[Tccc] CFP: IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nanoscale Communications (IEEE MoNaCom 2013)
Michael Moore
m2moooatgmail.com
Thu Aug 30 21:35:07 EDT 2012
Call for papers: 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nanoscale
Communications (IEEE MoNaCom 2013)
MoNaCom website: http://monacom.tssg.org/
To be held in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on
Communications (IEEE ICC 2013)
Budapest, Hungary, June 2013
Recent improvements in nanotechnologies have enabled the realization of
nano-scale machines, i.e., nanomachines, that promise new solutions for
several applications in biomedical, industry and military fields. Many of
these envisioned nanotechnology applications, e.g., intelligent drug
delivery system or intra-body multi-modal health monitoring, require a set
of nanomachines to collaboratively achieve a common task, which clearly
mandates practical realization of communication and networking at the
nanoscale. A number of nanomachines communicating with each other are
envisioned to form a network architecture called a nanonetwork. Due to size
and capabilities of these nanomachines as well as the challenges posed by
the physical laws governing this regime, the classical communication
paradigms are inapplicable in nanonetworks. Hence, a set of new molecular
and nanoscale communication paradigms is imperative for the realization of
the future collaborative and distributed nanotechnology applications.
The main aims of this workshop are to increase the visibilty of this
growing research area to the wider communication research community as well
as foster new inter-disciplinary research by bridging the field of nano and
molecular technologies and information and communication technology (ICT)
research. The workshop will include papers that capture the current
state-of-the-art in the field of molecular and nanoscale communications,
e.g., information, communication and network theoretical analysis of
molecular and nanonetworks, mobility in molecular and nanonetworks, novel
and practical communication protocols, routing schemes and architectures,
design/engineering/evaluation of molecular and nanoscale communication
systems, as well as their potential applications. Therefore, based on the
scope of the workshop, the target audience will cover both traditional
communication networking researchers (wired and wireless) as well as
researchers from other fields.
In nanotechnology, nanomachines are envisioned as the most basic functional
unit able to perform very simple tasks at the nanoscale. Molecular and
nanonetworks are the inter-connections of nanomachines expanding the
capabilities of a single nanomachine. In this context, traditional
communications paradigms are not applicable, and novel ones are required to
interconnect them. This workshop aims to capture the state-of-the-art by
soliciting original novel contributions in this and related areas
including, the following:
Design and engineering of nanomachines for nano/molecular communication:
Protein machines; Artificial cells; Synthetic cells; DNA machines; Nano-bio
sensors and actuators
Infrastructures for nano/molecular communication: Calcium signaling;
Viral transport; Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT); Membrane nanotube; Flagellated
Bacteria; Molecular motors over microtubules; Neural networks;
Electromagnetic nanonetworks
Network theory: Mobility in nano/molecular networks; Energy models for
nano machines; Information processing in nano/molecular networks; Protocols
and architectures for nano/molecular communication; Network controls of
nano/molecular communication; Addressing, switching and routing at
nano/molecular scale; Coding in nano/molecular networks; Security of
nano/molecular networks
Nano/molecular network design: Robust design and architecture; Network
design by moleware; Emergent behaviour in nano/molecular networks (e.g.
self-assembly, self-organisation); Programming for moleware communication;
Planning of nano/molecular networks; Networks of nanocomputers; integrating
and monitoring nanonetworks with larger-scale networks
Natural Computing in nano/molecular communication: Molecular computing;
DNA computing; membrane computing; Integration of computational and
communication capabilities in nano/molecular networks
Tools to support nano/molecular network design: Wetware communication by
simulation in silico; Network simulators (e.g. ns2, ns3) for nano/molecular
networks
Applications of nano/molecular networks: Healthcare, e.g., Drug delivery,
Nanomedicine, Telecommunications, Energy, Biotechnology, Bioremediation and
Environment, Nano robots communication.
General Chair:
Falko Dressler, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Michael Moore, Osaka University, Japan
Pietro Lio, University of Cambridge, UK
Submission guideline:
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a standard IEEE conference
style paper via the EDAS submission system (http://edas.info/N11483).
Papers should be written in English with a standard length of five (5)
printed pages (10-point font) including figures, without incurring
additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with extra charge if
accepted).
Important dates:
Abstract Registration: January 4, 2013
Submission deadline: January 11, 2013
Notification deadline: February 22, 2013
Camera-ready deadline: March 8, 2013
MoNaCom 2013 dates: TBA
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