EN4PPDR 2017 - 2017 IEEE Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR)

IEEE Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief
http:en4ppdr.ing.unimo.it
October 9, 2017 - Rome (Italy)
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The EN4PPDR workshop 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 on one hand helps an
effective emergency response on the other it plays a fundamental role in
saving human lives, protecting property and recovering from system
failure.
The workshop's 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.
Submission of results from research activities, demonstrations, test-bed
and prototype testing are encouraged from universities, research
institutes, industries and companies.
Joint papers from different institutions are welcome.
MAIN TOPICS of INTEREST
* 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 national 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 by
the IEEE, and will be accessible via IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Authors
are required to submit fully formatted papers (PDF), with graphs, images,
and other special types 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.
IMPORTANT DATES
Full-Paper submission JULY 15, 2017
Acceptance notification AUGUST 15, 2017
Camera ready due SEPTEMBER 1, 2017