CfP: SustainIT 2012 - 2nd IFIP/IEEE Conference on Sustainable Internet & ICT for Sustainability

[Valerio Arnaboldi]

[Apologies for possible multiple copies]


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                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                             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

 Sponsored by the IFIP TC6 WG 6.3, Performance of Communication Systems

           Technically co-sponsored IEEE Computer Society
        Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC)

           In cooperation with IEEE Communications Society
  Technical Subcommittee on Green Communications and Computing (TSCGCC)

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*******            SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 16, 2012           *******

                            BEST PAPER AWARD 
       SPECIAL ISSUE of Selected Papers in COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
                   Conference proceedings in IEEE Xplore

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In the last years, the increasing social awareness about the need for containing energy consumption within sustainable rates has caught the interest of both the industrial and academic communities. In this scenario, Internet - and more generally ICT - may play a twofold role, being both a significant energy consumer and a potential actor in steering a more clever usage of energy resources.

Both aspects of the problem raise interesting scientific challenges, and require a comprehensive effort and inter-disciplinary research at all levels of abstraction. The goal of this conference is to bring together people from different research areas, and provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers both from industry and academia.

Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of energy-awareness for Internet-based systems, and the design of ICT  solutions for eco-sustainability are solicited. Papers of interest should point out the expected long-term benefits to eco-sustainability.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- Green Internet
- Power-aware Internet applications
- Energy-efficient network architecture and protocols 
- Green wireless networking
- Energy-efficient network technologies
- Cross-layer optimization for green networking
- Standards and metrics for green communications
- Energy-efficient management of network resources 
- Energy efficiency in data centers 
- Energy efficiency, Quality of Service, and reliability
- Algorithms for reduced power, energy and heat
- ICT for energy efficiency in buildings
- ICT for sustainable smart cities 
- ICT for sustainable transports and logistics
- ICT for green mobility
- ICT for energy efficiency in industrial environments
- ICT for smart grids
- Sustainability achievements due to ICT-based optimization 
- Energy consumption measurements, models, and monitoring tools
- Measurement and evaluation of the Internet sustainability
- Test-bed and prototype implementations


EDITORIAL FOLLOW-UP
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The best paper presented at the conference will receive the Best Paper Award. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a SPECIAL ISSUE in the Elsevier Journal of COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS.


PAPER SUBMISSION
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All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. 

Papers must be submitted electronically through EDAS (http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=12373). Detailed submission instructions for manuscript preparation and submission will be made available at the conference website (http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/sustainit2012/).

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Submission implies the willingness of, at least, one author to register and attend the conference to present the paper. The organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the conference.

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TENTATIVE DATES
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- Manuscript submission deadline:        April 16, 2012
- Acceptance/Reject notification:         June 30, 2012
- Camera Ready Due:                       July 15, 2012


CONTACTS
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For further information, please visit the conference website (http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/sustainit2012/), or send an e-mail message to <giuseppe.anastasi at iet.unipi.it>


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
  Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy
  Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
  Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy
  Ken Christensen, University of South Florida, USA

DEMO CHAIR
  Giuseppe Lo Re, University of Palermo, Italy

Ph.D. FORUM CO-CHAIRS
  Franco Davoli, University of Genova, Italy
  Brunilde Sanso, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

FINANCE AND REGISTRATION CHAIR
  Marco Ortolani, University of Palermo, Italy

PUBLICATION CHAIR
  Emilio Ancillotti, IIT-CNR, Italy

PUBLICITY CHAIR
  Valerio Arnaboldi, IIT-CNR, Italy
  Xuefeng Liu, Honk Kong Polytechnic University, China 

WEB MANAGER
  Maria Bucci, IIT-CNR, Italy 

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
  TBA

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Valerio Arnaboldi - SustainIT2012 Publicity Chair

Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
phone: +39 050 315 2195
email: valerio.arnaboldi at iit.cnr.it