-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: IEEE VTC2015-Spring Call for Papers and Workshops Datum: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:10:25 +0200 Von: VTC2015-Spring in Glasgow vtc2015spring@gmail.com An: wolf@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

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IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2015-Spring)

11-14 May 2015, Glasgow, Scotland

www.vtc2015spring.org http://www.vtc2015spring.org

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The 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2015-Spring) will be conducted May 11-14, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will convene leading individuals from industry, government, and universities to share their perspectives, ideas and innovations in the fields of wireless and mobile communications and networks, and vehicular technology. VTC2015-Spring will be one of the leading 2015 technical events to discuss and design future 5G systems and technologies. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, visionary panel sessions, tutorials, oral and poster technical sessions, workshops, and exhibitions.

The technical program committee invites the submission of original, unpublished technical papers in the following areas:

1. Antennas, Propagation and RF Design (Chairs: Buon Kiong Lau, Claude Oestges, Katsuhuki Haneda)

2. Transmission Technologies and Communication Theory (Chairs: Tim O'Farrell, Jose Monserrat)

3. Spectrum Efficient Management, Sensing and Cognitive Radio (Chairs: Oliver Holland, Periklis Chatzimisios)

4. Multiple Antenna Systems and Services (Chairs: Reiner Thomae, Ben Allen, Michail Matthaiou)

5. Cooperative Communications, Distributed MIMO and Relaying (Chairs: Simon Armour, Piya Patcharamaneepakorn, Riichi Kudo)

6. Wireless / Radio Access Technologies (Chairs: Graeme Woodward, Toktam Mahmoodi, Jordi Perez)

7. Mobile Network Applications and Services (Chairs: Vasilis Friderikos, Panagiotis Demestichas)

8. Ad-hoc, Mesh, Machine-to-Machine and Sensor Networks (Chairs: Kamya Y. Yazdandoost, Baobing Wang, Dritan Kaleshi)

9. Wireless Networks and Security (Chairs: Justin Coon, Mahesh Sooriyabandara, Marco Di Renzo)

10. Green Communications and Networks (Chairs: John Thompson, Haibin Zhang, Silvia Ruiz)

11. Satellite Networks, Positioning Technologies, Localization and Navigation (Chairs: Paul Mitchell, Giovanni Giambene)

12. Vehicular Communications, Networks and Transportation Systems (Chairs: Onur Altintas, Angela Doufexi, Miguel Sepulcre)

13. Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles, and Vehicular Electronics (Chairs: Derrick Holliday)

14. Future Trends and Emerging Technologies (Chair: Harald Haas)

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit full papers through the conference web site.

_Important dates for regular papers_

Submit papers for review by: 30 September 2014

Acceptance notices sent: 5 January 2015

Final papers due: 16 February 2015**

The conference also invites submissions of cutting-edge workshop proposals to complement the technical program of VTC2015-Spring. Workshops provide invaluable opportunities for researchers and industry practitioners to share their state-of-the-art research and development results in areas of particular interest. More information on the workshop submission procedure can be found at the conference web site.

_Important workshop dates:_

Proposal submission deadline: 30 September 2014

Notification of acceptance: 15 October 2014

_Conference Committee_

General co-chairs: James Irvine, University of Strathclyde, UK, and Javier Gozalvez, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain

TPC co-chairs: Mark Beach, University of Bristol, UK, and Narcis Cardona Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Workshops co-chairs: Klaus Moessner University of Surrey, UK, and Cheng-Xiang Wang Heriot-Watt University, UK

Panel co-chairs: Oscar Lazaro, Innovalia Association, Spain, and Robert Atkinson, University of Strathclyde, UK

Speakers chair: Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK

Tutorials chair: Dave Laurenson, University of Edinburgh, UK

Publicity co-chairs: Swee Keow Goo, University of Glasgow, UK, and Baldomero Coll-Perales, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain

Finance chair: J. R. Cruz, University of Oklahoma, USA

Conference administrators: Jim Budwey and R. Clint Keele, IEEE VTS, USA