, Bangladesh/ Islamic University in Madinah, KSA spathan(a)ieee.org *Josu Bilbao* IK4-IKERLAN, Spain JBilbao(a)ikerlan.es *Wenjun Zeng* Microsoft Research, Asia wezeng(a)microsoft.com *Abdulmotaleb El Saddik* University of Ottawa Canada elsaddik(a)uottawa.ca ========================================================== -- *Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Ph.D., SMIEEE* Adjunct Faculty (Associate Prof. level), Southeast University, Bangladesh Visiting Faculty (Fall-2015), University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh *Also, affiliated with (as a Faculty member):* Faculty of Computer and Information Systems Islamic University in Madinah, Madinah al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: spathan(a)ieee.org, sakib.pathan(a)gmail.com URL: https://sites.google.com/site/spathansite/ ______________________________________________________________ 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] [15th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless AdHoc-Now from July 4th to 6th 2016 in Lille France] Call For Papers
by Lars Wolf 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] [15th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless AdHoc-Now from July 4th to 6th 2016 in Lille France] Call For Papers Datum: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:21:36 +0100 Von: Abdoul Aziz Mbacke <aziz.mbacke(a)INRIA.FR> Antwort an: Abdoul Aziz Mbacke <aziz.mbacke(a)INRIA.FR> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG CALL FOR PAPERS ADHOC NOW 2016 The 15 th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc Now) 2016, Lille, France Wireless Networks are becoming a necessity covering a wide range of application domains which include smart environments, health care, industry, precision agriculture, multimedia applications and intelligent transport systems, etc. This advancement in wireless and mobile technologies introduces new challenging issues. Since its creation in 2002, the International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now) has become a well‐established and well known event dedicated to wireless and mobile computing. It serves as a forum for interesting discussions on ongoing research and new contributions. The conference addresses both experimental and theoretical research in the areas of ad hoc networks, sensor networks, mesh networks and vehicular networks. It focuses on all issues from link layer up to the application layer. The fifteenth (15 th ) edition of ADHOC‐NOW will be organized from July 4 th to 6 th 2016 in Lille, France . We seek original contributions as work in progress, experimental and theoretical research in Wireless Sensor, Ad‐Hoc, Mobile and Wireless Networks. * The proceedings of the conference will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) . * Submission deadline : February 07 th , 2016 * Author notification : March 07 th , 2016 * Camera ready paper submission and registration : April 22 nd , 2016 * Conference date : July 4 th – 6 th , 2016 * Conference venue : Lille, France Submissions must not be published or under review for another conference or journal. We are interested, but not limited to, research papers in any of the following areas: * Access Control * Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems * Algorithmic Issues * Analytic Methods and Modeling for Performance Evaluation * Ad Hoc Network Applications and Architectures * Delay-Tolerant Networking * Distributed Algorithms for Ad Hoc Networks * Energy Efficiency * Geometric Graphs * Location Discovery and Management * Mobility Handling and Utilization * Wireless Mesh Networks * Big Data Inspired Data Sensing * Mobile Ad Hoc Computing Platforms * Systems and Testbeds * Mobile Social Networking * Quality-of-Service * Routing Protocols (Unicast, Multicast, etc.) * Secure Services and Protocols * Sensor Networks * Self-Configuration * Service Discovery * Timing Synchronization * Vehicular Networks * Wireless Internet * Processing and Networking Technologies Complexity and Computational Issues * Prototype systems and real-world deployment experiences For further information please visit: https://project.inria.fr/AdHocNow2016 ______________________________________________________________ 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] Call for Papers - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid special section on "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security"
by Lars Wolf 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] Call for Papers - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid special section on "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security" Datum: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:26:49 +0100 Von: cfp 2015 <sgcps2015(a)GMAIL.COM> Antwort an: cfp 2015 <sgcps2015(a)GMAIL.COM> An: tccc-announce(a)COMSOC.ORG Call for Papers IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid special section on "Smart Grid Cyber-Physical Security" Smart grid proactively uses state-of-the-art information technologies in communications, computing, and control to improve efficiency, sustainability, stability, and security of the electrical grid. It is a complex and mission-critical network where real-time intelligence enhances performance in aspects encompassing power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption. Integration of advanced communications and control into the physical grid, unfortunately, may create vulnerabilities that can be readily exploited by adversaries to compromise the grid’s safety, through attacks such as data manipulation and false data injection. It is therefore imperative to understand the fundamentals and engineering aspects of cyber-physical mechanisms that can lead to critical failures. Based on this understanding, system designers and operators may implement robust defenses for attack detection, mitigation, and forensics to improve the grid’s reliability and resilience. At the same time, real-time and fine-grained sensing of information raises privacy concerns that must be addressed. We plan this special section to address the critical areas of cyber-physical security and privacy for smart grid. We welcome important research advances in both basic science and applied engineering. Survey papers on important topics that unify or significantly improve our understanding of complex and seemingly disparate nodes of knowledge, as well as real-world case studies and field experience of major practical value, are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Methodologies for modeling and assessment of smart grid cyber-physical security and privacy • Privacy protection and trust management • Intrusion detection and system integrity • Sensing and control for attack detection and mitigation • Secure and trustworthy demand-response management • SCADA and industrial control system (ICS) system security • Cyber-physical security of vehicle-to-grid systems • Cyber-physical security of energy storage and management systems • Cyber-physical security of distributed energy resources (DER) systems • Cyber-physical security of renewable energy systems (e.g., large-scale PV and wind farms) • Cyber-physical security of micro-grids and DC grids • Cyber-physical emergency and security control/management • Game theoretic, big data, and machine learning approaches for smart grid security • Economics and incentives for smart grid security and privacy • Authentication, key management, and access control This special issue solicits original work that is not under consideration for publication in other venues. Short papers of up to four pages are requested for the first round of reviews. Authors of selected short papers will be invited to submit full papers, of up to eight pages, in a second round of reviews. Prospective authors should refer to http://www.ieee-pes.org/publications/information-for-authors for guidelines on content and formatting of submissions. Please submit a PDF version of the short paper, including a cover letter with the authors' contact information, via e-mail to yanzhang(a)ieee.org by the deadline. Full papers should be submitted to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tsg-pes Important Dates • Feb 28th, 2016 Deadline for submission of short papers • Mar 30th, 2016 Completion of first-round of reviews • Aug 31st, 2016 Deadline for submission of full papers • Mar 31st, 2017 Notification of final decisions • Apr 15th, 2017 Publication materials are due Guest Editorial Board • Dr. Yan Zhang (Guest Editor-in-Chief), Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway. Email: yanzhang(a)ieee.org • Dr. David Yau, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. Email: david_yau(a)sutd.edu.sg • Dr. Saman Zonouz, Rutgers University, USA. Email: saman.zonouz(a)rutgers.edu • Dr. Dong (Kevin) Jin, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. Email: dong.jin(a)iit.edu • Dr. Meikang Qiu, Pace University, USA. Email: mqiu(a)pace.edu • Dr. Melike Erol-Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA. Email: merolkan(a)clarkson.edu Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Dr. Jianhui Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, 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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