LATINCOM 2012 - 4th IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications 2012 (IEEE LATINCOM 2012)

4th IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications 2012
(IEEE LATINCOM 2012)
"SMART COMMUNICATIONS FOR A SMARTER WORLD"
7-9 November 2012
Cuenca, Ecuador
http://www.ieee-latincom.org/

The 4th IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (IEEE LATINCOM
2012) will be held in Cuenca, Ecuador on 7-9 November 2012. Cuenca (full
name Santa Ana de los cuatro ríos de Cuenca) is the capital of the Azuay
Province. It is located in the highlands of Ecuador at about 2500 m
above sea level. The center of the city is listed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Trust site because of its many historical buildings.
As the most important conference on communications in Latin America,
IEEE LATINCOM 2012 will attract leading researchers from all continents
and will provide an outstanding opportunity for the academic and
industrial community to present their research in all areas of
communications and networking.
The theme of IEEE LATINCOM 2012 is SMART COMMUNICATIONS FOR A SMARTER
WORLD. We encourage submission of technical papers especially on topics
related to this theme.
Papers will be peer-reviewed by the international TPC according to
standard procedures of the IEEE Communications Society. Accepted papers
will be presented at the conference in oral or poster sessions. Extended
versions of best papers will be considered also for publication in a
Special Issue of the IEEE Latin America Transactions.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Areas of interest include and are not limited to the following topics:
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNICATIONS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Smart Grid communications
- Architectures and models for the Smart Grid
- Smart Grid network and service management
- Communications networks for the Smart Grid
- Information security in the Smart Grid
- Distributed generation and storage of energy
- Field trials and deployment experiences
- Trials and experiences of operators
NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKING AND INTERNET
- Communications and information security
- Switching and routing
- Optical networking and high-speed networking
- Next-generation access networks
- Future Internet
- Traffic measurements
- Overlay and peer-to-peer networks
- Emerging standards, trials and demonstrations
GREEN WIRELESS AND FIXED-LINE COMMUNICATIONS
- Energy-efficient protocols and networks
- Management of energy efficiency
- Measurement of ICT energy consumption
- Economy and price models
- Communications technologies for green solutions
- Communications for transport optimization
- Communications for energy-efficient buildings
- Supply chain management
MOBILE AND WIRELESS NETWORKING
- Ad Hoc, sensor and mesh networks
- Cognitive networks
- Wireless services and applications
- Wireless network protocols, design and performance
- Emerging standards, trials and demonstrations
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
- Communication theory
- Data storage
- Transmission, access and optical systems
- Power-line communications
- Radio communications
- Wireless communications
- Cross-layer design
- Satellite and space communications
- Signal processing and communication electronics
COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
- Service creation, discovery, delivery, management
- Multimedia communications
- Network operations and management
- Charging, pricing and business models
- E-health
COMMUNICATION QOS, RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MODELING
- Communications systems integration and modeling
- Quality and performance evaluation
- Reliability of systems and networks
- Standardization aspects of QoS and reliability
- Network simulation techniques
- Traffic engineering and traffic theory

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submission of full papers: 15 July 2012
Submission of tutorial proposals: 15 July 2012
Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2012
Submission of camera-ready papers: 1 October 2012

PAPER SUBMISSION
We solicit submission of high-quality full papers reporting original and
novel research results on all above topics. Papers must be written in
English, unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. Full papers must be
formatted as the standard IEEE double-column conference template and
submitted exclusively in PDF on JEMS (https://submissoes.sbc.org.br) at
the IEEE LATINCOM 2012 page. Maximum 6 pages are allowed for each paper,
including all illustrations and references.

CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
Proposals are invited for half-/full-day tutorials on topics of interest
of the conference. Proposals must be submitted on JEMS (IEEE LATINCOM
2012 page, Tutorial Track) and include title, abstract, full contact
information, introduction to the subject, preferred length, past
history, biography of the lecturer, detailed outline.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
GENERAL CHAIR
Hector Fiallos
E.Sup.Politecnica del Litoral, Ecuador
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Fabrizio Granelli
University of Trento, Italy
Lisandro Granville
F. Univ. Rio Grande Sul, Brazil
TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS
Boris Ramos
E.Sup.Politecnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Alberto Sanchez
U.San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
PUBLICATIONS CHAIR
Carlos Velasquez
Corp.U.Minuto de Dios, Colombia
FINANCE CHAIR
Salomon Herrera
STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Nelson L. S. da Fonseca
University of Campinas, Brazil
TECHNICAL PROGRAM ADVISOR
Stefano Bregni
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ADVISOR
Jose-David Cely
Distrital University, Colombia
WEBMASTER
Carlos A. Astudillo Trujillo
University of Campinas, Brazil