RuralComm 2012 - Workshop on Rural Communications: Technologies, Applications, Strategies and Policies (RuralComm 2012)

IEEE GLOBECOM 2012 ? Second International Workshop on Rural Communications:
Technologies, Applications, Strategies and Policies
(RuralComm 2012)
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~tse/ruralcom2/
Call for Papers
The workshop aims at discussing the recent advances in rural communications. Technologies, applications, strategies and policies for every day life as well as technologies, applications, strategies and policies for reducing loss of life and property from natural and human-induced disasters will be discussed.
Topics of Interest are (but not limited to):
? Access innovations in rural areas
? Internet access in rural areas
? Wireline and wireless communications technologies, systems and applications for rural areas
? Environment modelling: network planning and deployment studies for rural, suburban and under-serviced environments
? Next-generation communication technologies and applications in the context of rural areas
? Visions, strategies, and solutions for communication technologies and applications in rural areas
? Regulatory issues and spectrum policies for rural areas
? Specific requirements on communication technologies and applications due to needs of populations that may be agriculture-based and/or low-literacy and/or low-income
? Cost/benefit studies for communications technologies and applications in rural areas
? Economic/Business models for communications technologies and applications in rural areas
? Models for service provisioning and charging in rural areas
? Case studies of enterprising networking technology ventures and successes in rural areas
? Telecom finance and economics in rural areas
? Telecom and society in rural areas
? Communications systems during disasters in rural areas
? Communications systems after disasters in rural areas
? Prediction, mitigation and management of disasters in rural areas
Important Dates:
- Paper Submission: June 1, 2012
- Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2012
Submission guidelines:
All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with overlength page charge if accepted). Papers exceed 6 pages will not be accepted at EDAS, nor reviewed at all. Standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats should be used. Papers should be submitted via EDAS (http://edas.info)
Workshop co-chairs
Sudhir Dixit, HP Labs, Bengalore, India
Roch Glitho, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, New York, USA