<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>**** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP*****<br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div id="yiv1742745870"><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><div>============================================</div><div>Call for papers</div><div>Second IEEE International Workshop Towards Smart Communications and</div><div>Network technologies applied on Autonomous </div><div>Systems (SaCoNAS II in conjunction with GlobeCom'2011)</div><div>Houston, Texas, USA, 5-9 December 2011</div><div>Submission : <http://edas.info//N10873 >
http://edas.info//N10873</div><div>Website : </div><div>< http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/ > http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/</div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES</div><div>Papers submission deadline: July 17, 2011 EXTENDED!</div><div>Acceptance Notification: August 15, 2011</div><div>Camera Ready deadline: August 31, 2011</div><div>Registration
deadline: August 31, 2011</div><div>Date : December 5, 2011</div><div><br></div><div>============================================</div><div>The scope of this workshop targets the growing </div><div>overlap between both autonomous systems, and the</div><div>future generation of network technologies </div><div>embedded in Internet of things or cloud computing. Indeed,</div><div>autonomous applications embedded in complex </div><div>configurations and dynamic environments have</div><div>rapidly expanded from classical ones to </div><div>applications where different modular devices, actuators and</div><div>sensors interact closely. This has impacted </div><div>considerably the control of a given system in a centralized</div><div>manner Current trends are to propose new </div><div>autonomic architecture schemes that manage and control</div><div>future networks within the so-called sky of </div><div>clouds and Internet of
things. Healthcare and wellness</div><div>applications such as helping elderly people, </div><div>assisting dependent persons, habitat monitoring in a</div><div>smart environment constitute some of the </div><div>potential scenarios of convergence between robotic</div><div>systems and network technologies. These </div><div>applications, which are based on high-level commands and</div><div>in order to accomplish some specific tasks, </div><div>reveal new challenges regarding mechanic design,</div><div>portability, acceptability, power support, </div><div>control theory, etc. In addition to portability and low-power</div><div>systems, which are vital challenges that limit </div><div>substantially any successful robotic application, network</div><div>paradigms should also take into account issues </div><div>related to cost, scalability and security. This workshop</div><div>will highlight the overlapping of these
two </div><div>domains of autonomous systems and network technologies</div><div>devoted for different applications. Issues </div><div>related to concepts, new technologies, and protocols will</div><div>elicit particular attention.</div><div>The workshop solicits papers addressing, but are </div><div>not limited to, the following topics:</div><div><br></div><div>- Autonomous manipulation using service robots</div><div>- Smart communications for Cloud Computing and Internet of things</div><div>- Architecture and protocol for wireless based sensor networks</div><div>- Virtual networks and distributed Agent Platform</div><div>- Pervasive communication in autonomous application fields</div><div>- Rehabilitation robotics, exoskeletons, smart </div><div>textile clothes and wearable robots applications</div><div>- Context-awareness and ubiquitous robotics</div><div>- Secure, scalable and low cost network paradigms applications</div><div>-
Techniques of sensing, actuation and recognition</div><div>- Applications of Autonomous Behavior</div><div>- Design modeling and control of autonomous robotic systems</div><div>- Assistive robotic technology</div><div>- Energy optimization of autonomous systems</div><div>- Monitoring and security of autonomous systems in intelligent environment</div><div>- Context awareness using sensor networks</div><div>- Network based transmission architecture for controlling autonomous systems</div><div>- Real-time network based structure using </div><div>sensors, actuators and transducers, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed </div><div>and we will select papers based on their originality,</div><div>timeliness, significance, and relevance to the </div><div>workshop. All accepted papers must be presented and</div><div>at least on author needs to register for the </div><div>paper to be included in the
workshop proceedings.</div><div>Submitted papers should not be under </div><div>consideration for publication anywhere else.</div><div><br></div><div>SUBMISSION PROCEDURE</div><div>--------------------</div><div>The workshop accepts only novel, previously </div><div>unpublished papers. Prospective authors are</div><div>encouraged to submit a 5-page standard IEEE </div><div>conference style paper to this workshop (including all</div><div>text, figures, and references) through EDAS </div><div>submission system </div><div>(<http://edas.info//N10873 > http://edas.info//N10873 </div><div>). <http://www.edas.info).> (If any problem</div><div>during submission is encountered, please contact </div><div>the workshop chair). One additional page may be</div><div>allowed but with additional publication fee. </div><div>Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop. The</div><div>presenter must register for the
workshop before </div><div>the deadline for author registration. Failure to register</div><div>before the deadline will result in automatic </div><div>withdrawal of the paper from the workshop proceedings</div><div>and the program. All papers selected for </div><div>publication will be included in the IEEE GLOBECOM</div><div>proceedings and IEEE digital library. For </div><div>additional information see </div><div>< http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/ > http://lissi.u-pec.fr/saconasgc11/</div><div><br></div><div>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</div><div>--------------------</div><div>General Chair</div><div>Abdelhamid MELLOUK, University of Paris Est </div><div>Créteil- Val De Marne (UPEC), France</div><div><br></div><div>Technical Program Co-Chairs</div><div>Samer MOHAMMED, University of Paris Est Créteil- Val De Marne (UPEC), France</div><div>Sherali ZEADALLY, University of the District of Columbia,
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