Home      Log In      Contacts      INSTICC Portal
 
Call for Papers
DCNET is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication
Scope

The purpose of DCNET 2012, the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on communication networking between computer systems or other digital devices.

Computer networking is a combination of knowledge related to the areas of telecommunications, computer science, information technology and/or computer engineering. Data communication networks rely heavily upon the theoretical and practical application of these scientific and engineering disciplines. DCNET encompasses a diversity of aspects, from network architecture and protocols, to network management, monitoring and control, performance analysis, sensor nets, services over networks, LANs and WANS, to higher education in the data communication field.

Ideas on how to analyze and approach problems by combining data/information systems and communication technologies, either in the scope of R&D projects, engineering or business applications, are welcome. Papers describing new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of DCNET, with an ISBN. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.
The best papers will be selected to appear either in an international journal or in a book to be published by Springer-Verlag.

Special sessions, case-studies and tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics related to the main conference are also envisaged: researchers interested in organizing a special session, or companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

Conference Topics

  • Collaborative networking
  • Communication Networks Education
  • Data Services Management
  • Fault Detection and Management
  • Green communications
  • Implementation and Experimental Test-Beds
  • Internet of Things
  • Internet Technologies
  • Methodologies for Network Management
  • Middleware Support for Networking
  • Mobile & Ubiquitous Communication Networks
  • Modeling & Simulation of communication networks and Systems
  • Nano networking
  • Multi-modal Communications Networks
  • Network applications (web, multimedia streaming, gaming, etc.)
  • Network Architectures
  • Network Monitoring and Control
  • Network Platforms and Virtualization
  • Network Protocols
  • Neuro-inspired communications
  • Next-generation Communication Networks
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Routing and Flow Control in LANs, WANs and PANs
  • Sensor Nets and Embedded Systems
  • Service Overlay Networks
  • Social Networks
  • Traffic Measurement, Analysis, Modeling and Visualization
  • VoIP Protocols and Services
ICETE Keynote Speakers
Venu Govindaraju, University at Buffalo, United States
Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University Fairfax, United States
Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz, Austria
Geoffrey Charles Fox, Indiana University, United States
Paper Submission

Authors should submit an original paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the on-line submission procedure. The initial submission must have between 3 to 13 pages otherwise it will be rejected without review. Please check the paper formats page so you may be aware of the accepted paper page limits.
The guidelines for paper formatting provided at the conference web ought to be used for all submitted papers. The preferred submission format is the same as the camera-ready format. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable.

Papers that are out of the conference scope or contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Please read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

Remarks about the on-line submission procedure:
1. A "double-blind" paper evaluation method will be used. To facilitate that, the authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper, WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors. This means that is necessary to remove the authors personal details, the acknowledgements section and any reference that may disclose the authors identity.
LaTeX/PS/PDF/DOC/DOCX/RTF format are accepted.
2. The web submission procedure automatically sends an acknowledgement, by e-mail, to the contact author.

Paper submission types:
Regular Paper Submission
A regular paper presents a work where the research is completed or almost finished. It does not necessary means that the acceptance is as a full paper. It may be accepted as a "full paper" (30 min. oral presentation) , a "short paper" (20 min. oral presentation) or a "poster".

Position Paper Submission
A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topic areas. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster", i.e. a position paper is not a candidate to acceptance as "full paper".

Camera-ready:
After the reviewing process is completed, the contact author (the author who submits the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. The authors are required to follow the reviews in order to improve their paper before the camera-ready submission.

All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.

Publications

All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/).
SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book.
A short list of papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication of extended and revised versions in the Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS).
A short list of papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication of extended and revised versions in the Journal of Networks (JNW) .
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index).

Important Dates

Conference Date: 24 - 27 July, 2012

Regular Paper Submission: March 19, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification (regular papers): April 27, 2012 (expired)
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: May 10, 2012 (expired)

Position Paper Submission: April 26, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification (position papers): May 24, 2012
Final Position Paper Submission and Registration: June 6, 2012
Secretariat

DCNET Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
             2910-595 Setubal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +44 203 014 5432
e-mail: dcnet.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.dcnet.icete.org/

Venue

The Meliá Roma Aurelia Antica is a magnificent modern building surrounded by 10 hectares of Mediterranean forest in a quiet area near the airport Fiumicino and just a few kilometers away from Vatican City.
Rome is one of Europe's leading business travel destinations and one of the most attractive destinations in the world for congresses, meetings and incentives.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, United States
José Luis Sevillano, University of Seville, Spain
Zhaoyang Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

Program Committee

Mohiuddin Ahmed, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Julio Barbancho, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Alejandro Linares Barranco, University of Seville, Spain
Fernando Beltrán, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Christos Bouras, Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, N. Kazantzaki, University Campus; University of Patras, Greece
Roberto Bruschi, CNIT, Italy
Christian Callegari, University of Pisa, Italy
Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece
Jitender Deogun, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
Hala ElAarag, Stetson University, United States
Pingyi Fan, Tsinghua University, China
Sebastià Galmés, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Jose Daniel Garcia, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Katja Gilly, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
Abdelhakim Hafid, University of Montreal, Canada
Aun Haider, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT), Pakistan
Carlos Juiz, Universitat De Les Illes Balears, Spain
Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Dimitris Kanellopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
Randi Karlsen, University of Tromso, Norway
Rachid El Abdouni Khayari, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Abdallah Khreishah, Temple University, United States
Michael Kounavis, Intel Corporation, United States
Carlos León de Mora, University of Seville, Spain
Andy (Zhenjiang) Li, Cisco Systems Inc., United States
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
S. Kami Makki, Lamar University, United States
Petros Nicopolitidis, Aristotle University, Greece
Ibrahim Onyuksel, Northern Illinois Univ., United States
Elena Pagani, Universita' Degli Studi Di Milano, Italy
Juan-Carlos Ruiz-Garcia, Universidad Politécnica de València, Spain
Hangguan Shan, Zhejiang University, China
Kenji Suzuki, University of Chicago, United States
Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, United States
Vicente Traver, ITACA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Pere Vilà, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Luis Javier García Villalba, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain
Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Wei Wang, Zhejiang University, China
Bernd E. Wolfinger, University of Hamburg, Germany
Hirozumi Yamaguchi, Osaka University, Japan
Caijun Zhong, Zhejiang University, China
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Cliff C. Zou, University of Central Florida, United States