goSMART 2012 - 1st IEEE International Workshop on GlObal Trends in SMART Cities (goSMART 2012)

FIRST IEEE International Workshop On GlObal Trends in SMART Cities
(goSMART)
(in conjunction with IEEE LCN 2012)
Clearwater, Florida, USA
22-25 October 2012
Web: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gosmart
Submission Deadline Extended: 27 May 2012
More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas today. The
current trend of unprecedented migration from rural areas to urban
centers is expected to continue in the near future. This increasing
urbanization has placed continuous and increasing pressure upon
infrastructure, residential and commercial properties, and social
communities. Cities of the future can be models of environmental
efficiency, because increased density and better management reduce the
cost of service delivery, promote innovation, and enable prosperity
through economic development.
The goSMART workshop will bring together academics, researchers and
practitioners from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on
recent developments, current research challenges and future directions
in the use of networking, communications, IT systems, applications and
service to realize smart communities of the future.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to
- sensor networks for large-scale urban sensing
- smart grid and efficient energy management
- deployment issues for smart infrastructure in urban areas
- traffic management and efficiency
- mechanisms to measure quality of life of communities
- participatory sensing for smart cities
- security and privacy implications
- methods to reduce carbon footprint of cities
- mechanisms for motivating behavior change towards sustainability
- experimental testbeds and simulation environments
- smart clouds for management of large-scale data
- service delivery and logistics planning
Submitted papers will be reviewed by three independent experts in the
field. Proceedings of the workshop will be published together with those
of IEEE LCN, and will be available in digital format from the IEEE
Explore Digital Library.
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work, not currently
under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Full papers
should be restricted to 8 camera-ready pages (in 10 pt font, double
column, US letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches, IEEE format), including text,
figures and references. Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e.
Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, Helvetica or equivalent. Papers must be
submitted electronically via EDAS. All papers must include title,
complete contact information of all authors, abstract and up to 5
keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author must be clearly
identified.
Important Dates:
(Extended) Submission Deadline: 27 May 2012
Notification of Acceptance: 30 June 2012
Camera-Ready Deadline: 28 July 2012
Workshop Co-Chairs
Satoko Itaya, NEC C&C Innovation Research Laboratories, Japan
Salil Kanhere, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Stefan Aust, NEC Communication Systems, Japan
Standing Committee
Shinichi Doi, NEC C&C Innovation Research Laboratories, Japan
Chun-Tung Chou, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Peter Davis, Telecognix Corporation, Japan