NOC 2011 - 16th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2011)

16th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC 2011)
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
20-22 July 2011
http://www.noc-conference.com
Deadline for full paper submission: 1st February 2011

The NOC 2011 conferences will be hosted by Northumbria University from 20 to 22 July 2011. The conference follows recent editions held in Algarve University (Faro, Portugal), Valladolid (Spain), Krems (Austria), Stockholm (Sweden), Berlin (Germany) and London (UK).
Networks & Optical Communications (NOC) combines fiber optics systems, networks and technology within a single event, providing a forum for the promotion of new opportunities from industry, institutes of technology and academia.

Main topics include:
? Broadband access technologies (passive optical networks, radio over fiber, in-building networks, optical wireless: indoor and outdoor)
? Transport and photonic networks (wavelength-routing, OBS, OPS)
? Energy saving in telecommunication networks
? Components and physical issues of optical networks
? QoS and management in optical networks
? Convergence and multilayer networks

We therefore invite you to contribute to the events through involvement as author or delegate. More details are on the conference website http://www.noc-conference.com

The local organizing committee plans to publish the accepted papers in IEEExplore and the confirmation will be published on the website soon.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are cordially invited to submit a 4 page full paper in IEEExplore format, within the areas of interest of NOC. The full paper should be submitted on-line by 1st February 2011 via EDAS. (See the webpage for more details)

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: 1st February 2011
Acceptance Notifications: 1st April 2011
Camera ready deadline: 1st May 2011
Early bird registration deadline: 1st June 2011

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Optical Communication Research Group (OCRG), School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University (NU).

Chair: Prof. Z. Ghassemlooy (NU, UK)
E-mail: z.ghassemlooy-AT-northumbria.ac.uk
Technical Chair: Dr. Wai Pang Ng (NU, UK)
Email: wai-pang.ng-AT-northumbria.ac.uk
Program Chair: Dr. Hoa Le-Minh (NU, UK)
Publication Chair: Dr. Sujan Rajbhandari
Exhibition Chair: Dr. Joaquin Perez Soler (NU, UK)
External Liaison Chair: Dr. John Michell (UCL, UK)
Secretary: KarenVacher (NU, UK)
Webmaster: Rupak Kharel (NU, UK)

STEERING COMMITTEE
Alan Harmer (Harmer Associates, Geneva, Switzerland)
David Faulkner (Climate Associates Limited, UK)