ICMT 2009 - ICMT2009 - International Conference on Model Transformation Theory and Practice of Model Transformations

Preliminary Call For Papers

Ad hoc networks have attracted the attention of the research community in the last several years. Now, that some of the fundamental issues and challenges of ad hoc networking have been clearly assessed, the focus is partially shifting to new issues, which include application scenarios (road safety, disaster recovery, sensors and actuators, etc.), autonomous organization and operation, optimization and control, and service creation and support. Moreover, wireless mesh networking is emerging as an "ad hoc spin-off" aimed at extending and integrating the multi-hop paradigm with more traditional networking, which poses new and exciting technical challenges.

Med-Hoc-Net is a major annual international workshop, aiming to serve as a platform for researchers and visionaries from academia, research labs, and industry from all over the world. Following Sicily (2006), Corfu (2007), and Palma de Mallorca (2008), Med-Hoc-Net 2009 will take place in Haifa (Israel). It will be held at the Viterbi Computech Center in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

The papers solicited cover a variety of topics related to ad hoc, wireless, and Mesh networks, including but not limited to:

¡ì Routing algorithms and protocols

¡ì MAC protocols, scheduling, power control and radio resource sharing

¡ì Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks

¡ì Middleware for ad hoc networks

¡ì Application driven architectures and protocols

¡ì Sensor network applications and protocols

¡ì Vehicular networks

¡ì Cognitive Radio networks

¡ì Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks

¡ì Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes

¡ì Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, etc.)

¡ì Self organization and network reconfiguration

¡ì Optimization models and algorithms

¡ì Resource and service discovery

¡ì Use of advanced antenna technologies (MIMO, beam forming, etc.)

¡ì Security and privacy

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer in the LNCS or IFIP Series. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Ad Hoc Networks journal.

Submitted papers should address original work not published or under revision elsewhere. Submitted manuscripts must be formatted according to the SSBM IFIP Series formats (http://springer.com/series/6102) and should be no longer than 8 pages. All submissions will be refereed by experts in the field.

Graduate students with accepted papers will receive travel grants to partially cover travel expenses.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: January 10, 2009.

Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2009.

Final Version Due: March 20, 2009.