Call for Papers ===============

International Workshop on

Vehicular Communications, Networks, and Applications (VCNA 2009)

December 14-16, 2009, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

(in conjunction with the 10th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms and Networks, I-SPAN 2009)

Important Dates --------------- Submission Deadline: July 15, 2009 Authors Notification: Aug. 15, 2009 Final Manuscript Due: Sept. 1, 2009 Workshop: Dec. 14-16, 2009

Theme ----- The Vehicular Wireless Networks and Vehicular Intelligent Transportation Systems have recently received much attention. The aim is to improve traffic safety, protect environment by reducing traffic congestion and fuel consumption, and enable a plethora of new applications such as mobile infotainment. To facilitate both safety and non-safety applications, there is a necessity to integrate communications and computing technologies into vehicular and transportation systems. To facilitate these applications, many different types of communications and networking would be involved, including intra-vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-roadside (V2R) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. Therefore, this workshop intends to foster state-of-the-art research in the areas of Vehicular Communications, Networks, and Applications through a forum for novel results and solutions to solve various problems and challenges foreseen in the future. The topical areas covered by this workshop include but are not limited to:

- Network Architecture of V-Winet/V-ITS - V-Winet/V-ITS Services and Applications - Cooperative Aspects of V-Winet/V-ITS - Availability and Scalability Issues in V-Winet/V-ITS - Mobility, Traffic Models and Network Management for V-Winet/V-ITS - Cross-layer Optimization Techniques for V-Winet/V-ITS - Modulation, Coding, and Channel Modeling for V-Winet/V-ITS - Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Protocols - Vehicle-to-Roadside Communication Protocols - Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Protocols - Simulation Framework and Real-World Testbeds for V-Winet/V-ITS - Driving Safety and Related Applications and Services - Green Technologies and V-Winet/V-ITS - Cooperative Vehicular Communications - Cross-layer Design and Optimization for Vehicular Communication Networks - Intra-vehicle, V2I, V2R, and V2V Communication Protocols - MAC, Routing, Congestion Control, Multicast, Mobility Management, etc. - Network Architecture for Vehicular Communication Networks - Physical Layer and RF Level Technologies - Radio Resource Management and QoS Support - Real-time Experimental Systems and Testbeds for Vehicular Communications - Safety and Non-safety Applications and Services - Security and Privacy Technologies - Mobility and Vehicle Traffic Models

Paper Submission ---------------- Authors are invited to submit original papers: they must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have submitted in parallel to any other conferences that have proceedings. Papers must be written in English and must be in standard IEEE conference format limited to a maximum of 6 pages. The proceedings of the workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and indexed by EI. Submitting a paper to the workshop means that if the paper is accepted, at least one author should attend the workshop to present the paper. For no-show authors, their papers will be removed fromthe digital library after the conference. All submissions must be in PDF and will be handled electronically through:

http://grid.chu.edu.tw/vcna2009

International Journal Publications ---------------------------------- Special issue of Telecommunication Systems and TamKang Journal of Science and Engineering

Selected best papers of the workshop will be further considered for special issues of Telecommunication Systems (Springer) and TamKang Journal of Science and Engineering (TKJSE) on Vehicular Communications, Networks, and Applications planned for publication in 2010.

General Co-Chairs -----------------

Prof. Chih-Yung Chang Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Taiwan Email: cychang@mail.tku.edu.tw

Prof. Tzung-Shi Chen Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National University of Tainan, Taiwan Email: chents@mail.nutn.edu.tw

Prof. Yuh-Shyan Chen Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, Taiwan Email: yschen@mail.ntpu.edu.tw

Technical Program Co-Chairs ---------------------------

Prof. Sherali Zeadally Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia, USA Email: szeadally@udc.edu

Prof. Kuei-Ping Shih Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Taiwan, ROC Email: kpshih@mail.tku.edu.tw

Prof. Tin-Yu Wu Department of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University, Taiwan, ROC Email: tyw@mail.tku.edu.tw

Publicity Co-Chairs -------------------

Dr. Scott Fowler Department of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK Email: fowlers@aston.ac.uk

Dr. Zonghua Zhang Information Security Research Center, NICT, Japan Email: zonehua@gmail.com

Technical Program Committee Members -----------------------------------

Katerina Mitrokotsa, Technical University of Delft Jesus A. Tellez, Universidad de Carabobo Rashid Mehmood, Swansea University, UK Carlos Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de, Madrid, Spain Albena Mihovska, Aalborg University, Denmark Mohsin Iftikhar, University of Sydney, Australia Naveen Chilamkurti, La TrobeUniversity, Australia Mohamad Badra, LIMOS Laboratory, CNRS, France Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom (R&D), Orange Labs, France Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece Eduardo Cerqueira, University of Coimbra, Portugal J. L. Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Rung-Shiang Cheng, Kun Shan University, Taiwan W. E. Chen, National Ilan University, Taiwan Der-Jiunn Deng, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan Jen-Wen Ding, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Chih-Heng Ke, National Kinmen Institute of technology, Taiwan Wei-Tsong Lee, Tamkang University, Taiwan Guan-Hsiung Liaw, I-Shou University, Taiwan San-Yuan Wang, I-Shou University, Taiwan T. L. Kao, I-Shou University, Taiwan Quincy Wu, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan Wei-Kuo Chiang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Li-Der Chou, National Taipei University, Taiwan Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Shun-Ren Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Hui-Tang Lin, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Sok-Ian (Ines) Sou, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Jen-Yi Pan, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Lain-Chyr Hwang, I-Shou University, Taiwan Ing-Yi Chen, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan Li-Ling Hung, Aletheia University, Taiwan Chao-Tsun Chang, Hsiuping Institute Technology, Taiwan Gwo-Jong Yu, Aletheia University, Taiwan Sheng-Shih Wang, Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Yen-Da Chen, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Hung-Chang Chen, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Taiwan Wen-Hwa Liao, Tatung University, Taiwan Chih-Min Chao, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

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