LANC 2012 - The 2012 IFIP/ACM Latin America Networking Conference (LANC)

IFIP/ACM LANC 2012 Call for Papers
Medellín, Colombia, 4-5 October, 2012
http://lanc2012.ufpa.br
Welcome
The 2012 IFIP/ACM Latin America Networking Conference (LANC) will
provide an international technical forum for experts from
industry and academia everywhere in the world, but especially
from the Latin American countries, to exchange ideas and present
results of ongoing research in networking. The conference is
sponsored and organized by CLEI (Centro Latinoamericano de Estudio em
Informatica) in cooperation with IFIP TC6 and ACM SIGCOMM. This
year, LANC will take place in Medellín, Colombia, between October 4
and October 5, 2012.
Important Dates
Full Paper Submission: June 11, 2012
Acceptance Notification: August 06, 2012
Camera Ready: August 27, 2012
Topics of Interest
We invite submissions on a wide range of networking research. Topics
include, but are not limited to:
- Cloud computing
- Delay/Disruption-tolerant networks
- Green and Energy-efficient communications
- Internet based applications
- Low cost access networks
- Multimedia networking systems
- National ICT infrastructures for education
- Network and service management
- Network performance evaluation
- Network security
- Optical communications
- Peer-to-peer and overlay networks
- Protocols
- Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) in
communication systems
- Routing and switching
- Smart grid communications
- Social Multimedia Networking
- Software Defined Networks
- Web infrastructure
- Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, and sensor networks
Submission of papers that cover solutions to specific network problems
of this region of the world is especially encouraged.
Submission Instructions
Authors submitting a paper must state that it has not been published
before and is not being submitted elsewhere. Full papers should be no
more than 10 pages, including figures, and should follow the ACM
style. The first page must contain an abstract of about 150 words,
name and affiliation of author(s), as well as the lead author's postal
address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and email. Please see the
submission instructions on the conference Web site for complete
details.
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and
distributed to the conference attendees. At least one of the authors
must register for the conference by September 6, 2012 and attend the
conference to present the paper.
Submitted papers must be in English. Accepted papers must also be
presented in English.
For general questions, contact LANC 2012 by
email at lanc2012.contact-AT-gmail.com.
Review Process
All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two
reviewers. Acceptance will be based on originality, quality, relevance
and the practical value of the work.
Proceedings
All accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library and
in a CD with its own ISBN. The CD will be available at the Conference
Venue
LANC 2012 is organized jointly with CLEI 2012. For more information
about travel, hotels, etc., please visit CLEI 2012 web site at
http://www.clei2012.org.
Organization Committees
General Chairs
Eduardo Cerqueira, UFPA, Brazil
Helmuth Trefftz, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia
Steering Committee
Ana Pont, U. Politécnica Valencia, ES
David R. Oran, CISCO, US
Ernst L. Leiss, U. of Houston, US
Hector Cancela, U. de la República, UY
Ramón Cáceres, AT&T Labs, US
Rodrigo Santos, U. Nacional del Sur, AR
Technical Program Committee Chairs
Eduardo Grampin, UDELAR, Uruguay
Ronaldo A. Ferreira, UFMS, Brazil
Organizing Committee
Juan Carlos Montoya, Universidad EAFIT, CO
Publicity Chair
Augusto Neto, Federal University of Ceara, BR
Technical Program Committee
Alberto Garcia, UC3M, ES
Antônio J. G. Abelém, UFPA, BR
Antonio Pescape, UNINA, IT
Ariel Sabiguero, UDELAR, UY
Artur Ziviani, LNCC, BR
Augusto Neto, UFC, BR
Boris Ramos, ESPOL, EC
David Oran, CISCO, US
Edjair Mota, UFAM, BR
Edmundo Monteiro University of Coimbra, PT
Eduardo Cerqueira, UFPA, BR
Eduardo Grampin, UDELAR, UY
Eng Keong Lua, Carnegie Mellon University, SG
Enrique Carrera, ESPE, EC
Francisco Quiles, UCLM, ES
Francisco Valera Pintor, UC3M, ES
Harry Perros, NCSU, US
Isaac Seoane, UC3M, ES
Jaudelice de Oliveira, Drexel University, US
Jaume Barcelo, UPF, ES
Javier Baliosian, UDELAR, UY
Jo Ueyama, USP, BR
José Piquer, UCH, CL
José Salinas, UPV, ES
Jussara M. Almeida, UFMG, BR
Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, BR
Marcelo Bagnulo Braun, UC3M, ES
Marcelo Mejía, ITAM, MX
Maria Dolores Baños, UPCT, ES
María Villapol, UVC, VE
Marília Curado, University of Coimbra, PT
Marinho P. Barcellos, UFRGS, BR
Mikolaj Leszczuk, AGH, PL
Nelson Fonseca, UNICAMP, BR
Nicolás Stier, Columbia University, US
Oscar Nunez, PUC, PE
Pablo Belzarena, UdelaR, UY
Rashid Mehmood, Swansea University, UK
Ronaldo A. Ferreira, UFMS, BR
Ronaldo Sales, IME, BR
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, US
Siraj A. Shaikh, Coventry University, UK
Tianji Li, Hamilton Institute, IE
Xavi Masip, UPC, ES
Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, JP