Our apologies if you receive duplicates of this posting. *********************************************************************************** CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 20th IEEE Int’l Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2011) http://www.icccn.org/icccn11/ Sheraton Hotel and Resort, Maui, Hawaii, August 1-4, 2011 Proposal submission: the sooner the better, no later than Nov. 15, 2010 ************************************************************************************ IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) will celebrate its 20th anniversary at Maui, Hawaii, August 1-4, 2011. Quality workshops are to be held in conjunction with ICCCN. The workshops aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot and broad topics on computer communications and networks. Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on design and implementations of systems and services are welcome. ICCCN is a premier international conference in the field and running a workshop in association with it is of high visibility. The proceedings of the workshops program will be published, as the ICCCN 2011 main conference, by IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Digital Library. The topics we are soliciting include, but are NOT limited to: · Mobile Cloud Computing and Services · Green communications and Networking · Embedded and Real-time Networking Systems · Cognitive Networking and Communications · Next Generation Broadband Wireless Access Networks · Virtualized Infrastructure Systems and Architectures · Networking of Mobile Handheld Devices, Social Networking · RFID and Internet of Things · Smart Grids · Security and Privacy in communications and networks Submission Guidelines and Publication: =============================== One workshop may take one day with 12 or more accepted and registered papers. Please send a workshop proposal by Nov 15, 2010, to Prof. Liqiang Zhang and cc to: Prof. Waltenegus Dargie Workshop General Chair Workshop General Co-Chair E-mail: liqzhang@iusb.edu Email: waltenegus.dargie@tu-dresden.de Please note that the proposals will be reviewed once received and we will try to make the decision and send the notification back as soon as possible. So submitting a proposal early has the advantage. Particularly, early-bird proposals (by Oct. 15th) are encouraged and will be given higher priority. For each approved workshop, at least one organizer must commit to attending and running the workshop on site. Please do not hesitate to send emails to the chairs if you have any questions. The workshop proposal should include following information: 1. Title of the workshop 2. Workshop organizer(s): name, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail, with the indication of the main contact person (no more than three chairs in one workshop) 3. A brief description of the content and technical issues 4. Planned format of the workshop, e.g. number of papers, sessions, keynotes, panels etc. 5. A description of the publicity and promotion plan 6. Tentative list of program committee members 7. Short bio of the main workshop organizers (up to 200 words) Each workshop will start to advertise and distribute its CFP after receiving the approval notification. Papers submitted to each workshop should be original, and, be peer reviewed by the program committee or external reviewers. An accepted paper must be registered and presented at the conference venue and must be limited to 6 pages in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font). More updates will be posted on the ICCCN-2011 Web site. Important Dates: ============== Proposal submission due: Nov 15, 2010 Proposal notification due: Dec 1, 2010