[agents] CFP: ACM E-Energy 2014 (Deadline Jan 15)

[Sarvapali Ramchurn]

             Call for Papers

  ACM e-Energy 2014
Cambridge, UK, June 11-13 2014


Computing and  communication  technologies  impact  energy  systems  in
two distinct ways. The exponential growth in deployment  of  these
technologies has made them large-scale energy consumers.  Therefore,  new
architectures, technologies and systems are being developed and deployed to
make  computing and networked system more energy efficient. Additionally,
and  perhaps  more importantly,  these  technologies  are  at  the  center
of   the   on-going revolution in next-generation "smart" and sustainable
energy  systems.  They measure, monitor and control energy systems such as
the smart  grid;  inform and shape human demand; aid  in  the  prediction,
deployment,  storage  and control of  energy  resources;  and  determine
how  utilities,  generators, regulators, and consumers measure, analyze,
and collectively control  system elements.

The fifth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM
e-Energy), to be held in Cambridge UK in June 2014, aims to be the  premier
venue  for researchers working in the broad areas of computing  and
communication  for smart energy systems (including the smart  grid),  and
in  energy-efficient computing and communication systems. By bringing
together researchers  in  a high-quality single-track  conference  with
significant  opportunities  for individual and small-group interaction, it
will serve as a major  forum  for presentations and discussions that will
shape the future of this area.

We solicit high-quality papers in the area of  computing  and
communication for the Smart Grid and energy-efficient  computing  and
communications.  We welcome submissions  describing  theoretical  advances
as  well  as  system design, implementation and experimentation. ACM
e-Energy is committed  to  a fair, timely, and thorough review process
providing  authors  of  submitted papers with sound and detailed feedback.

Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to the
following:

  . Advances in monitoring and control of smart homes and buildings

  . Sensing, monitoring, control, and management of energy systems

  . Energy-efficient computing and communication, including energy-efficient
data centers

  . The impact of storage integration on the smart grid

  . Electric Vehicle monitoring and control

  . Distribution and transmission network control techniques

  . Microgrid and distributed generation management and control

  . Modeling, control, and architectures for renewable energy generation
resources

  . Smart grid communication architectures and protocols

  . Privacy and security of smart grid infrastructure

  . Innovative pricing and incentives for demand-side management

  . Novel technologies to enhance reliability and robustness of energy
systems

  . HCI for energy monitoring, management, and awareness

  . User studies and behavioral change enabled by computing and communication
technologies

  . Data analytics for the smart grid and energy-efficient systems

  . Modeling, management and control of variability and uncertainty in energy
supply and demand

Two type of contributions are solicited:

. Full papers, up to 12 pages in ACM double-column  format,  should
present original theoretical and/or experimental research  in  any  of  the
areas listed  above  that  has  not  been  previously  published,
accepted  for publication, or is not currently under review  by  another
conference  or journal.

. Poster/demo descriptions, up  to  2  pages  in  ACM  double-column
format showcasing works-in-progress; accepted posters/demos will be
presented  at the conference. Topics of interest are the same as research
topics  listed above. Preference  will  be  given  to  posters/demos  where
the  primary contribution is from one or more students.


Full submission details can be found at the conference website:

http://conferences.sigcomm.org/eenergy/2014


Important Dates:

  . January 15, 2014: paper submission deadline

  . March 21, 2014: Author notification

  . April 7, 2014: Camera ready papers due

  . June 11-13, 2014:  ACM e-Energy conference, Cambridge, UK

Organizing Committee:

General Chairs: Jon Crowcroft, Richard Penty (U. Cambridge, UK)

TPC Co-chairs: Jean-Yves Leboudec  (EFPL), Prashant Shenoy (U.
Massachusetts)

Technical Program Committee:
Anil Aswani  (UC Berkeley, USA)
Suman Banerjee (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Zainul Charbiwala (IBM Research, India)
Sid Chau (Masdar Institute, UAE)
Minghua Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Florin Ciucu (DT Labs, Germany)
Hermann De Meer (University of Passau, Germany)
Shiv Kalyanaraman (IBM Research, India/Australia)
David Irwin (UMass Amherst, USA)
S. Keshav (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Steven Low (Caltech, USA)
Anirban Mahanti (NICTA, Australia)
Marco Marsan (Politecnico Torino, Italy)
Friedemann Mattern (ETHZ, Switzerland)
Daniel Menasche (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Sean Meyn (University of Florida, USA)
Klara Nahrstedt (UIUC, USA)
Pierre Pinson (UT Denmark, Denmark)
Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay, India)
Sarvapalli Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)
Catherine Rosenberg (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Amarjeet Singh (IIIT Delhi, India)
Ole Sundstrom (IBM Research, Switzerland)
Marina Thottan (Bell Labs, USA)
Bhuvan Urgaonkar (Penn State University, USA)
Pravin Varaiya  (UC Berkeley, USA)
Adam Wierman (Caltech, USA)
Stan Zacchary (Heriot-Watt University, UK)