[DMANET] SustainIT 2012 - Ph.D. Forum: Call for extended abstracts

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PhD FORUM: CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

SustainIT 2012
Second IFIP Conference on
Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability

http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/sustainit2012/

October 4-5, 2012
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy


******* PhD FORUM SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 11, 2012 *******

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SustainIT 2012 hosts the PhD Forum on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability. The Forum will provide an opportunity for PhD students to present their dissertation research, including work in progress. In addition, it will be a platform for PhD students to interact both with their peers as well as with experienced researchers from industry and academia. The Forum will be organized as a poster session and will include a '1-minute madness' introduction by each student.

Current PhD students and researchers who completed their PhD dissertations after December 2011 are encouraged to submit extended abstracts. The PhD student and his/her advisor(s) can be the only authors. Submissions will be reviewed to ensure quality and relevance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to attend SustainIT 2012 and present their poster at the PhD Forum. Accepted extended abstracts will appear in conference proceedings.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

PhD students are invited to submit an extended abstract describing current research and potential contributions to theory and innovation in the areas of Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability.

Extended abstracts should include the authors' names, affiliation, and email address. Submissions must be PDF files, written in English. Submissions should adhere to the IEEE format and be no more than 3 pages in size (all inclusive). Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail to the following address: sustainit2012-PHD@gerad.ca. Please send the PDF file as attachment of an e-mail having as subject: "PhD-Submission-AUTHORS(last names only, separated by a '-')".


IMPORTANT DATES:

Manuscript submissions: June 11, 2012
Notification of acceptance: July 9, 2012
Camera-ready copy due: July 30, 2012
Conference date: October 4-5, 2012


PhD Forum Co-Chairs
Franco Davoli, University of Genova, Italy
Brunilde Sanso, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada


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