**[Apologies if you receive multiple copies.] Call for Papers
Optical and Grid Computing Symposium, ICNC 2013 San Diego, Jan. 28-31, 2013 http://www.conf-icnc.org/2013 Scope: The Optical and Grid Computing Symposium will focus on state-of-the-art research topics related to all aspects of optical communications, networking, experiments, demonstrations, field trials, and applications in support of grid/cloud computing. To ensure complete coverage of the advances in optical communication and networking related technologies, the Optical and Grid Computing Symposium presents original contributions in, but not limited to, the following topical areas: • Optical network architectures • Optical grid networks • Advance reservations in optical networks • Transparent/Translucent optical networks • Elastic optical networks • Multi-layer optical networks • Multi-domain optical networks • Optical access networks • Convergence of optical and wireless access networks • Optical networks to support cloud computing • Optical networks to support grid computing • Datacenter and storage networks • Optical network design and reconfiguration • Optical network control and management • Routing and wavelength assignment • Protection and restoration in optical networks • Traffic grooming and traffic engineering in optical networks • Impact of the physical-layer impairments on optical network design and traffic engineering • Optical network virtualization • IP-WDM integration • Multicasting in optical networks • Optical network security • Optical switching technologies, devices, and architectures • Multi-granularity switching • Optical packet switching • Optical burst switching • Field trials, new applications and experiments • Energy-efficient/green optical networks and systems Submission Guidelines Please follow the author instructions at: http://www.conf-icnc.org/2013/author.htm Direct paper submission weblink of this symposium can be found at: http://www.conf-icnc.org/2013/cfp.htm. Important Dates Submission Deadline: July 5, 2012 Author Notification: September 20, 2012 Camera-ready Paper Due: October 20, 2012 Symposium Co-Chairs Dr. Abdallah Shami Western University, Canada Email: [email protected] Dr. Xiaojun Cao Georgia State University, USA Email: [email protected] Dr. Zuqing Zhu University of Science and Technology of China, China Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
