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CALL FOR PAPERS

S4NETS - Staminal Self-Organizing Self-Configuring Self-Evolving Networks

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Gianluca Aloi, University of Calabria, Italy aloi@deis.unical.it

Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy, difelice@cs.unibo.it

Valeria Loscrì, University of Calabria, Italy, vloscri@deis.unical.it

Pasquale Pace, University of Calabria, Italy, ppace@deis.unical.it

Giuseppe Ruggeri, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria,

giuseppe.ruggeri@unirc.it

SCOPE AND TOPICS OF INTERESTS

The goal of this Workshop is to go beyond the concept of self-organizing networks and systems by proposing the concept of ?STEM-NETWORKS?. This concept includes the well-known ideas of self-configuration, self-management, self-healing, but it pushes these features even farther until including the concept of node /MUTATION/ and /EVOLUTION/. The ?stemness? term recalls the peculiarity of a biological stem cell, able to evolve and specialize towards a specialized cell. The main difference with the biological counterpart and the our concept of ?stemness? lies on the reversibility of the process. Each node is able to opportunistically configure its-self based on the specific task that needs to be accomplished. Strictly related to the ?stemness? concept is not only selfness property of the system that come out in a straightforward way but also swarm concept. In fact, devices evolve and organize to each other by accomplishing simple sub-task, each of one is part of a bigger task.

In line with such objectives, original contributions are solicited in topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following:

ü New technology enabling and involving the concept of self-organization

ü New advancements in Software Defined Networking

ü Cooperation and coordination algorithms and protocols for services differentiation and quality of service (QoS) provision

ü Controlled mobility strategies to support self-organizing networks

ü Bio Inspired Models for Self Organization

ü Topology control schemes in S4 communications networks

ü Self-organizing group and pattern formation

ü Self-organizing mechanisms for task allocation, coordination and resource allocation

ü Self-organizing information dissemination and content search

ü Security and safety in self-organizing networked systems

ü Risks and limits of self-organization

ü Evolutionary principles of the (future, emerging) Internet

ü Multi-disciplinary approaches and solutions for novel S4 methodologies

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES

Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical paper by the deadline of 30 MAY 2013. Submissions will be accepted through EDAS. All submissions must be written in English and be at most six (6) printed pages in length, including figures. For full details, please visit the following website:

https://sites.google.com/site/s4nets2013/

TPC MEMBERS

Kaushik Roy Chowdhury - Northeastern University, USA Claudia Campolo - University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Ali Ghandour - American University of Beirut, Lebanon Yi Hong - Monash University, Australia Antonio Iera - University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Gustavo Marfia - University of Bologna, Italy Nathalie Mitton - Inria Lille-Nord Europe / FUN, France Cristophe Moy -SUPELEC, France Antonella Molinaro - University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Enrico Natalizio -Compiegne Technology University, France Paul Patras - National University of Ireland, Ireland Tahiry Razafindralambo - Inria Lille-Nord Europe / FUN, France Violet Syriotuk - Arizona State University, USA Zhili Sun - University of Surrey, UK

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission: May 1, 2013, Decision Notification: May 30, 2013 Camera Ready: June 20, 2013, MoWNet: August 10-21, 2013