[agents] Deadline March 31: GreeNets 2016, June 27-29, 2016 - Valencia, Spain

[Sandra Sendra]

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 3rd EAI International Conference on Green Communications and Networking - GreeNets 2016 
 June 27-29, 2016 
 Valencia, Spain
 http://greenets.org/2016/show/home
Submission Deadline: March 31, 2016
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CALL FOR PAPERS

[Scope]

Global warming and climate change have been a growing worldwide concern. Six sources, i.e., transportation, power, buildings, industry, agriculture and forestry, and land use, have been identified as major contributors to the rise of global carbon dioxide (CO2). The mobile industry is seen as a potential enabler to reduce greenhouse gases contributed by these six sources provided that appropriate measures are implemented. On the other hand, the mobile industry itself will also contribute to CO2 emission through network operations, mobile equipments, etc. To meet the requirement of low-carbon economy development, it is necessary to reduce the operation expenditure or energy consumption of mobile networks, while maintaining acceptable quality of service. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying GreeNets. In this regard, the conference aims to establish a forum to bring together research professionals from diverse f!
 ields including green mobile networ
ks, system architectures, networking & communication protocols, applications, test-bed and prototype, traffic balance and energy-efficient cooperation transmission, system and application issues related to GreeNets.


[Topics]

The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Communications and Networking:
   Communication techniques and protocols for GreeNets
   Energy-efficient transmission technologies based on the cooperation communication
   Scalable and flexible energy efficiency mobile network architectures, deployments, and applications

- Energy-efficient network architecture & protocols:
   Scalability and mobility issues in energy efficiency cross-layer design
   MAC Protocols and QoS Designing for mobile networks

- Systems and Technology:
   Transactions and workflows in green mobile networks
   Adaptability and stability of green mobile networks
   Mobile and multimedia supported green mobile networks
   Experimental and test bed studies for energy efficiency mobile networks, simulation tools

- Energy-efficient management:
   Energy-efficient traffic balance, cooperation and management
   Distributed energy efficiency resource management techniques
   Protocols for cooperative management and control

[Publications]

 - All accepted papers will be submitted for publication in Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries.

 - Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

 - Selected papers will be invited to a Special Issue on Green Communications and Networking 2016 in: International Journal ACM/Springer Mobile Networks & Applications (MONET): http://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11036

 - Selected papers will be invited to publish in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web and in the special issue of EAI Transactions on Intelligent Communication Protocols and Algorithms (http://eai.eu/transaction/intelligent-communication-protocols-and-algorithms).


[Paper submission]

 - Papers should be in English.

 - Regular papers should be up to 8 pages in length.

 - Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. Such papers will be rejected without review.

 - The paper submissions must follow the SPRINGER formatting guidelines: http://greenets.org/2016/show/authors-kit

 - All the papers formatted according with the instructions have to be submitted through the conference online system at: http://greenets.org/2016/show/initial-submission

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GreeNets 2016 also seeks proposals for posters and live demonstrations describing novel work on green mobile networks, system architectures, networking and communication protocols, applications, test-bed and prototype, traffic balance and energy-efficient cooperation transmission, system and application issues related to GreeNets. Posters and demonstrations will be presented during a reception at the conference. The poster/demo session is meant to introduce new and ongoing work and provide opportunities for authors to interact directly with conference attendees. Posters sessions provide a forum for researchers to present their work in progress that can generate discussion or promising new ideas from experts. On the other hand, live demos session will offer a unique opportunity to showcase real prototypes, tools, and systems to the conference attendees.

The areas of interest for both poster and demo abstracts are the same as for full research papers.

[Demo/Poster submission]

 - Demo and poster abstracts must not exceed 3 pages. Titles should start with "Poster: ..." or "Demo: ..." depending on the case. The page limits include figures, tables, and references. Submissions may not be anonymous.

 - Please use the main GreeNets conference paper style (http://greenets.org/2016/show/authors-kit) and submission guidelines.

 - Poster and demo abstracts will be reviewed by at least three members of the poster/demo committee to ensure quality and matching to the goals of the poster/demo session as well as to the conference?s topics. Accepted poster and demo abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings.


Demo and poster proposals should include the following:

 - The purpose and goals of the work.

 - Any background and motivation needed to understand the work.

 - Any critical hypotheses and assumptions that underlie the work.

 - A clear summary of the contribution and/or results, in sufficient detail for a (re)viewer to understand the work and its relevance. If the work is at an initial stage, it is especially important to state clearly the anticipated contributions and any early results towards them.

 - The relationship to other related efforts, where appropriate. Authors of accepted posters may be asked to point out relationships to work represented by other accepted posters.

 - Where to find additional information (a web site where viewers can go to find additional information about the work how to contact the authors, including email addresses citations for any papers, books, or other materials that provide additional information)

If selected, authors shall prepare a final, camera ready version of the extended abstract, taking into account all feedback from reviewers, and formatted according to the GreeNets conference.


[Presentation at the conference]

In addition to space given to every accepted abstract during the poster/demo session, one author of the abstract will be given a slot in a further "10-minute madness" session within the main program. In this session, authors will have the opportunity to describe their work to the entire conference audience with a single slide and a 10-minute speech.

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[Important dates]

 Full Paper Deadline: March 31, 2016
 Notification of Acceptance: April 25, 2016
 Camera-ready Deadline: May 22, 2016
 Conference dates: 27th - 29th June 2016

[Conference organising committees]

General Chair:
Jaime Lloret, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

TPC Chair:
Elsa Macias-López, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Spain

Publicity and Social Media Chair / Co-Chairs:
Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor, Koya University, Iraq

Workshops Chair:
Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management- Kerala (IIITM-K), India

Sponsorship & Exhibits Chair:
Raquel Lacuesta, University of Zaragoza

Publications Chair:
Jose Miguel Jimenez, Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia,Spain
Lorena Parra, Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia,Spain

Panels Chair:
Milos Stojmenovic, Singidunum University,Belgrade, Serbia

Tutorials Chair:
Jose Maria Alcaraz, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland,UK

Demos, Posters and PhD Track Chair:
Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain

Local Chair:
Sandra Sendra, Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Web Chair:
Alejandro Canovas, Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia,Spain
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