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              The 1st ACM International Workshop on
       Future Industrial Communication Networks (FICN 2018)
              in conjunction with ACM MobiCom, 2018

                         New Delhi, India

        https://sigmobile.org/mobicom/2018/workshops/ficn/
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Scope
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A robust, reliable, and intelligent communication network integrating both
wired
and wireless technologies forms the backbone of the 4th industrial
revolution.
Such systems, however, face a variety of challenges that range from
realizing
very large-scale networks to critical systems that require reliable and
minimal
latency in communication. Industrial networks are often required to support
very
low-data rate and low-power devices that are spread over tens of
kilometers. On
the other hand, many next generation networks will require to handle very
high
capacity traffic for applications that support virtual and augmented
reality-based solutions. Moreover, due to mobility of workers (both humans
and
robots), mobile network communication (with or without infrastructure) also
becomes critically important.

The ACM Future Industrial Communication Networks (FICN) workshop aims to
address
some of the challenges related to industrial communication networks.
Importance
will be given to solving real-life problems and cost-effective green
solutions
that can benefit emerging economies, startups, and small and medium
enterprises.
At ACM FICN, industry and academia shall come together to discuss
challenges and
cutting-edge research ideas, as well as establish a forward-looking
collaborative relationship.

ACM FICN seeks original, novel, and previously unpublished (and
currently not under consideration anywhere else) papers that address the
challenges faced by modern industrial networks. Submitted papers will be
peer-reviewed by eminent members of the Technical Program Committee
where technical merit, novelty, timeliness, and relevance to the workshop
shall be considered.

Topics of interest to the FICN workshop include, but are not limited to:

 * Autonomous and intelligent intent-based networks
 * Critical communication network and systems
 * Industry 4.0 communication systems and related standards
 * Green communication and battery-saving systems
 * Large-scale sensor networks and industrial IoT (IIoT) applications
 * 5G and industrial requirements
 * Reliable and time sensitive networks
 * Industrial applications of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks
 * Heterogeneous networks involving modern and legacy (non IP-based)
equipment
 * Bid and design phases of communication networks (optimization & coverage)
 * Low-power wide area machine-to-machine networks
 * Software-defined networking (SDN) for industry
 * Condition monitoring, analytics, and prognosis for industrial systems
 * Cybersecurity: dissemination, identification, and defense against
   industrial malware/botnets
 * Test-beds and real-life measurements for highly scalable industrial
   applications


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Important Dates
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Paper submission: June 10, 2018
Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2018
Camera-ready: August 10, 2018
Workshop date: October 29 or November 02, 2018 (to be confirmed soon)


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Submission Guidelines
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Submitted papers must not exceed six (6) double-column pages (including the
title, list of author(s), figures, tables, references, and appendices, if
any)
and must adhere to the general ACM MobiCom conference submission
guidelines. The
review process will be single-blinded, which means submitted papers must
contain
name(s) and affiliation(s) of all the authors. All submissions must be in
PDF
format; no other formats will be reviewed. ACM provides LaTeX and MS Word
templates to help you draft the paper. However, you are solely responsible
to
verify that all guidelines have been followed.

At least one author of each accepted paper need to register and present the
paper at the workshop. All presented papers will be published in the
proceedings
of ACM MobiCom 2018 and will be available in the ACM Digital Library.

See https://sigmobile.org/mobicom/2018/workshops/ficn/index.html#submission
for further details. For any query, please send an email to the organizers
with
"FICN2018" in the subject line.


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Organizing Committee
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Deepaknath Tandur
ABB Corporate Research Center, India
deepaknath.tandur@in.abb.com

Sudip Misra
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
sudipm@iitkgp.ac.in

Barun Kumar Saha
ABB Corporate Research Center, India
barun.kumarsaha@in.abb.com

Juliano Fischer Naves
Federal Institute of Rondônia, Brazil
juliano.naves@ifro.edu.br


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