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C A L L F O R P A P E R S =============================

Special Session on "Performance analysis of Computer Networks (PaCoNet)"

organized in conjunction with

The 14th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2010)

10-12 September 2010 Tripoli, Greece

http://pci2010.uop.gr

Overview: The organised Special Session is devoted to the most recent analytic, simulation and experimental studies, standardization efforts and deployment examples of Computer Networks. It is anticipated to attract high-quality submissions and stimulate the cutting-edge research discussions among academic pioneering researchers/scientists and industrial engineers/leaders from Greece as well as all around the world.

PaCoNet 2010 will include a Keynote Speech by an internationally renowned researcher from the Telecommunication industry, a Panel on Computer Networks organized by experts from both academia and industry and a Technical Program consisting of research papers (work-in-progress and position papers are also welcome).

Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

· Modeling and Simulation of Wired, Wireless and Mobile Networks · Protocols and Architecture for Wired, Wireless and Mobile Networks · Performance Evaluation and Standardization of Wired and Wireless Standards · Network Access Techniques · Energy efficiency in protocol and systems design · Wired and Wireless System Services and Applications · Security, QoS and Resource Allocation in Wired and Wireless Networks · Cross-layer Issues · Wireless Mesh and Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks · WiFi, WiMAX, LTE · Wired / Wireless / Mobile Internet · 2G - 3G - 4G Convergence and Interworking · Cognitive Radio Networks · Sensor Networks Technologies and Protocols · Mobile Social Networks

Important Dates: Full Paper submission due: May 31, 2010 Notification of acceptance by: June 11, 2010 Camera ready paper due: June 16, 2010

Paper submission: Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts, in English, limited in length to five (5) pages. The required format is IEEE double-column available at http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html.

All submitted papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the Special Session Chairs. Authors are invited to send their manuscripts electronically in Postscript or PDF format to the Special Session Chairs at paconet2010@gmail.com by May 31, 2010.

Proceedings: The PCI 2010 Conference proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and will be distributed during the conference. Conference Publishing Services arranges for indexing through Thomson ISI, IEE (INSPEC), EI (Compendex), and other indexing services and archives the publication to IEEEXplore and the Computer Society Digital Libraries (CSDL).

Special Session Chairs: Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece Vasilis Vitsas, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece