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Save the Date: IEEE SECON Conference on June 24-27 2013

IEEE SECON 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS

The tenth annual IEEE SECON conference will provide a unique forum to exchange innovative research ideas, recent results, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of sensing and communication in wireless networks. The focus of SECON is novel communication technologies, and emerging applications and services, involving mobile sensing and communication, cyber-physical systems, and ubiquitous and pervasive computing.

Papers describing original, previously unpublished research work, experimental efforts, practical experiences, and industrial and commercial developments in all aspects of sensor and wireless communications and networking are solicited. Within this domain, particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Network coding, MIMO, white space, cooperative and cognitive communications
• New technologies, e.g. UWB, RFID, NFC, visible light & underwater communication
• Novel smartphone-based sensing systems, tools, applications and experiences.
• Low power and energy limited sensing and communication
• Cellular communications and data networks
• Mesh, ad-hoc, vehicular, and disruption tolerant networks
• Applications: cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things & ubiquitous computing
• Measurement of wireless and sensor systems, and novel experimental testbeds
• Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile, wireless and sensor systems
• Survivability, network management, and fault tolerance
• Modeling, algorithms, and performance evaluation
• MAC, network, transport, application protocols and cross-layer design

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor currently under review by another conference or journal. All papers for IEEE SECON 2013 must be submitted electronically via the EDAS system: http://edas.info/. Papers must be no longer than 9 pages and in font size no smaller than 10 points. Additional paper submittal instructions can be found on the conference web-site: http://www.ieee-secon.org. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceeding published by IEEE.

To be published in the IEEE SECON 2013 Conference Proceedings and IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full or limited (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE SECON 2013 Conference Proceedings. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE SECON 2013 Conference Proceedings and in IEEE Xplore®.

The organizers of IEEE SECON 2013 as well as our attendees expect accepted papers to be presented at the conference. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Registration: 11:59pm EST on December 7, 2012
Paper Submission Deadline: 11:59pm EST on December 14, 2012
Acceptance Notification: March 15, 2013
Camera Ready: April 15, 2013

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Join us for a Webinar on Synchronization in Next Generation Telecom Networks

As synchronization requirements have become increasingly complex for infrastructure and services including mobile backhaul, are you ready for the challenge?

Join us for a free live webinar - "Synchronization in Next Generation Telecom Networks" on October 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM Eastersn, 8:00 AM Pacific, 4:00 PM UK, 5:00 PM Western Europe.

This webinar examines the driving requirements for the new network and technologies under development by communications manufacturers and telecom operators for next generation networks. Our panelists Ravi Subrahmanyan, Vice Chair, IEEE TAOS Technical Committee, and Silvana Rodrigues, IEEE 1588 Committee Secretary, will walk you through challenges from both technical and business perspectives followed by a live Q&A discussion.

Topics include:

• Synchronization, why it matters in telecom networks • Overview of key technologies including synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588
 • Synchronization from a carrier’s perspective

The Webinar will be moderated by Michael Mayer from Ciena, ITU-T Technical Editor, Packet Timing & Synchronization.

To register, visit http://www.comsoc.org/webinars

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The Internet Health Model for Cybersecurity - New Report for Free Download

The number of Internet users reached two billion in March 2011, and an estimated another billion will be added by 2016. The latest news from EWI states, the Internet puts people, systems, and networks in constant contact worldwide. It need a global, coordinated effort to protect digital systems from online threats — just like the public health community’s efforts to defend our bodies from illness.

IEEE Communications Society has partnered with EastWest Institute (EWI) to study critical issues in cybersecurity. The Internet Health Model for Cybersecurity - a new report released by a team of experts convened by EWI and sponsored by Microsoft Corporation, examines how the model of international public health can inform efforts to track and block malware and other malicious actors, and the possibility of applying a public health model to cyberspace.

The report is available to our readers for free access and download.

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IEEE GreenCom is just a few days away

Welcome to IEEE GREENCOM'12!
We warmly welcome you to the 2012 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications, the second edition of the IEEE Communications Society conducted online and dedicated to addressing the challenges in energy-efficient communications and communications for green technologies.

To emphasize the need for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, IEEE GreenCom’12 will be held entirely online. The conference embraces the latest online conferencing technology that will allow attendees from all over the world to actively participate without the need to travel. GreenCom will also feature a full-fledged paper submission, review, and publication process that adheres to the high standards defined by IEEE’s flagship conferences. This process will be supplemented with additional content from online presentations that will be made available through IEEE ComSoc WebCasts.

GreenCom covers a wide spectrum of research subjects, including methodologies and architectures for energy efficiency, energy-efficient protocols and networks, energy management, smart grid communications, and communication technologies for green solutions. For more information on GreenCom’s topics and how to submit your paper please refer to calls & submit.

Philosophy

In the light of the developments of global warming and its impact on our environment, the society, and world economy, we believe that it is our responsibility to address the need for global greenhouse gas reduction within the range of our own abilities.

GreenCom addresses this challenge not only from a technical perspective, but adopts the philosophy of an integrated online approach where online conferencing complements the already established processes for online paper handling and publication. In contrast to physical attendance and in view of the technical subjects addressed by GreenComm, this integrated conferencing philosophy provides a more suitable approach from an ecological point of view in which “energy efficiency is discussed energy-efficiently”.

While we recognize that conventional face-to-face meetings provide an environment for personal exchange and will remain an important pillar in the community, the alternative ecological conferencing model introduces additional benefits, among which are its accessibility by a broader audience, a large value for a small price, flexible and time-efficient participation, as well as online forms of presentation and interaction that provide a near-physical experience due to the availability of powerful software tools.

Methodology

IEEE GreenCom relies on established processes for manuscript submission, review, and publication, which are implemented by IEEE ComSoc’s other major conferences. Throughout the paper handling process, authors have been supported by the EDAS management system.

GreenCom’s distinct feature is the use of an online conferencing environment, which will allow authors to present their accepted papers and to discuss them with the audience during live sessions. Each session will be guided by a moderator, who takes the role of a classical session chair, and who will also conduct the session in technical terms to guarantee ease of participation. While speakers present their research live, the audience may post questions at any time, which will be collected and handed over to the speaker at the end of a presentation. After each presentation, selected questions will be shared with all participants and answered by the speaker. To participate online, any popular Web browser will be sufficient and no special software will be required.

While online conference sessions will be similar to physical sessions in many ways, a major difference is the fact that attendees will be located in different geographical regions and world time zones. In order to allow as many people to tune in live to as many presentations as possible, GreenCom will therefore employ a special conference schedule. According to this schedule, a total of 12 consecutive sessions with breaks in between will occur during the conference. The sessions will be synchronized with world time zones in such a way that participation from most parts of the world will be convenient. Because due to time zone constraints not all sessions may be easily accessible for everyone, presentations of speakers will be made available also online through IEEE ComSoc WebCasts, along with the conference proceedings that will be published in IEEE ComSoc’s digital library and IEEE Xplore.

Please refer to the program and attendees sections for more information.

Contact Info

For questions on IEEE GreenCom’12, please send an email to greencom [at] comsoc [dot] org (subject: Greencom) .

Please note: New Conference Date is September 26-28 2012.

Please check updated Program at a Glance: http://www.ieee-greencom.org/program.html

Register to attend IEEE Greencom here: https://register.comsoc.org/ieee-greencom-2012