EN4PPDR 2016 - 2016 Workshop on Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR 2016)

Third IEEE WiMob 2016 Workshop on Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR 2016)
October 17, 2016, New York City, U.S.A.
EN4PPDR website: http://en4ppdr.ing.unimo.it/
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The Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR) Workshop, 3rd edition, aims to gather researchers and experts
working in the field of public safety, emergency response, protection,relief and recovery of critical infrastructures. Disasters, natural or
not, may occur on a metropolitan (e.g. building collapse, airplane crash,...) or on a large scale (e.g. earthquake, forest fire,
flooding,..) and may involve critical infrastructures as well (e.g. gas pipelines, electric power systems, telecommunications networks,...).
Therefore, protection of critical infrastructures from one side and prompt emergency response from the other play a fundamental role in
saving human lives, protecting properties and recovering from system failure.
The workshop very large area of interests includes, but is not limited to, wireless technologies, network architectures, transmission
protocols, spectrum management, fast deployable systems, interoperability, crisis management, data fusion systems, secure
communications, standardization activities, first responder equipment, network topologies and resilience.
Results from research activities, demonstrations, test-bed and prototype testing are encouraged by universities, research institutes, industries
and companies.
Joint papers from different institutions are welcome.
*List of Topics*
* First responder equipment and sensors
* Body and Personal Area Networks
* Ad hoc and wireless mesh networks
* 4G wireless technologies
* 5G-based Emergency networks
* SDN/NFV for PPDR systems
* Wireless LANs
* Sensor networks for environmental monitoring (WSN)
* Positioning systems (LPS, GPS,…)
* Infrastructure and Infrastructures-less architectures and protocols for prompt response
* Satellite communications for disaster events
* Satellite and terrestrial networks inter-working
* Multimedia communications
* Information systems for disaster events
* Secure communications
* Critical infrastructure resilience and survivability
* Disaster management
* Interoperability (radio spectrum, wireless technologies, network architectures)
* Inter-agency interoperability (among different public safety agencies)
* Inter-countries interoperability (among different countries agencies)
* Demonstrations, test-bed and prototype testing
* New social media and wireless technologies for crisis response and Search and Rescue (SAR) activities
*AUTHOR GUIDELINES*
High-quality full papers which at the time of submission are not under review and have not already been published or accepted for publication
elsewhere are solicited. The first page should include the paper's title, the abstract, a list of keywords indicating the paper's topic
area(s), the authors' full names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, and will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Digital Xplore. Authors are
required to submit fully formatted papers (PDF), with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication.
Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column). The final
manuscript for publication will be limited to 8 IEEE pages (Maximum of two (2) additional pages can be purchased for US$100 / ¤81 each. Each
paper cannot exceed 10 pages). You can find a copy of the IEEE standard conference template for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats here
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Your paper must be printable in order to be accepted.
*TIMELINE*
Full-paper submission: July 15, 2016
Acceptance notification: August 15, 2016
Camera Ready due: September 1, 2016
More Information
maurizio.casoni-AT-unimore.it or
IEEE WiMob 2016 page http://conferences.computer.org/wimob2016/