IEEE iCOST 2012 -- Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

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IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics (iCOST'2012)
in Mobile & Wireless Networking
July 2-4, 2012, Avignon, France
http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/icost2012
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SCOPE

The IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics (iCOST'2012)
in Mobile & Wireless Networking will be held in Avignon.
The ever increasing market penetration of smart-phones, tablets, and
netbooks, along with the ubiquitous availability of wireless networks
are deeply influencing the way people live, work, interact, and socialize.
However, the broad popularity and diffusion of innovative services and
applications tailored at mobile users is also raising challenging research
issues that require us to rethink available mobile technology solutions
to meet the emerging needs of a broader and ever growing user base.
The IEEE iCOST'2012 aims at addressing recent research results on selected
topics
in Mobile & Wireless Networking and to present their methodologies, models,
technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and
experiences.

Suggested topics include but are not restricted to:
* Cloud computing support for mobile services and applications
* Data center architectures and protocols
* Green communications models, architectures, and networking solutions
* Self-* networks, services and applications
* Content distribution networks
* Social networking solutions for pervasive and mobile environments
* Vehicular communications and vehicular ad-hoc networks
* Wireless-enabled Peer to Peer services and applications
* Internet of Things
* Machine type communications
* Context-aware middleware design, services and applications
* Long Term Evolution Engineering and Femtocells
* Emerging topics in wireless and mobile computing and communications
* Security, trust, and privacy in wireless/mobile communications
* Heterogeneous networks
* Communication networks and architectures for smart grids
* Resource allocation and interference management in Smart Grid networks

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers: February 15, 2012
Notification to authors: April 15, 2012
Camera ready copies: May 1, 2012

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are required to submit anonymous, fully formatted, original papers
(PDF),
with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for the
final
publication.

Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard
conference format
(8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column).
The initial submission for review will be limited to 6 pages.
The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 6 IEEE pages.
Additional charges may apply for additional pages.

Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one
of the co-authors or a third party.

Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://edas.info will be accepted.

For more details, please visit the iCOST'2012 official website (
http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/icost2012).

GENERAL CHAIR
- Abderrrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
- Chadi Assi, Concordia University, Canada
- Nen-Fu Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
- Joel Rodrigues, Institute for Telecommunications, University of Beira
Interior, Portugal

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
- Christian Makaya, Telcordia, USA
- Cedric Teyssie, Paul Sabatier University, France
- Anna Maria Vegni, University of Roma TRE, Italy
- Eddie Chan, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
- Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich, Switzerland
- Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS
- Yan Fernandez, University of Avignon, France
- Tahani Gazdar, University of Avignon, France

STEERING COMMITTEE
- Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Abderrrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France
- Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Mario Gerla, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Samuel Pierre, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada
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