<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div>===========================================================================</div><div>We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.</div><div>SaCoNet III: Extended Deadline Dec 20, 2011 and Selected papers published</div><div>in International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology.</div><div>===========================================================================</div><div><br></div><div>IEEE ICC 2012: 3rd IEEE International Workshop on SmArt COmmunications in</div><div>NEtwork Technologies (SaCoNeT-III)</div><div>http://www.lissi.fr/saconet2012/doku.php</div><div>Selected best papers of the workshop will invited for further</div><div>consideration for a Special issue of the International Journal of Internet</div><div>Protocol Technology</div><div>To be held in conjunction with
the</div><div>IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012)</div><div>http://www.ieee-icc.org/index.html, Ottawa Canada.</div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES</div><div>Submission deadline: 20 December 2011</div><div>Submission Link: http://edas.info/N11473</div><div>Authors Notification: 10 February 2012</div><div>Final Manuscript: 31 March 2012</div><div>Workshop Date: June 10 -15 2012</div><div>===========================================================================</div><div><br></div><div>=============================</div><div>Selected best papers of the workshop will invited for further</div><div>consideration for a Special issue of the International Journal of Internet</div><div>Protocol Technology:</div><div>http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijipt</div><div>planned shortly after the workshop with an expected publication date of
2012.</div><div>==============================</div><div><br></div><div>SCOPE</div><div>-----------</div><div>As continuity of the first and the second edition of SaCoNet (ex. SaCoNaS),</div><div>the scope of SaCoNet-III focused on how smart communications has affect</div><div>some aspects (protocols, design, equipment, algorithms, paradigm, power,</div><div>etc.) for a large family of applications (Healthcare, Medical, Underwater,</div><div>Vehicular, Robotic, etc.) using network technologies (Sensor Networks,</div><div>MANET, VANET, etc.). The objective is to deal with the growing</div><div>overlap between both autonomous systems and the future generation of</div><div>network technologies embedded in Internet and cloud computing for a wide</div><div>variety of applications (underwater, vehicular, medical, robotic, etc.).</div><div>Indeed, autonomous applications embedded in complex configurations and</div><div>dynamic environments have rapidly
expanded from classical</div><div>applications where different modular devices, actuators and sensors</div><div>interact closely. This has impacted considerably the control of a given</div><div>system in a centralized manner. Current</div><div>trends are to propose new autonomic architecture schemes that manage and</div><div>control future emerging networks: sky of clouds, Internet of things, Smart</div><div>Grids, etc. Healthcare and wellness applications such as helping elderly</div><div>people, assisting dependent persons, habitat monitoring in a smart</div><div>environment constitute some of the potential scenarios of convergence</div><div>between autonomous systems and smart network technologies. These</div><div>applications, (which are based on high-level commands) accomplish some</div><div>specific tasks, reveal new challenges regarding mechanic design,</div><div>portability, acceptability, power support and efficiency, control
theory,</div><div>etc. In addition to portability and low-power systems, which are vital</div><div>challenges that limit substantially the efficiency of any autonomous system</div><div>based application; network paradigms should also take into account issues</div><div>related to cost, scalability and security.</div><div><br></div><div>This workshop will highlight the overlapping of these two domains</div><div>of autonomous systems and the smart network technologies devoted</div><div>for different applications for a large variety of domains:</div><div>Healthcare, Medical, Underwater, Vehicular, Robotic, etc. Issues related to</div><div>concepts, new technologies, testbeds and trials, and protocols will</div><div>elicit particular attention. All submitted papers will be rigorously</div><div>reviewed and we will select papers based on their originality,</div><div>timeliness, significance, and relevance to the workshop. All accepted</div><div>papers must be
presented and at least on author needs to register for the</div><div>paper to be included in the workshop proceedings. Submitted papers should</div><div>not be under consideration for publication anywhere else.</div><div><br></div><div>The workshop solicits papers addressing, but are not limited to,</div><div>the following topics:</div><div>·Cloud Computing and Internet of things</div><div>·Architecture and protocol for wireless based sensor networks</div><div>·Vehicular applications of autonomous behavior</div><div>·Underwater applications</div><div>·Rural applications</div><div>·Secure, scalable and low cost network paradigms applications</div><div>·Energy optimization of autonomous systems</div><div>·Autonomous manipulation using service robots</div><div>·Virtual networks and distributed Agent Platform</div><div>·Pervasive communication in autonomous application fields</div><div>·Rehabilitation robotics, exoskeletons, smart textile clothes
and</div><div>wearable robots applications</div><div>·Context-awareness and ubiquitous applications</div><div>·Techniques of sensing, actuation and recognition</div><div>·Design modeling and control of autonomous robotic systems</div><div>·Assistive robotic technology</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 sensors, actuators and transducers</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:</div><div>-----------------------------------------</div><div>The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers. Prospective</div><div>authors are encouraged to submit a 5-page standard IEEE conference style</div><div>paper
(</div><div>http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html)</div><div>to this workshop (including all text, figures, and references)</div><div>through EDAS submission system ( http://edas.info/N11473). One additional</div><div>page may be allowed but with additional publication fee. Accepted papers</div><div>must be presented at the workshop. The presenter must register for the</div><div>workshop before the deadline for author registration (</div><div>http://www.lissi.fr/saconet2012/doku.php?id=wiki:important_dates). Failure</div><div>to register before the deadline will result in automatic withdrawal of the</div><div>paper from the workshop proceedings and the program.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</div><div>-----------------------------------------</div><div>Steering Committee:</div><div>Abdelhamid Mellouk, UPEC University, France, Chair</div><div>Sherali Zeadally, University of the District
of Columbia, USA</div><div>Samer Mohammed, UPEC University, France</div><div><br></div><div>General Chair: Abdelhamid Mellouk, UPEC University, France, Chair</div><div><br></div><div>TPC Co-Chairs: Xavi Masip-Bruin, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain</div><div>Scott Fowler, Linköping University, Sweden</div><div>Ibrahim Kamel, University of Sharjah, UAE</div></div> </div></body></html>