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CALL FOR PAPER
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IEEE International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing in Disconnected, Intermittent and Limited (DIL) Networks (SOC-DIL)
collocated with 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2015-Spring

Technically Sponsored by IEEE and NATO IST-118 Working Group -  SOA Recommendations for
Disadvantaged Grids in the Tactical Domain

11-14 May 2015, Glasgow, Scotland


Service-oriented computing (SOC) has emerged in recent years as a promising
approach to facilitating the interoperability of various, generally heterogeneous
networking systems. After successful deployment in the Internet and broadband networks,
the latest trend is to introduce SOC into Disconnected, Intermittent and Limited (DIL)
wireless/mobile networking environments, which are typical scenarios for rural
area net-works, vehicular
networks, battlefield networks and other resource-constrained
or disadvantaged networks. Efficient and effective interoperability in these networks
is highly demanded for various mission-critical ap-plication scenarios such as disaster
relief in ravaged regions, search and rescue in remote areas and military/tactical operations
in hostile environments. The workshop is therefore primarily concerned with
latest re-search advances in improving the performance of SOC-based services and
applications in DIL networks. We welcome papers concerned with all aspects of
innovative design, implementation, deployment, evaluation and recommendation of SOC-based
systems in DIL environments. In particular, the workshop solicits papers addressing the
following topics:


- Architecture, design, implementation and evaluation of SOC-based systems for DIL environments
- Case studies involving DIL environments utilising SOC in various stages
of development or use cases
- Analysis, modelling and characterisation of DIL networks, and their impact on SOC-based services
- SOC service composition, deployment, discovery and life cycle management in DIL environments such
  as vehicular networks, disaster relief, military tactical networks, emergency management
- Adaptive, collaborative, location-aware, mission-critical and other smart applications in DIL environ-ments
- Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) in DIL environments
- Quality of Information (QoI) and Value of Information (VoI) in DIL environments
- Security, mobility, network virtualisation, connectivity/routing, energy and medium access control
  solutions in DIL environments to enable improved SOC
- Cross-layer optimisations in DIL environments for enhanced SOC performance
- Emulation or simulation tools, and test beds for evaluating SOC interoperability in DIL environments
- Standardisation
and recommendations


IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission by 17th December 2014 (FIRM DEADLINE)


Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE VTC-Spring 2015 conference proceedings
and be included in IEEE Xplore. Submitted papers must use the IEEE Template and represent
original material; paper length should not exceed 5 pages.


General Co-chairs
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Frank T. Johnsen, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway
Trude H. Bloebaum, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway
Qi Wang,  University of the West of Scotland, UK

Technical Program Co-chairs

Christos Grecos, Independent Imaging Consultant
Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, University of the West of Scotland, UK

Publicity Co-chairs
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Lingfen Sun, University of Plymouth, UK
Ian Owens, Cranfield
University, UK

Panel Chair
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Peter-Paul Meiler, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Re-search, Netherlands

Kindest Regards,
Jose M. Alcaraz Calero
Lecturer in Network & NATO IST 118
University of the West of Scotland, UK
http://jmalcaraz.com


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