WONS 2016 - 12th Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services

The 12th Annual Conference on
Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services
20-22 January 2016
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
http://2016.wons-conference.org/
Wireless on-demand network systems and services have become pivotal in
shaping our future networked world. Starting as a niche application over
Wi-Fi, they can now be found in mainstream technologies like Bluetooth
LE, LTE Direct and Wireless LANs, and have become the cornerstone of
upcoming networking paradigms including mesh and sensor networks, cloud
networks, vehicular networks, disruption tolerant and opportunistic
networks, and in-body networks.
The challenges of this exciting research field are numerous. Examples
include how to make smart use of these novel technologies when multiple
technologies or a mix of permanent services and on-demand networking
opportunities are available to a network node, how to provide robust
services in highly dynamic environments, how to efficiently employ and
operate heavily resource-constrained devices, and how to develop robust
and lightweight algorithms for self-organization and adaptation.
IEEE/IFIP WONS, now numbering twelve editions, has established itself as
a high quality forum to address these and related challenges. After a
one-year break, WONS is able to continue to provide a global platform
for rich interactions between experts in their fields, discussing
innovative contributions in a stimulating environment.
This announcement solicits original contributions of high-quality
research providing novel insights on all aspects of wireless on-demand
networks and systems; from protocol and network design, modeling,
performance evaluation, profitability models, energy efficiency, QoS
models and mechanisms, practical implementations, service level aspects,
application use-cases, to the integration of multiple wireless network
technologies.
Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to:
* Cognitive radio networks
* Cross-layer design
* Energy-efficient protocols and power management
* Heterogeneous wireless networks
* Implementations and testbeds
* Integration and co-existence of heterogeneous technologies
* Intra-body and biomedical on-demand systems
* Green wireless networks
* Localization and mobility management
* MAC and advanced PHY technologies
* Middleware aspects
* Mobile peer-to-peer systems
* Mobile computing and services
* Modeling and optimization
* Network management
* New architectures for on-demand wireless systems
* Novel applications and services
* Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and dissemination-based protocols
* Performance evaluation through simulations and experiments
* Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
* Security, privacy, and trust
* Social and economic aspects
Special Track
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IEEE/IFIP WONS 2016 also solicits original contributions to a special
track on Community Networks and Services.
Community Networks are bottom-up initiatives that mix wireless mesh
networks with wired networks to provide Internet connectivity but also
to enable the on-demand creation of local applications. Contributions
are welcomed on the related technical open issues (routing protocols,
distributed applications, wireless-wired interaction etc.), social
challenges (legal organization and hurdles, instruments to manage
community networks, privacy issues etc.) and on hands-on experience on
the realization and maintenance of networks.
Manuscript submissions
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Authors are invited to submit double-column long papers (up to 8 pages)
and short papers (up to 4 pages) as a PDF file in IEEE format with a
font size no smaller than 10pt. All paper submissions must be written in
English. The mandatory IEEE template in Microsoft Word and LaTeX format
can be found at the IEEE templates page. All submitted manuscripts must
be at least 3 pages in length. Short papers should present future
research directions and ongoing work with visionary, innovative ideas;
accepted short papers will populate poster sessions at the conference
and will be included in the conference proceedings. Submitted papers
must not have been published elsewhere and must not be currently under
review by another conference or journal. Submission implies the
willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the
paper. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will
appear in the conference proceedings and will be submitted to the IEEE
Xplore Digital Library.
Manuscripts will be collected via EasyChair. You can submit your
contribution using the following link:
http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wons2016
Further submission instructions are published on the conference web site
http://2016.wons-conference.org/
Important Dates for Attendees & Authors
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* 18 September 2015: paper registration deadline
* 25 September 2015: paper submission deadline
* 20 November 2015: author notifications sent
* 4 December 2015: camera ready versions due
* 20 January 2016: conference begins in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Chairs and Committees
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General Chair:
Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento)
Technical Program Chairs:
Christoph Sommer (University of Paderborn)
Konstantinos Psounis (University of Southern California)
Special Track on Community Networks and Services:
Leonardo Maccari (University of Trento)
Web and Publicity Chair:
Michele Segata (Universities of Trento and Innsbruck)
Steering Committee:
Renato Lo Cigno (University of Trento)
Falko Dressler (University of Paderborn)
Mario Gerla (UCLA)
Edward W. Knightly (Rice University)
Ioannis Stavrakakis (University of Athens)
Technical Program Committee
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Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino)
Lijun Chen (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Falko Dressler (University of Paderborn)
Juergen Eckert (University of Erlangen)
Anthony Ephremides (University of Maryland)
Marco Fiore (National Research Council of Italy)
Raphael Frank (University of Luxembourg)
Thomas Gross (ETH Zurich)
Zhangyu Guan (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Pan Hui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong)
Gunnar Karlsson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Dimitrios Katsaros (University of Thessaly)
Edward Knightly (Rice University)
Dimitrios Koutsonikolas (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Hengchang Liu (USTC)
Tom Luan (Deakin University)
Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University)
Joerg Ott (Aalto University)
Björn Scheuermann (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Ioannis Stavrakakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Zhi Sun (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Stavros Toumpis (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Klaus Wehrle (RWTH Aachen University)
Joerg Widmer (IMDEA Networks Institute)
Martina Zitterbart (KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology))
Violet Syrotiuk (Arizona State University)
Nick Bambos (Stanford University)
Matteo Cesana (Politecnico di Milano)
Kaushik Chowdhury (Northeastern University)
Rubén Cuevas (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Mario Gerla (University of California at Los Angeles)
Bart Braem (University of Antwerp)
Andrea Detti (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
Felix Freitag (Universitat Politècnia de Catalunya)
Karin Anna Hummel (ETH Zurich)
Iordanis Koutsopoulos (University of Thessaly)
Arjuna Sathiaseelan (University of Cambridge)
Marco Zennaro (ICTP)
Merkourios Karaliopoulos (CERTH)
Claudio Pisa (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
Panayotis Antoniadis (ETH Zurich)
Saleem Bhatti (University of St Andrews)
Further Information
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For further information, please refer to the conference website at
http://2016.wons-conference.org/
We would also like to inform you that this year IEEE/IFIP WONS 2016 is
colocated with the Seventh Nordic Workshop on System & Network
Optimization for Wireless (SNOW 2016).