[agents] EXTENDED DEADLINES: Call For Workshops and Call For Special Sessions

[Francesco Bronzino]

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14th IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)
Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2017
(Held in conjunction with the International Consumer Electronics Show)
http://www.ieee-ccnc.org
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The IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE-CCNC), sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, is a major annual international conference. Taking advantage of its co-location with the International CES (the world's largest tradeshow on consumer technology), CCNC is organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking technologies. CCNC 2017 will feature high quality keynotes, plenary talks, technical and industry papers, panels, tutorials, and demonstrations. In addition the CCNC 2017 Organization Committee invites members of the research, development, and practitioner communities to submit workshop proposals. Workshops provide a forum for people to discuss areas of special interest with like-minded researchers and practitioners. SUBMISSIONS ARE WELCOMED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING:

• Networking solutions for Games, Multimedia, Social Good, and P2P Applications
• Cloud Services and Networking
• Wireless Communications: MAC and Cross-Layer Design
• Wireless Communications: Fundamentals and PHY
• Mobile and Wireless Networks
• Sensing, Smart Spaces and IoT: Applications and QoE
• Security, Privacy and Content Protection
• Mobile and Wearable Devices, Services and Applications
• Vehicular Communications and Applications in Water, Land, and Sky
• Selected Topics in Consumer Communications and Networking

Important Dates:
WORKSHOP PROPOSALS DUE: APRIL 15, 2016 (Extended)
SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS DUE: APRIL 15, 2016 (Extended)
TECHNICAL PAPERS DUE: JUNE 15, 2016
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

CCNC 2017 Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, SPAIN
Ben Lee, Oregon State University, USA


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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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http://ccnc2017.ieee-ccnc.org/call-for-submissions/call-for-workshop-papers
 
We invite you to submit workshop proposals on any topic related to all areas of consumer communications and networking to the Workshop Chairs. The ideal workshop proposal should focus on a specific area of significant current interest, and be able to attract a number of high-quality submissions. Proposals on emerging or disruptive topics guaranteed to generate significant interest in the community will be selected. CCNC 2017 will likely feature a mix of some returning and some new workshops.

A workshop proposal should be no more than 3 pages and should at least include:
* Motivation and rationale for the workshop.
* List of workshop program components (keynote speaker, panel, paper sessions, etc).
* Names and affiliations of main organizers and tentative composition of the committees.
* Prior history of this workshop, if any (including # submissions, # accepted papers and # attendees).
* Expected number of submissions and participants.
* The workshop deadlines (internal and external).
* A draft call for papers (as complete as possible).

If the workshop was previously co-located with other conferences, please indicate the name of the conferences and the years clearly.
Email proposals in PDF (ONLY) to the workshop co-chairs, including "CCNC 2017 Workshops" in the subject line. Please make sure to add the email addresses of all workshop co-chairs to the system for better communication.
 
Workshops Chairs:
Carlos Calafate, calafate at disca.upv.es
Celimuge Wu, clmg at is.uec.ac.jp


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CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS PROPOSALS
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http://ccnc2017.ieee-ccnc.org/call-for-submissions/call-special-sessions

The CCNC 2017 technical program will include Special Sessions. Their objective is to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics that are of particular interest to the consumer communications and networking community. These Special Sessions may also cut across and beyond disciplines traditionally represented at CCNC Conference.
Proposals on emerging or disruptive topics guaranteed to generate significant interest in the community will be selected.

A Special Session proposal should be no more than 2 pages and should at least include:
* Motivation and rationale for the Special Session.
* Names and affiliations of main organizers and tentative composition of the committees.
* Expected number of submissions and participants.
* The Special Session deadlines (internal and external).
* A draft call for papers (as complete as possible).

Email proposals in PDF (ONLY) to the Special Session co-chairs, including "CCNC 2017 Special Session" in the subject line. Please make sure to add the email addresses of all workshop co-chairs to the system for better communication.
 
Special sessions Chairs:
Carolina Tripp, ctripp at uas.edu.mx
Mónica Aguilar Igartua, maguilar at entel.upc.edu