[DMANET] CFP(M2M-CN2012) : International Workshop on Machine-to-Machine Communications and Networking, IEEE iThings 2012

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CALL FOR PAPERS


IEEE iThings 2012
International Workshop on Machine-to-Machine Communications
and Networking (M2M-CN)

September 11-14, 2012
Besancon, France

http://m2m-cn2012.weebly.com/

Submission Webpage: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeem2mcn2012

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: 25 June 2012
Acceptance Notification: 20 July 2012
Camera Ready: 5 August 2012

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SCOPE

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications and Networking
enables intelligent interconnecting of physical objects and
eventually creates Internet-of-Things (IoT).
M2M allows bi-directional communications and networking among
devices, network, and back-end data centers and applications
through wireless and/or wired communication approaches.
M2M covers a wide scope of technologies including sensing,
communications, computing and control, which together can build
feasible complex cyber-physical systems to support diverse applications.
Recently, many M2M applications such as smart grid, smart home, e-Healthcare,
intelligent transportation and remote monitoring are become possible and
even in deployment, thanks to recent technologies advances in areas
such as sensing,
networking protocols and actuating control. To this end, M2M has attracted
tremendously global attention from academia, industries and governments.
Organizations such as IEEE, IETF, 3GPP and ETSI have started to
M2M-reated standards from different aspects.

The IEEE Int'l Workshop on Machine-to-Machine Communications and
Networking (M2M-CN),
in conjunction with IEEE iThings 2012 is a new event particularly
focusing on all aspects of networking,
that aims at providing a forum that brings together researchers from
academia as well as
practitioners from industry and government to meet and exchange ideas
on recent research work,
point out the directions for future research, and seek collaboration
opportunities
on all aspects of the M2M enabling technologies. The goal of this
workshop is to promote
borderless discussions and identify suitable technical solutions, in
particular communications
and networking technologies, to enable effective and efficient M2M
system design and implementations.

Area of Interests include but are not limited to:

- M2M System and Functional Architecture
- M2M Access Network Technologies and Optimization
- M2M MAC Protocols (scheduling, power control etc.)
- M2M Network Protocols (routing, admission control etc.)
- M2M Transport and Application Protocols
- M2M Security and Privacy
- M2M Performance Management (QoS, Scalability, Reliability, etc)
- M2M Network Management
- M2M Naming, Address Management for End-to-End Addressability
- M2M Session and Mobility Management
- M2M Topology Management
- M2M Data Analysis and Management
- Emerging Technologies for M2M (RFID, Sensing, Actuating, etc)
- Energy-Efficiency for M2M
- M2M Gateway Technologies (access gateway, application gateway etc.)
- Web Technologies for M2M
- Cloud Computing for M2M
- M2M Applications, Services and Test-beds
- M2M Standardization Activities

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PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers should be written in English and be five (5) printed pages long
maximum using 10 point font and including figures.
Please note that you may not reduce the length of paper submitted for
review after it is accepted.

You may use the standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft
Word or LaTeX.
Alternatively you can follow the IEEE Communications Society
guidelines for attendees and authors. Only PDF files are accepted for
review.

The author(s) must be listed in the same order and the title must match.
There may be only minor wording differences in the abstract.
Papers where the PDF and EDAS account do not match will be withdrawn
by the Technical Program Co-Chairs.


PLEASE NOTE:

To be published in the IEEE iThings?2 Conference Proceedings and IEEE Xplore?
an author of an accepted paper should register for the conference at
full rate and the paper must be presented.
Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the
final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE iThings?2
Proceedings and in IEEE Xplore?(also EI-Indexed).

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WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Fan Zhong, Toshiba Research Europe, UK
Harold Liu, IBM Research, China
Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, Texas Tech University, USA
Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway



PUBLICITY & PUBLICATION CHAIR

Zhentan Feng, IBM Research, China



PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Jianhua He, Aston University, UK
Huan-Bang Li, NICT, Japan
Husheng Li, University of Tennessee, USA.
Liang Ma, Imperial College, UK
Mazier Nekovee, British Telecom, UK
Zhengguo Sheng, Orange Labs, China
Shuguang Xiong, Jike Search, China
Yong Xu, Huawei Corp., China
Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Bin Zhen, Huawei Corp, China

Official website:
Http://http://m2m-cn2012.weebly.com

For any inquires, please email: m2mcn2012@gmail.com
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