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Call for Papers
3rd IEEE International Workshop on SmArt COmmunications in NEtwork Technologies
(SaCoNeT-III)
http://www.lissi.fr/saconet2012/doku.php
to be held in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012 Conference
that will be held in Ottawa, Canada, June 11, 2012.
For paper submission, please follow the following link.
http://edas.info/N11473
Paper submission deadline November 30, 2011
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As continuity of the first and the second edition of SaCoNeT workshop, the
scope of SaCoNeT-III is to deal with the growing overlap between both
autonomous systems and the future generation of network technologies embedded
in Internet and cloud computing for a wide variety of applications (underwater,
vehicular, medical, robotic, etc.). SaCoNet focused on how smart communications
has affect some aspects (protocols, design, equipment, algorithms, paradigm,
power, etc.) for a large family of applications (Healthcare, Medical,
Underwater, Vehicular, Robotic, etc.) using network technologies (Sensor
Networks, MaNet, VANET, etc.). Indeed, autonomous applications embedded in
complex configurations and dynamic environments have rapidly expanded from
classical applications where different modular devices, actuators and sensors
interact closely. This has impacted considerably the control of a given system
in a centralized manner. Current trends are to propose new
autonomic architecture schemes that manage and control future emerging
networks: sky of clouds, Internet of things, etc. Healthcare and wellness
applications such as helping elderly people, assisting dependent persons,
habitat monitoring in a smart environment constitute some of the potential
scenarios of convergence between autonomous systems and smart network
technologies. These applications, (which are based on high-level commands)
accomplish some specific tasks, reveal new challenges regarding mechanic
design, portability, acceptability, power support and efficiency, control
theory, etc. In addition to portability and low-power systems, which are vital
challenges that limit substantially the efficiency of any autonomous system
based application; network paradigms should also take into account issues
related to cost, scalability and security. This workshop will highlight the
overlapping of these two domains of autonomous systems and the smart network
technologies devoted for different applications for a large variety of
domains: Healthcare, Medical, Underwater, Vehicular, Robotic, etc. Issues
related to concepts, new technologies, testbeds and trials, and protocols will
elicit particular attention.
The workshop solicits papers addressing the following topics:
Smart Communications for Cloud Computing and Internet of things
Architecture and protocol for wireless based sensor networks
Vehicular applications of autonomous behavior
Underwater applications
Rural applications
Autonomous manipulation using service robots
Virtual networks and distributed Agent Platform
Pervasive communication in autonomous application fields
Rehabilitation robotics, exoskeletons, smart textile clothes and wearable
robots applications
Context-awareness and ubiquitous robotics
Secure, scalable and low cost network paradigms applications
Techniques of sensing, actuation and recognition
Vehicular applications of autonomous behavior
Underwater applications
Rural applications
Design modeling and control of autonomous robotic systems
Assistive robotic technology
Energy optimization of autonomous systems
Monitoring and security of autonomous systems in intelligent environment
Context awareness using sensor networks
Network based transmission architecture for controlling autonomous systems
Real-time network based structure using sensors, actuators and transducers
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed and we will select papers
based on their originality, timeliness, significance, and relevance to the
workshop. All accepted papers must be presented and at least on author needs to
register for the paper to be included in the workshop proceedings. Submitted
papers should not be under consideration for publication anywhere else.
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Best regards,
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Nadeem Javaid, Ph.D.
