Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the CFP of the 8 IEEE workshops that will be co-located with the 14th IEEE WoWMoM conference (http://wowmom2013.tmit.bme.hu/) in June 4, 2013, in Madrid, Spain.
• 5th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking (IEEE HOTMESH 2013) http://www.cs.kau.se/mesh2013/ • Seventh IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2013) http://aoc2013.dti.supsi.ch/ • 4th IEEE Workshop on Data Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks (D-SPAN 2013) http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/nsl/DSPAN_2013/ • 2nd International Workshop on Emerging Cognitive Radio Applications and aLgorithms (CORAL 2013) http://www.cs.unibo.it/coral2013/ • Workshop on the Internet of Things: Smart Objects and Services (IoT-SoS) http://www2.ing.unipi.it/iot-sos2013 • 2nd IEEE Workshop on Video Everywhere (VidEv 2013) http://www.videv2013.tuc.gr/ • IEEE Workshop on Convergence among Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet (CONWIRE)http://conwire.it.teithe.gr/ • International Workshop on Smart City and Ubiquitous Computing Applications http://www.scuca2013.tuc.gr/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission due: February 28, 2013 Accept notification: March 25, 2013 Camera Ready: April 8, 2013 Detailed information about the workshops can be found below and in their respective websites. Regards, Miguel A. Labrador and Polychronis Koutsakis, Workshop Co-Chairs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS The 5th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking (IEEE HOTMESH 2013) June 4th 2013, Madrid, Spain, http://www.cs.kau.se/mesh2013/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES Submission due: February 28, 2013 Accept notification: March 25, 2013 Camera Ready: April 8, 2013 AIMS AND TOPICS The huge advances of wireless broadband technologies lay the foundation of a future where ubiquitous wireless network access will be anywhere at anytime. Wireless mesh networks are expected to be a key element of this future by providing a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective wireless backbone to mobile devices, through a multi-hop wireless communication system. Although significant advances have taken place in the last few years, open questions and technical challenges still remain, in addition to how wireless mesh networks will integrate with and/or influence existing mobile and fixed broadband networks in order to create an integrated infrastructure that supports emerging services. Especially interesting are recent developments in the area of community mesh networks or carrier grade mesh networks. This workshop aims to bring together technologists researchers who share interest in the area of wireless mesh networks. The main purpose is to promote discussions on recent advances in the analysis, design and implementation of systems, protocols and services for next generation mobile mesh networks. It also aims at increasing the synergy between academic and industry professionals working in this area. We plan to seek papers that address theoretical, experimental, and work in-progress at all layers of mesh networks, from application to physical layer. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: -Cross layer design and optimizations -Capacity/Performance modeling and analysis -Energy Saving and Green Mesh Networks -Integration with mobile and fixed broadband networks -Community Meshed Networks -Support for new and emerging services, such as multimedia content delivery, social networks and urban sensing -Wireless mesh networks for Smart Grids and Smart Cities -Multi-radio and multi-channel wireless mesh networking -Medium access control protocols -Mesh networks configuration and management -Routing, scheduling, and channel assignment protocols -Measurements in mesh networks -QoS provisioning -Mobility and location management -Topology construction and maintenance -Interference Control and Management -Cognitive and radio-agile mesh networks -Security and privacy in mesh networks -Testbed, prototype, and practical systems PAPER SUBMISSION Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. Guidelines on paper submission and formatting are available at http://www.cs.kau.se/mesh2013/submissioninstructions.html. Please note that all accepted papers will need to have a full registration to the conference (there is no workshop only registration). In addition, no-shows of accepted papers at the workshop will result in those papers NOT being included in the IEEE Digital Library. All submitted papers will be reviewed by up to three experts and if accepted, included in conference proceedings published by IEEE. At least one author of accepted papers is required to register at the full registration rate. GENERAL CHAIRS Stefano Avallone, University of Naples, IT Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Andreas J. Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden WEB CHAIR Andreas Laven, Karlstad University, SWE TPC Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Emilio Ancillotti, Italian National Research Council, Italy Vangelis Angelakis, LinkΓ¶ping University, Sweden Elizabeth Belding, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy Vania Conan, Thales Communications, France Giovanni Di Stasi, University of Naples Federico II Marc Emmelmann, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Felix Freitag, UPC, Spain Rosario Garroppo, University of Pisa, Italy Isabelle Guerin-Lassous, UniversitΓ© de Lyon - LIP, France Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Emil Lundqvist, Huawei Technologies, Sweden Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Leandro Navarro, UPC Axel Neumann, Pangea, Germany Marius Portmann, University of Queensland, Australia Susana Sargento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Pablo Serrano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa, Italy Salvatore Vanini, SUPSI, Switzerland Frank Zdarsky, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Seventh IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications (AOC 2013) June 4, 2013 - Madrid, Spain http://aoc2013.dti.supsi.ch/ Fast Track on Computer Communications Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom **** Submission Deadline --- February 28, 2013 **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The recent proliferation of sensor-rich portable devices is enabling novel communication paradigms for users and contributing to the implementation of the ubiquitous computing and networking vision. Opportunistic networking represents a key communication paradigm for this vision. Either as a standalone communication mode or as a complement to infrastructure-based communication, opportunistic networking leverages the mobility of end users to enhance their ability to communicate in the absence of reliable end-to-end connectivity. Opportunistic networking opens up many possibilities but also poses countless new challenges. The goal of the AOC 2013 workshop is to serve as a forum for researchers, professionals, application developers, and other experts from both academia and industry to exchange new ideas, discuss new solutions, and share their experiences. As with previous editions, this year’s workshop is particularly interested in novel research directions, such as service composition techniques, co-existence with infrastructure networks, and insights from game theory, social networking analysis, and cognitive psychology. The workshop will solicit original papers addressing theoretical and practical aspects of autonomic and opportunistic communications as well as papers describing prototype implementations and deployments. Topics of interest for AOC 2013 include, but are not limited to: Routing, transport, and reliability issues Techniques for data dissemination and replication Applications and middleware support, mobile social networking applications Mobility models and statistical analysis of mobility traces Context and social awareness mechanisms and algorithms Co-existence of opportunistic networks with infrastructure mobile wireless networks Service composition in autonomic and opportunistic networks Cognition-driven information processing and decision making Performance modelling, scaling laws, and fundamental limits for autonomic and opportunistic communications Game-theoretical insights to the operation of autonomic and opportunistic networks Participatory and urban sensing in autonomic and opportunistic networks Trust, security, and reputation Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and prototypes, measurement data from real experiments Socio-economic models for autonomic and opportunistic communications PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor being currently under review by another conference or journal. Manuscripts are limited to 6 pages, single spacing, double column, and must strictly adhere to the template format. Accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings published by IEEE. There will be no separate workshop registration, as one single registration will cover both conference and workshops participation. At least one author of each accepted paper is required and present his/her work at the workshop. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for possible fast track publication on the Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier). IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Full papers due: February 28, 2013 Notification: April 8, 2013 Workshop: June 4, 2013 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- WORKSHOP Chairs Merkouris Karaliopoulos, University of Athens, Greece Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland STEERING Committee Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens, Greece PUBLICITY Chair Alan Ferrari, SUPSI, Switzerland PROGRAM COMMITTEE (tentative) Eleonora Borgia, IIT-CNR, Italy Jian-Nong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Vania Conan, Thales, France Jordi Cucurull, Scytl, Spain Serge Fdida, UPMC, Paris VI, France Anna Foerster, SUPSI, Switzerland Laura Galluccio, University of Catania, Italy Nidhi Hegde, Technicolor, France Tristan Henderson, University of St. Andrews, UK Theus Hossmann, University of Cambridge, UK Gunnar Karlsson, KTH, Sweden Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Kyunghan Lee, North Carolina State University, USA Franck Legendre, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Daniele Miorandi, Create-net, Italy Refik Molva, Eurecom, France Valtteri Niemi, Nokia, Switzerland Katia Obraczka, Univ. of California Santa Cruz, USA Konstantinos Oikonomou, Ionian University, Greece Joerg Ott, HUT, Finland Elena Pagani, University of Milan, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Andreea Picu, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Christian Rohner, Uppsala University, Sweden Fabrizio Sestini, EU Commission Abdullatif Shikfa, Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, France Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos, EURECOM, France Roger Whitaker, Cardiff University, UK Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge, UK Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena-Reggio, Italy Xiaolan Zhang, Fordham University, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS D-SPAN 2013 4th IEEE Workshop on Data Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks June 4, 2013 Madrid, Spain http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/nsl/DSPAN_2013/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 4th IEEE International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks (D-SPAN) will be held in conjunction with the 14th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM). The workshop focuses on defining novel problems and developing novel techniques for data security and privacy issues in wireless and mobile networks. With the emergence of data-intensive wireless networks such as wireless sensor networks and data-centric mobile applications such as location-based services, the traditional boundaries between these three disciplines are blurring. This workshop solicits papers from two main categories: (1) papers that consider the security and privacy of data collection, transmission, storage, publishing, and sharing in wireless networks broadly defined, e.g., MANET, cellular, vehicular, ad hoc, cognitive, as well as sensor networks; and (2) papers that use data analytics techniques to address security and privacy problems in wireless networks. The workshop provides a venue for researchers to present new ideas with impact on three communities – wireless networks, databases, and security. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Location privacy in wireless networks • Secure data collection and aggregation for wireless sensor networks • Secure query processing over wireless sensor networks • Secure and privacy-preserving data streaming • Key exchange, distribution and management in wireless networks • Secure data processing in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) • Secure data collection in body-area networks • Throughput-security tradeoffs in wireless networks IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission deadline: February 28, 2013 • Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2013 • Camera-ready papers due: April 8, 2013 • Workshop date: June 4, 2013 (in conjunction with WoWMoM 2013) Paper submission instructions: Original, unpublished manuscripts for 6-page papers inclusive of all references and figures are encouraged. Papers should report completed results and must not be previously published elsewhere or currently under review for any other publication. Vision papers and descriptions of work-in-progress are also welcome as short paper submissions (4 pages). Papers must be written in English, and formatted according to the WoWMoM Proceedings format. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Consequently, each accepted paper needs to have a registration to the conference (a no-show will result in exclusion of the corresponding paper from the IEEE Digital Library). Paper submission website: TBD General Co-Chairs • Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University (noubir at ccs.neu.edu) • Krishna Sampigethaya, Boeing Research & Tech. (radhakrishna.g.sampigethaya at boeing.com) TPC Co-Chairs: • Levente Buttyán, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (buttyan at hit.bme.hu) • Loukas Lazos, University of Arizona (llazos at ece.arizona.edu) Steering Committee: • Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington (Chair) • Radha Poovendran, University of Washington Program Committee Members: • Basel Alomair, KACST Saudi Arabia • Tansu Alpcan, The University of Melbourne • Arati Baliga, AT&T Security Research Center • Michel Barbeau, Carleton University • Erik-Oliver Blass, Eurecom • Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University • Mauro Conti, University of Padua • Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington • Roberto Di Pietro, Università di Roma Tre • Yuguang Fang, University of Florida • Xinwen Fu, University of Massachusetts Lowell • Mohamed Gouda, National Science Foundation • Heejo Lee, Korea University • Donggang Liu, University of Texas at Arlington • Neal Patwari, University of Utah • Radha Poovendran, University of Washington • Kui Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology • Bo Sheng, University of Massachusetts, Boston • Bishal Thapa, Raytheon BBN Technology • Zhi Wang, North Carolina State University • Wei Yu, Towson University • Nan Zhang, The George Washington University • Sencun Zhu, The Pennsylvania State University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Workshop on Emerging Cognitive Radio Applications and aLgorithms (CORAL 2013) June 4, 2013 Madrid, Spain http://www.cs.unibo.it/coral2013/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cognitive Radio (CR) is emerging as one of the key technologies to solve the problem of spectrum scarcity faced by current wireless systems. A CR network aims to support highly reconfigurable devices that are capable of sensing the current environment, and adapting the transmission parameters to the specific scenarios, also based on the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of the applications. The potential deployment of CR networks has been further augmented through various standardization activities supported by the IEEE (e.g. IEEE 802.22, IEEE 802.16h, IEEE 802.11y), and directives of spectrum regulatory agencies (e.g. the FCC in US). These efforts have opened portions of the spectrum for opportunistic spectrum access and laid down rules for sharing the spectrum, so that communication in novel and promising application domains, like smart-grid and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) domains, as well as communication in critical scenarios, like vehicular networks, public safety networks, emergency networks, are supported. However, to fully realize the potential of CR networks, there is a need to draw the attention of the research community for developing advanced, context-based and innovative methodologies, techniques and algorithms possibly inspired by multi-disciplinary research fields. The objective of this workshop is to bring together practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussion and technical presentations on the recent advances in both the methodological and algorithmic aspects and the novel applications of cognitive radio networking. In line with such objectives, original contributions are solicited in topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following: • Centralized/Distributed algorithms for Radio Resource Management in CR networks • Centralized/Distributed algorithms for CR network management • Machine learning techniques for CR networks • Swarm Intelligence and biological-inspired networking for CR networks • Cooperative and non-cooperative techniques for spectrum management and access • Algorithms and protocols for self-configuring CR networks • Environmental and context-based factors exploitation in CR systems • Space-Time spectrum information sharing and RF DB integration in CR systems • Protocol stack adaptation and Cross-layering in CR systems • Multi-disciplinary approaches and solutions for novel CR methodologies • Spectrum sensing and spectrum sharing techniques • Game theoretical analysis of CR networks • CR enhanced vehicular networks • Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) and Management in vehicular environments • Mobile Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks • CR for emergency and public safety applications • CR for wireless medical networks • Cognitive Machine-to-machine (CM2M) communication • CR networks for smart grid applications • Spectrum Management functionalities in CR-based smart grid applications • CR implementations and test-beds • Novel Applications of CR technology • Emergent behavior of CR systems • New paradigms for CR systems • Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of CR technologies and CR networks • Security and safety aspects of CR systems General Chair Luciano Bononi- University of Bologna TPC Co-Chairs Marco Di Felice - University of Bologna KaushikChowdhury- Northeastern University TPC Members: TBD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers Workshop on the Internet of Things: Smart Objects and Services (IoT-SoS) June4th, 2013, Madrid, Spain. URL: http://www2.ing.unipi.it/iot-sos2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Internet of Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm which is shaping the evolution of the future Internet. According to the vision underlying the IoT, the next step in increasing the ubiquity of the Internet, after connecting people anytime and everywhere, is to connect inanimate objects. By providing objects with embedded communication capabilities and a common addressing scheme, a highly distributed and ubiquitous network of seamlessly connected heterogeneous devices is formed, which can be fully integrated into the current Internet and mobile networks, thus allowing for the development of new intelligent services available anytime, anywhere, by anyone and anything. Such a vision is also becoming known under the name of Machine-to-Machine (M2M), where the absence of human interaction in the system dynamics is further stressed. Many applications with high social and business impact fall under the IoT/M2M umbrella, including personal healthcare, smart grid, surveillance, home automation, intelligent transportation, while it is expected that new ones will emerge once the enabling technologies reach a stable state. At the moment, two of the most important challenges are: 1. Architectures, protocols and algorithms for an efficient interconnection of smart objects, both between themselves and with the (Future) Internet. 2. The creation of value-added services, esp. open and interoperable, enabled by the interconnection of things / machines / smart objects, in such a way that they can be integrated with current and new business and development processes. The aim of this workshop is to bring together practitioners and researchers from both academia and industry in order to have a forum for discussion and technical presentations on the recent advances in theory, application and implementation of the Internet of Things concept: technologies, protocols, algorithms, and services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - System architectures for the IoT / M2M - Communication protocols for the IoT / M2M - Service platforms for the IoT / M2M - Enabling technologies and standards for the IoT / M2M - Mobility management - Context awareness - Sustainable design - Location-based services and geographic information systems - Experimental prototypes and pilots; large-scale testbed infrastructures - Performance evaluation - Convergence with the Internet of Services - Applications, including: eHealth/mHealth; Smart Grid/Smart Metering; connected consumer; fleet management; surveillance; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Smart House/Neighborhood/City - Business development and processes - Industrial use cases showing gaps to be filled by future research Workshop organizers Workshop Chair: Susana Sargento Workshop Vice-Chair: Carlo Vallati Steering Committee: Claudio Cicconetti Enzo Mingozzi Jaudelice Cavalcante de Oliveira Xiaohua Jia Potential Technical Program Committee: - TBA Paper Submission: All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. All submissions must be full papers in PDF format, and must be formatted according to the standard IEEE Computer Society 8.5" x 11" page, two-column format. Papers are restricted to a maximum length of six (6) pages, including text, figures, references, and appendices. Detailed formatting instructions are available at the CPS Formatting page on the IEEE Computer Society website. Papers must be submitted electronically to EDAS (http://edas.info/N13815) by February 28, 2013, 11:59pm EDT. Accepted papers will be included in the main proceedings of IEEE WoWMoM 2013 and published by the IEEE. Important dates: Submission of papers: February 28th, 2013 Notification of acceptance: March 25th, 2013 Final camera ready papers: April 8th, 2013 Workshop: June4th, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Second IEEE Workshop on Video Everywhere (VidEv 2013) June 4, 2013 - Madrid, Spain http://www.videv2013.tuc.gr/ Fast Track on Computer Communications Journal http://www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This highly selective workshop is devoted to covering all aspects of current work on mobile video and to providing a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss their most recent contributions in the field. Previously unpublished, original papers of high quality that are not currently under review by another conference or journal are solicited on (but not limited to) the following topics on interest: • Mobile video streaming • Mobile video services and applications (gaming, surveillance, sensing) • Social networking via mobile video • Cloud-based video delivery • Energy saving for wireless video transmission • QoS issues and Performance Evaluation of video traffic transmission over wireless networks • Video on demand • Reducing video transport cost over mobile networks • Video Traffic Modeling • Video QoE metrics and optimization • Protocols and algorithms maximizing bandwidth utilization for mobile video traffic transmission • Handoff algorithms for video users’ mobility support • Wireless video coding • Pricing of mobile video services • Peer-to-peer mobile video • Telemedicine Video Traffic Analysis • Video in hybrid networks, e.g., WLAN-to-cellular, Mobile hotspot to cellular Extended versions of workshop papers of particular merit will be considered for possible fast track publication in the Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier). IMPORTANT DATES Submission due: February 28, 2013 Accept notification: March 25, 2013 Camera Ready: April 8, 2013 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Workshop Co-Chairs Terence D. Todd, McMaster University, Canada Michael Paterakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece Publicity Chair Aikaterini Vlachaki, University of Alberta, Canada Web Designer and Manager Alexios Balatsoukas-Stimming, EPFL, Switzerland Program Committee To be announced soon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Workshop on Convergence among Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet (CONWIRE) June 4, 2013 - Madrid, Spain http://conwire.it.teithe.gr/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Future Internet envisions the synergy among heterogeneous wireless communications that will co-exist providing to the end user the “flexibility and choice”, to improve his/her quality of life. The integration of heterogeneous networks in multi-access and multi-operator environment is revolutionizing the ICT area, introducing new opportunities, better communication channels and an enhanced quality of provided applications and services. In this environment, a user is able to connect to a number of heterogeneous RATs (Radio Access Technologies), either covering the same, or complementing geographical areas. These networks can be macro-cellular, WLANs, femto-cellular or even ad-hoc. In this environment, seamless mobility is coupled according to user preferences, enabling mobile users to be “Always Best Connected” (ABC) so that Quality of Service and Quality of Experience is optimised and maintained. Topics of interest The Workshop will report the results of latest research efforts on convergence among heterogeneous wireless systems in Future Internet. We solicit papers that cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to: • Wireless Network Architectures • Middleware for wireless converged networks. • Wireless Convergence in Future Internet Initiatives (e.g. FIRE, GENI etc) • IP-based Mobility Management • Efficient Handover Algorithms and RRM in heterogeneous wireless networks • Cross-Layer Schemes • Modeling, performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization techniques • Wireless network testbeds and applications • QoE/QoS in wireless converged networks Submission Procedure Submitted papers must represent original material, which is not currently under review in any other conference or journal and has not been previously published. Paper length should not exceed six-pages standard IEEE conference two-column format. Please see the Author Information page for submission guidelines in the IEEE WoWMoM 2013 website http://wowmom2013.tmit.bme.hu Papers should be submitted by selecting WoWMoM 2013 at the EDAS paper submission website http://edas.info/N13165 and then selecting the workshop submission link. All submitted papers will go through a peer review process. If accepted, the paper needs to be registered in order to be published at the IEEE WoWMoM 2013 workshop proceedings. More importantly, each registered paper must be presented in order to be included at IEEE Xplore. Important Dates Manuscript submission (firm deadline): February 28, 2013 (23:59:00 EST) Acceptance Notification: March 25, 2013 Camera-ready Paper: April 8, 2013 Workshop co-Chairs Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios, Department of Informatics, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece ([email protected]) Prof. Tasos Dagiuklas, Dept. of Telecommunication Systems and Networks, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece ([email protected]) Prof. Jonathan Rodriguez, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal ([email protected]) Prof. Andreas J. Kassler, Department of Computer Science, Karlstad University, Sweden ([email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Smart City and Ubiquitous Computing Applications June 4, 2013 - Madrid, Spain http://www.scuca2013.tuc.gr/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As more and more people leave villages and farms to live in cities, urban growth results. According to the UN State of the World Population 2007 report, sometime in the middle of 2007, the number of people living in cities and towns has overtook the number of people living in the rural areas and this event was recorded in the history as the arrival of the "Urban Millennium" or the 'tipping point'. In regard to future trends, it is estimated 93% of urban growth will occur in developing nations, with 80% of urban growth occurring in Asia and Africa. Urged by these observations, city halls and political decision makers have become very alert, calling for urgent solutions to the growing problems. However, the recent advances in information and communication technologies may stimulate new solutions towards the urbanization problems. This is verified as a target research and innovation area in Horizon 2020 of European Union Policy under the challenge 'Secure Clean and Efficient Energy' with the main goal of jointly Smart Sustainable Cities. The aim is to integrate and validate ICT technologies and services in neighbourhoods to make progress towards intelligent cities by exploiting ubiquitous technologies. In addition to technical developments, attention is given to innovative service business models which include security, safety and privacy issues. Our need to improve our understanding of cities, however, is pressed not only by the social relevance of urban environments, but also by the availability of new strategies for city-scale interventions that are enabled by emerging technologies. Leveraging advances in data analysis, sensor technologies, and urban experiments, City Science will provide new insights into creating a data-driven approach to urban design and planning. To build the cities that the world needs, we need a scientific understanding of cities that considers our built environments and the people who inhabit them. This call addresses all the aforementioned issues by incorporating new technologies in the area of mobile communications, multimedia services, data storage and handling and ubiquitous computing. The call will cover the area of • Urban Analysis and Modeling: • data-driven analysis of economic activity, human behavior, mobility patterns, resource consumption, etc. in order to inform an evidence-based process of designing new cities • Parametric urban design tools to schematically define mobility nodes, streets, building massing, and location of resources to create nested compact urban cells (walkable neighborhoods) • Urban energy, mobility, water, food, and waste simulator for new, post-oil cities • Typology of streetscapes, pathways, mobility nodes, and responsive technology for cities • Mobility Networks: • Multi-modal mobility recommendation engines • New urban vehicles including electric scooters, automobiles, bike-lane vehicles, etc. • Autonomous vehicle technology and vehicle-pedestrian interfaces • Charging and locking technology for shared-use vehicle systems • Interfaces for shared-use vehicle systems, including proactive, persuasive systems • Electronic parking systems • Multimedia pervasive computing for smart cities • Electronic and Social Networks: • New network-centric methods for managing reactive, data-driven city systems • Social, multimedia and ubiquitous computing for smart cities • Urban-scale serious games to shape use of resources such as shared-used mobility, variable-rate power, and flexible workspaces • Replace one-size-fits-all systems with exchange networks in order to obtain more stable, fair, and socially efficient services • Places of Living and Work • Personalized, transformable urban housing • Time-shifted, shared space-on-demand for collaborative work • Modular, personalized hydroponic and aeroponic urban farming • Sensing and algorithms to understand fine-grained human activity for responsive lighting, HVAC, health, energy conservation, and communication in the home and workplace Important Dates Submission deadline: February 28 Acceptance Notification: March 25 Camera-Ready Deadline: April 8 Workshop Co-Chairs Anastasios D. Doulamis - Technical University of Crete, ([email protected]) Lampros Lamprinos - Cyprus University of Technology ([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
