Last Mile, July 25: ICSNC 2012 || November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal

INVITATION:

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The submission deadline has been extended to July 25, 2012.

Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and 
publish original scientific results to ICSNC 2012.

In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA 
Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org

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============== ICSNC 2012 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS

ICSNC 2012, The Seventh International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications
November 18-23, 2012 - Lisbon, Portugal


General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICSNC12.html

Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICSNC12.html

- regular papers
- short papers (work in progress)
- posters

Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICSNC12.html

Submission deadline: July 25, 2012

Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org

Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options.

The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, 
standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies.

Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or 
journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in 
progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.

Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html

ICSNC 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)


WINET: Wireless networks
3G/4G integration; Wireless protocols, architectural and design concepts; Design and implementation of mobile 
information systems; Wireless communications and mechanisms; Antenna and RF subsystems; Coding & modulation & 
equalization; Channel modeling and characterization; Equalization/Synchronization; Wireless technologies; Wireless 
applications & services; IP Multimedia subsystems (IMS); Wireless and mobility; Wireless-wireline convergence; 
Radio communications systems; Specialized wireless networks; Management of wireless networks; Position on 
standards & fora on wireless networks; Business models on wireless networks; Communications regulations, Spectrum 
management; Software-Defined Radio (SDR) [ architectures, hardware, software, signal processing and smart 
antennas, etc.]

HSNET: High speed networks
Technologies, protocols, and applications for high speed networks; Voice over high speed networks; Services and 
interconnections of high speed networks; Technologies for High speed optical networks; Optical burst switching; 
End-to-end applications; Optical control plan; Advanced optical technology architectures; Design of high speed 
systems and networks; Methodologies and development tools for high speed networks; Management and control of high 
speed networks; Performance in high speed networks; Security aspects in high speed networks; QoS/SLA in high speed 
networks; Diagnosing high speed networks; High speed networks and NGN

SENET: Sensor networks
Architectures and protocols for wired and wireless sensor networks; Design of sensor networks; Instrumentation and 
models for deployment of sensors networks; Power in sensor networks; Ad hoc and wireless sensor networks; 
Management and control of sensor networks; Performance in sensor networks; Security and reliability aspects in 
sensor networks; Information assurance in sensor networks; QoS/SLA in sensor networks; Applications, case studies 
and prototypes with sensor networks

MHNET: Mobile and Ad hoc networks
Mobile technology and fundamentals; Analytical and validation models for mobility; Architecture and routing 
protocols for mobile networks; Architectures, frameworks, fundamentals on ad hoc networks; Energy efficient 
design, cross-layer design, scalability; MAC protocols for ad-hoc and sensor networks (801.11, Bluetooth, etc.); 
Data, information, and signal processing in mobile networks; Complexity analysis of mobile algorithms and 
protocols; Software platforms and development tools supporting mobility; QoS/SLA, access control and security in 
mobile and ad hoc networks; Location and mobility management; Location and service discovery in ad hoc networks; 
Planning, provisioning, and deployment mobility features; Directional and smart antennas for mobile and ad-hoc 
networks; Performance and security in ad hoc and mobile networks; Self-organization, synchronization and stability 
in ad hoc networks; Self-management in ad hoc and mobile networks; Ad hoc and mobile networks and autonomic co
mputing; Mobile ad hoc platforms, systems and tools; Applications over ad hoc networks; Standards evolution on 
mobility and ad hoc networks

VENET: Vehicular networks
Communication technologies in vehicular networks; Frameworks and architectures for vehicular networks; 
Interoperability with Internet and other networks; Vehicle-infrastructure communications; Vehicle-to-vehicle 
communications; Emerging inter/intra-vehicle and infrastructure-to-vehicle wireless technologies; Cross-layer 
design and optimization for vehicular networks; Middleware and service architectures for vehicular networks; 
Propagation issues Vehicular sensors and data collection and process; On-drive diagnostics and repair technologies 
and systems; Protocol features /MAC, QoS, routing, multicast, addressing, identity/; Mobility and hand-off ; 
Properties /security, privacy, performance, robustness, real-time, etc./; Control and management in vehicular 
networks; Driver-oriented support systems /assistance, active&passive safety, etc./; Case studies and fields 
trials on vehicular networks; Applications across vehicular networks /content distribution, alerting, etc./; 
Standardizatio
n /802.11p, DSRC, etc./ and standard platforms /JasPar, AUTOSTAR, etc./

RFID: Radio-frequency identification systems
Fundamentals for RFID systems; Communications in RFID systems; Next generation RFID Technologies; RFID middleware 
design and architecture; Antenna design for RFID; System design and deployment; Circuits and architecture; RFID 
ans sensor networks; Bridging RFID networks in heterogeneous networks; Collision, proximity, speed; Security, 
privacy, trust; Monitoring and control of RFID systems; Localization and tracking; Inventory tracking; Testing and 
verification; Planing and executing RFID systems; RFID pilot projects; Use cases in deploying and operating 
/finance, manufacture, agriculture, transportation, etc./; Tools for supporting the design and deployment of RFID 
systems

SESYS: Security systems
Security analysis methodologies; Middleware and distributed systems security; Cryptography, certificates, 
information hiding, access control; Protection, risk, vulnerabilities, attacks, authorization/authentication; 
Access control, wireless access control, broadband access control; Biometrics, smart cards, identification and 
trust methodologies; Certification, accreditation anonymity, and audit; Security management, emergency contingency 
planning, identify theft, life safety; Wireless and mobile security; Fast security associations; Electronic 
surveillance and e-commerce protocols; Security and trust in web-services-based applications; Peer-to-peer 
security, denial of services; Information survivability, insider threat protection, integrity; Intellectual 
property rights, privacy, legal and regulatory issues; Criminal exploitation of technology; Commercial and 
industrial security; Viruses, hackers, worms, spam, and other malicious code

MCSYS: Multimedia communications systems
Technologies, protocols, and mechanisms for multimedia communications; Multimedia compression mechanisms and 
information representation; Multimedia encoding and compression, MPEG-1 to MPEG-4, Wavelet and fractal; Multimedia 
frameworks, communications, and middleware; Next generation multimedia communications; Mobile multimedia 
communications; Methodologies and development tools for multimedia communications systems; Wireless mobile 
multimedia communications; Ad hoc multimedia networks; IP-based Multimedia Subsystems (IMS); QoS/SLA in mobile 
multimedia services and applications; Mechanisms for interactive multimedia applications; Designing and 
implementing interactive applications; Multimedia authoring, publishing, and right securing; Security and 
performance for multimedia communications; Management, QoS, and security aspects in streaming over wireless ad hoc 
networks; Management and control of multimedia systems; Standards protocols for multimedia communications

POSYS: Policy-based systems
Policy for automation control; Trusting policy control commands; Policy-driven autonomic organizations; 
Policy-based control scalability; Policy sensors for feedback control; Policy conflict detection and conflict 
resolution; Context-aware policy-driven adaptive frameworks; Policy integrity, trust and negotiations; 
Policy-based software applications; Policing pervasive computing environments; Policing on-demand systems and 
services

PESYS: Pervasive education system
Learning and teaching systems; E-learning methods and e-learning scenarios; Tools and architectures for 
mobile/ubiquitous e-learning; Cooperative learning and working; Mobile technology and education; Distance learning 
and education; Computers and arts; Education in developing regions; Reflection in learning software and hardware; 
Social impact metrics on distance learning; Methodologies and processes for education; Curriculum projects and 
experiences; Intelligent support; Multimedia environment for teaching; E-market place for higher education; 
Embedded systems education; Wearable computers and education

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