<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv108067521"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">A friendly reminder: submission due 07 July</font><span></span></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">**** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP*****</font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">============================================</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">Call for papers</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Second IEEE International Workshop Towards Smart Communications and</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Network technologies applied on Autonomous </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Systems (SaCoNAS II in conjunction with GlobeCom'2011)</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Houston, Texas, USA, 5-9 December 2011</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font
class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Submission : <http://edas.info//N10873 >
http://edas.info//N10873</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Website : </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">< http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/ > http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">IMPORTANT DATES</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Papers submission deadline: July 7,
2011</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">Acceptance Notification: August 15, 2011</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Camera Ready deadline: August 31, 2011</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Registration deadline: August 31, 2011</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Date : December 5, 2011</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif">============================================</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times
new roman', 'new york', times, serif">The scope of this workshop targets the growing </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">overlap between both autonomous systems, and the</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">future generation of network technologies </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">embedded in Internet of things or cloud computing. Indeed,</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">autonomous applications embedded in complex </font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif">configurations and dynamic environments have</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">rapidly expanded from classical ones to </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">applications where different modular devices, actuators and</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">sensors interact closely. This has impacted </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">considerably the control of a given system in a centralized</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font
class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">manner Current trends are to
propose new </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">autonomic architecture schemes that manage and control</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">future networks within the so-called sky of </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">clouds and Internet of things. Healthcare and wellness</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">applications such as helping elderly people, </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span"
face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">assisting dependent persons, habitat monitoring in a</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">smart environment constitute some of the </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">potential scenarios of convergence between robotic</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">systems and network technologies. These </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">applications, which are based on high-level commands and</font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">in order to accomplish some specific tasks, </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">reveal new challenges regarding mechanic design,</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">portability, acceptability, power support, </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">control theory, etc. In addition to portability and low-power</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">systems, which are vital challenges that limit </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">substantially any successful robotic application, network</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">paradigms should also take into account issues </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">related to cost, scalability and security. This workshop</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">will highlight the overlapping of these two </font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">domains of autonomous systems and network technologies</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">devoted for different applications. Issues </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">related to concepts, new technologies, and protocols will</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">elicit particular attention.</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">The workshop solicits papers addressing, but are </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">not limited to, the following topics:</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif">- Autonomous manipulation using service robots</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Smart communications for Cloud Computing and Internet of things</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Architecture and protocol for wireless based sensor networks</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Virtual networks and distributed Agent Platform</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Pervasive communication in autonomous application fields</font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Rehabilitation robotics, exoskeletons, smart </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">textile clothes and wearable robots applications</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Context-awareness and ubiquitous robotics</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Secure, scalable and low cost network paradigms applications</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">- Techniques of sensing, actuation and recognition</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Applications of Autonomous Behavior</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new
york', times, serif">- Design modeling and control of autonomous robotic systems</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Assistive robotic technology</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Energy optimization of autonomous systems</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Monitoring and security of autonomous systems in intelligent environment</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Context awareness using sensor networks</font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Network based transmission
architecture for controlling autonomous systems</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">- Real-time network based structure using </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">sensors, actuators and transducers, etc.</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif">and we will select papers based on their originality,</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">timeliness, significance, and relevance to the </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">workshop. All accepted papers must be presented and</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">at least on author needs to register for the </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">paper to be included in the workshop proceedings.</font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Submitted papers should not be under </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">consideration for publication anywhere else.</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">SUBMISSION PROCEDURE</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">--------------------</font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">The workshop accepts only novel, previously </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">unpublished papers. Prospective authors are</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">encouraged to submit a 5-page standard IEEE </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">conference style paper to this workshop (including all</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif">text, figures, and references) through EDAS </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">submission system </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">(<http://edas.info//N10873 > http://edas.info//N10873 </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">). <http://www.edas.info).> (If any problem</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">during submission is encountered, please contact </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font
class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">the workshop chair). One additional page may be</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">allowed but with additional publication fee. </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop. The</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif">presenter must register for the workshop before </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">the deadline for author registration. Failure to register</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">before the deadline will result in automatic </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">withdrawal of the paper from the workshop proceedings</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">and the program. All papers selected for </font></div><div
id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif">publication will be included in the IEEE GLOBECOM</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">proceedings and IEEE digital library. For </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">additional information see </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">< http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/ > http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span"
face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">--------------------</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">General Chair</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Abdelhamid MELLOUK, University of Paris Est </font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Créteil- Val De Marne (UPEC), France</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif"><br></font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Technical Program Co-Chairs</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Samer MOHAMMED, University of Paris Est Créteil- Val De Marne (UPEC), France</font></div><div id="yiv108067521yui_3_2_0_43_130916255782640"><font class="yiv108067521Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Sherali ZEADALLY, University of the District of Columbia, USA</font></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>