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[Sandra Sendra]

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-------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS -----------------

The 3rd IEEE International Workshop of Smart Communication Protocols and 
Algorithms (SCPA 2013)
June 9-13, 2013, Budapest, HUNGARY
In conjunction with IEEE ICC 2013
http://scpa.it.ubi.pt/2013/

Selected papers will be invited to the Special Issue on Smart Protocols and 
Algorithms of the International Journal Network Protocols and Algorithms (ISSN 
1943-3581) or to the Special Issue on Recent Patents on Telecommunications 
Journal ((Online)ISSN 2211-7415, (Print) ISSN 2211-7407) 

Communication protocols and algorithms are needed to communicate network devices 
and exchange data between them. The appearance of new technologies usually comes 
with a protocol procedure and communication rules that allows data communication 
while taking profit of this new technology. Recent advances in hardware and 
communication mediums allow proposing new rules, conventions and data structures 
which could be used by network devices to communicate across the network. 
Moreover, devices with higher processing capacity let us include more complex 
algorithms that can be used by the network device to enhance the communication 
procedure. 

Smart communication protocols and algorithms make use of several methods and 
techniques (such as machine learning techniques, decision making techniques, 
knowledge representation, network management, network optimization, problem 
solution techniques, and so on), to communicate the network devices to transfer 
data between them. They can be used to perceive the network conditions, or the 
user behavior, in order to dynamically plan, adapt, decide, take the appropriate 
actions, and learn from the consequences of its actions. The algorithms can make 
use of the information gathered from the protocol in order to sense the 
environment, plan actions according to the input, take consciousness of what is 
happening in the environment, and take the appropriate decisions using a 
reasoning engine. Goals such as decide which scenario fits best its end-to-end 
purpose, or environment prediction, can be achieved with smart protocols and 
algorithms. Moreover, they could learn from the past and use this knowledge to 
improve future decisions. 

In this workshop, researchers are encouraged to submit papers focused on the 
design, development, analysis or optimization of smart communication protocols 
or algorithms at any communication layer. Algorithms and protocols based on 
artificial intelligence techniques for network management, network monitoring, 
quality of service enhancement, performance optimization and network secure are 
included in the workshop. 

We welcome technical papers presenting analytical research, simulations, 
practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific 
proposals, and papers addressing the key problems and solutions. The topics 
suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the 
art, standards, deployments, implementations, running experiments and 
applications. 

Topics of interest: 

Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under 
review in any other conference or journal, including, but are not limited to, 
the following topic areas:

- Smart network protocols and algorithms for multimedia delivery
- Application layer, transport layer and network layer cognitive protocols
- Cognitive radio network protocols and algorithms
- Automatic protocols and algorithms for environment prediction.
- Algorithms and protocols to predict data network states. 
- Intelligent synchronization techniques for network protocols and algorithms
- Smart protocols and algorithms for e-health
- Software applications for smart algorithms design and development.
- Dynamic protocols based on the perception of their performance 
- Smart protocols and algorithms for Smartgrids
- Protocols and algorithms focused on building conclusions for taking the 
appropriate actions.
- Smart Automatic and self-autonomous ad-hoc and sensor networks.
- Artificial intelligence applied in protocols and algorithms for wireless, 
mobile and dynamic networks.
- Smart security protocols and algorithms
- Smart cryptographic algorithms for communication
- Artificial intelligence applied to power efficiency and energy saving 
protocols and algorithms
- Smart routing and switching protocols and algorithms
- Cognitive protocol and algorithm models for saving communication costs.
- Any kind of intelligent technique applied to QoS, content delivery, network 
Monitoring and network management.
- Smart collaborative protocols and algorithms
- Problem recognition and problem solving protocols 
Genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and neural networks applied to communication 
protocols and algorithms

Important Dates

Registration of abstracts: January 4, 2013
Submission Deadline: January 25, 2013
Acceptance Notification: February 22, 2013
Camera Ready Deadline: March 8, 2013

Submission guidelines:
All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS 
(http://edas.info/N13469).

All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five 
(5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional 
page charges.

General Chairs
Jaime Lloret, Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Spain
Joel Rodrigues, Inst. of Telecommunications, Univ. of Beira Interior, Pt

TPC Chairs
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada
Yevgeni Koucheryavy, University of Tampere, Finland

Panel Chairs
Mario Proença Jr, State University of Londrina
Sabu M. Thampi, Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala 
(IIITM-K), India

Industry Chairs
Felix Gomez-Marmol, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany

Publicity Chairs
Sandra Sendra, Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Spain

Web Chair
Emilio Granell, Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Spain