Call for Workshop Proposals

Workshop Chairs

Organization and Submission Procedure

We invite the submission of proposals for workshops. According to IEEE Communications Society guidelines, workshops should emphasize current topics of particular interest, and should include a mix of regular papers, invited presentations, and panels, while in general promoting the participation of attendees in active discussion.

The Workshop Chairs will be the single point of contact with the IEEE/ComSoc and the IEEE ICC’09 TPC. ComSoc will prepare hard copies of articles/abstracts for local distribution at the workshop. Publication of regular, peer-reviewed articles on IEEE Xplore is also possible. However, workshop organizers should declare their intention for Xplore publication early and closely coordinate with the Workshop Chairs, since publication deadlines need to be followed. Workshop proposals should be submitted to workshops_icc2009@comsoc.org, no later than 25 May 2008, with notification of acceptance by 31 May 2008.

Each workshop proposal must include

• Title of the workshop
• Length of the workshop: Half-day, Full-day
• Names, addresses, and a short CV (up to 200 words) of the organizers
• A brief description (up to 1 page) of the technical issues that the workshop will address, emphasizing its timeliness
• Names of potential participants, such as program committee members and invited speakers
• Planned format of the workshop, such as number of refereed papers, hot topic sessions, keynotes, panels etc.
• If appropriate, a description of past versions of the workshop, including number of submitted and accepted papers, number of attendees, etc.
• A description of the publicity and promotion plan
• A description of the publication plan and time line (hard copy versus CD, Xplore or not)
• A draft call for papers
• The workshop website address (if available at the time of the proposal - will be required later if the workshop proposal is accepted)

Topics of Particular Interest

• Wireless Communications and Networks
• Vehicular Communications
• Cognitive Networks
• Signal Processing for Communications
• Optical Networks
• Communication QoS, Reliability and Modeling
• Next Generation Networks
• Adhoc and Sensor Networking
• New Security Paradigm
• Communication Software Engineering
• Context Awareness and Personalization
• Virtual Home Environment
• Networked Gaming
• Service Architecture, Creation, Delivery, Management, Security, and Privacy
• Pricing, Accounting, Billing, and Business modeling
• Peer-to-peer Networking
• Power Line Communications
• Access and Home Networks
• Standards, Emerging Technologies and Applications (IPTV, IMS, FMC, 3G LTE, 4G, AIPN, OFDM, MIMO, SDR, SIP, IPv6 ……)

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