Dear Colleagues,

Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement.

We would like to inform you that a special issue in Elsevier Computer Communications Journal (COMCOM) and a special issue in Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (PMC) are associated with SustainIT 2013. Authors of papers of particular merit will be invited to contribute to those special issues.

We are looking forward to your submission.

Best regards,
Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy
Thierry Klein, Bell Labs, USA
TPC co-chairs 


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CALL FOR PAPERS

SustainIT 2013

The Third IFIP Conference on
Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability

http://www.dicgim.unipa.it/networks/sustainit2013

October 30-31, 2013
Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Sponsored by the IFIP TC6 WG 6.3, Performance of Communication Systems

Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society
Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC)

In cooperation with IEEE Communications Society
Technical Subcommittee on Green Communications and Computing (TSGCC)

Supported by
EINS: The Network of Excellence in Internet Science



**** Paper Submission Deadline --- MAY 3, 2013 ****    



The best paper presented at the conference will receive the Best Paper Award. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a special section/issue in the Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications (COMCOM) and the Elsevier Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC).

SCOPE
AND OVERVIEW 


Today, energy efficiency is widely regarded as one of the biggest technological and societal challenges for developing a more sustainable world. The Internet - and more generally information and communication technologies (ICT) - can play an essential role to achieve a more sustainable energy use and to reduce our carbon footprint. On the one hand, Internet is a significant energy consumer, and it is necessary to redesign current Internet technologies, as well as network architectures, devices and components, services and protocols to improve energy efficiency. On the other hand, ICT is a key enabling technology to foster a more intelligent use of energy in areas such as buildings, transport and electric grids. 

Both aspects of the problem raise interesting scientific challenges, and require a comprehensive effort and inter-disciplinary research at all levels of abstraction. The goal of this conference is to bring together people from
different research areas, and provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia.

Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of energy-awareness for Internet-based systems, and the design of ICT solutions for eco-sustainability are solicited.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- Green Internet
- Power-aware Internet applications
- Energy-efficient network architecture and protocols 
- Green wireless networking
- Energy-efficient network technologies
- Cross-layer optimization for green networking
- Standards and metrics for green communications
- Energy-efficient management of network resources 
- Energy efficiency in data centres 
- Energy efficiency, Quality of Service, and reliability
- Algorithms for reduced power, energy and heat
- Data
processing in smart energy systems
- ICT for energy efficiency in smart homes and buildings
- ICT for sustainable smart cities 
- ICT for sustainable transports and logistics
- ICT for green mobility
- ICT for energy efficiency in industrial environments
- ICT for smart grids
- Security and privacy in ICT for energy systems
- Sustainability achievements due to ICT-based optimization 
- Energy consumption measurements, models, and monitoring tools
- Measurement and evaluation of the Internet sustainability
- Test-bed and prototype implementations



PAPER SUBMISSION

All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal.

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS. Manuscripts must be formatted in accordance with the IEEE Computer Society author guidelines (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=14317). Manuscripts must be limited to 9 pages, single spacing, double column, and must STRICTLY adhere to the template format. Detailed instructions for manuscript preparation and submission are available on the conference website (http://www.dicgim.unipa.it/networks/sustainit2013/submission.html).

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Submission implies the willingness of, at least, one author to register and attend the conference to present the paper. The organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the conference.

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IMPORTANT DATES

- Paper registration deadline:     May 3, 2013
- Paper submission deadline:       May 3, 2013
- Acceptance/Reject notification:             June 30, 2013
- Camera-ready version due:                   July 30, 2013


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Giuseppe Lo Re, University of Palermo, Italy
Sajal K. Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA  

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy
Thierry Klein, Bell Labs, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE
Marco Conti (Chair), IIT-CNR, Italy
Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK
Thierry Klein, Bell Labs, USA

INDUSTRIAL TRACK CO-CHAIRS
Cristina Bueti, ITU-T: Environment & Climate Change, Switzerland
Luca Valcarenghi, SSUP, Italy

PUBLICITY CHAIR
Valerio Arnaboldi, IIT-CNR, Italy


TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Marco Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Lachlan
Andrew, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Sujata Banerjee, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Antonio Capone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Franco Davoli, University of Genoa, Italy
Jose de Souza, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil
Jaafar Elmirghani, University of Leeds, UK
Sebastia Galmes, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Isabelle Guerin Lassous, Universite' de Lyon - LIP, France
Rune Gustavsson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Helmut Hlavacs, University of Vienna, Austria
Karin Hummel, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK
Krishna Kant, George Mason University, USA
Bart Lannoo, Ghent University - iMind, Belgium
Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy
Alan Marchiori, United
Technologies Research Center, USA
Enzo Mingozzi, University of Pisa, Italy
Daniele Miorandi, Create-Net, Italy
Archan Misra, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Sandor Molnar, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Inder Monga, Energy Sciences Network, USA
Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy
Jean-Marc Pierson, University Paul Sabatier, France
Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland
Pedro Reviriego, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Spain
Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State University
Domenico Talia, Universita' della Calabria, Italy
Luca Valcarenghi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Adam Wolisz, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Weigang Wu, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Moshe Zukerman, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Gil Zussman, Columbia University,
USA

CONTACTS

For further information, please visit the conference website (http://www.dicgim.unipa.it/networks/sustainit2013), or send an e-mail message to sustainit2013@unipa.it.




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