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PH.D. Forum co-located with WoWMoM

June 15-18, Cork, Ireland

http://www.cs.ucc.ie/wowmom2020/phd_forum/

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AIMS AND SCOPE
IEEE WoWMoM 2020 will host a Ph.D. forum. The forum will offer:
- a constructive environment for doctoral students to discuss their ongoing
work with a panel of experienced researchers in the field;
- an opportunity for the participants to initiate a personal network with
both other Ph.D. students and research experts outside of their own group.

The forum will be structured as a series of short presentations by the
students, followed by individual discussions and feedback. The panelists
will also offer their experience and advice on how to carry out a
successful Ph.D. and start a career as a researcher. In addition, the
participants are also expected to present a poster in a poster session open
to the attendees of WoWMoM main conference in order to increase the
visibility of their ongoing work and gather further feedback.
Specific areas of interest:
* Ad-hoc, mesh and vehicular wireless networks
* Content-centric architectures for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks
* Context-awareness in wireless, mobile and multimedia networks
* Cognitive communications and networking
* Deep learning/ Machine learning for wireless and mobile networking
* Dependability and survivability issues for wireless, mobile and
multimedia networks
* Energy-efficiency for wireless, mobile and multimedia network
* Internet/Web of Things
* Localization, tracking, and mobility management and services
* Intersection between mobile/wireless research, cloud computing, edge
computing and software-defined networking
* Mobile health networking
* Mobile network traffic characterization and measurements
* Mobile social networks
* Modeling, analysis, and performance evaluation of wireless, mobile and
multimedia networks
* Network virtualization and software-defined wireless networks
* 5G networks and applications
* Opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks
* Participatory, mobile and urban sensing
* Resource management and QoS/QoE provisioning
* RFID, NFC, backscatter communication
* Visible light communication and systems
* Wake-up radios
* Long-range/Low-power wide-area wireless networking
* Low-latency networking
* Wireless BAN, PAN, LAN, MAN and WAN
* Wireless multimedia systems, services and applications
* Satellite and space networking
* Security, trust and privacy issues for wireless, mobile and multimedia
networks
* System prototypes, measurements, real-world deployment, and experiences

Students in the middle stages of their Ph.D. (no less than six months after
starting, and no less than six months before finishing) are encouraged to
submit a 2-page extended abstract about their research. While the Ph.D.
forum is primarily a venue to present ongoing rather than completed work,
in this abstract, the Ph.D. thesis statement should be clearly identified
including the problem addressed, the contribution expected to the field,
the methodology chosen, the results achieved so far, and the work planned
ahead. The abstract shall also include a short paragraph with information
on how long they have been in the Ph.D. program, the expected timeline
towards graduation, and the name of the supervisor(s). The student should
be the sole author, although contributions of others (e.g., the advisor)
should be acknowledged.
Submissions will be reviewed by the Ph.D. forum committee to ensure
quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance to the forum.
Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in person in
the forum. Accepted submissions will be published as part of the main
conference proceedings.


IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: March 31, 2020
Acceptance notification: April 15, 2020
Camera-Ready version due: April 24, 2020
Conference Dates: June 15-18, 2020


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions must be in PDF format, written in English, adhere to the WoWMoM
formatting guidelines, and contain no more than 3 pages including figures,
tables, and references. Submissions must include the student name,
affiliation, and email address on the first page.
Papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS.


PH.D. FORUM CHAIRS
 Ana Aguiar, University of Porto (UP) and Instituto de Telecomunicacoes
(IT), Portugal
 Ramona Marfievici, Digital Catapult, UK


MORE INFORMATION
For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Ph.D. forum chairs
Ana Aguiar (anaa AT fe.up.pt) or Ramona Marfievici (ramona.marfievici AT
alumni.unitn.it).
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