CALL FOR PAPERS

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SCOPE:

The First International Conference on Future Access Enablers of Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures (FABULOUS 2015) aims to gather prominent researchers from academia and industry, innovators and entrepreneurs in the broad areas of future wireless networks, ambient and assisted living and smart infrastructures in order to interact, exchange ideas, expertise, experience and know-how and discuss the latest results and achievements in the aforementioned topics of interest.

Recent technology convergence within the ICT domain followed by increased user personalization triggers a need for multidisciplinary approaches tackling future networking problems from different perspectives. FABULOUS 2015 will provide a forum for its participants and trigger important discussions towards fulfillment of the conference scope.

Special emphasis will be put on the analysis of practical use-cases and business opportunities in different parts of the world showcasing the social influence of the ICT.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.
• ‘FABULOUS conference deserves its name‘ Read Interview with Dr. Liljana Gavrilovska, Genereal Chair for FABULOUS 2015 here.
• Accepted papers will be published in the FABULOUS Conference Proceedings and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of ICST(LNICST). The proceedings will be available both in book form and via the SpringerLink digital library, which is one of the largest digital libraries online and covers a variety of scientific disciplines.
• The proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

FABULOUS 2015 solicit original and previously unpublished papers targeting research challenges, advances and business opportunities towards a world of smart environments enabled by broadband and pervasive communications.

The evolution of the ubiquitous interconnected digital surroundings offers an increasing wealth of opportunities for novel access and core technologies, novel applications and services and novel communications solutions that shift the paradigm towards user-centric approaches.

We expect original work, not currently under review by another conference or journal, which describes theoretical work validated by simulation or experimental studies. Developed proof-of-concepts and testbeds are of particular interest.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• 5G access networks
• Cloud RANs
• Self-organizing networks
• Ad-hoc networking
• Cognitive radio
• Dynamic spectrum access
• Spectrum offloading
• MmW and cmW bands for future access
• Internet of things
• Web of things
• Wireless sensor networks and practical applications
• Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
• Device-to-device (D2D) communications
• Smart environments and examples (smart grids, eHealth solutions, assisted multi-modal learning etc.)
• Energy efficiency and green solutions
• Cloud computing
• Software defined networking
• Big data
• Security

KEYNOTES:

For more details, please visit the website

 Prof. Petri Mahonen, RWTH, Aachen, Germany

Prof. Luiz da Silva, Trinity College, Ireland (Track 1: Future access networks)

 Prof. Luis Muñoz, University of Cantabria, Spain (Track 2: Enablers of future smart infrastructures )

Prof. Alberto-Leon Garcia, University of Toronto (Track 3: Emerging networking aspects)

 Prof. Mischa Dohler, KCL, UK (Track 4: Practical use-cases)

Professor Veljko M. Milutinovic,  University of Belgrade

PAPER SUBMISSION:

The evolution of the ubiquitous interconnected digital surroundings offers an increasing wealth of opportunities for novel access and core technologies, novel applications and services and novel communications solutions that shift the paradigm towards user-centric approaches.

FABULOUS 2015 solicit original and previously unpublished papers targeting research challenges, advances and business opportunities towards a world of smart environments enabled by broadband and pervasive communications. We expect original work, not currently under review by another conference or journal, which describes theoretical work validated by simulation or experimental studies. Developed proof-of-concepts and testbeds are of particular interest.

Regular papers should be no more than 7 pages in length. Complete formatting and submission instructions can be found on the conferencewebsite.

• Submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers.
• Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance.
• Submission of the paper implies agreement of the author(s) to attend the conference and present the paper if accepted. We reserve the right to exclude papers accepted but not presented from the conference proceedings submitted for archiving and indexing.

PUBLICATION:

All presented papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference. We reserve the right to exclude papers accepted but not presented from the conference proceedings submitted for archiving and indexing.

The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work through one of the following EAI endorsed publications:

Transactions on Ubiquitous Environments

Transactions on Ambient Systems

VENUE:

Take a rest at the elegant Metropol Lake Resort located in the Ohrin, Republic of Macedonia. Enjoy your stay in Metropol Lake Resort located in the southern tip of Macedonia on the shores of one of the most phenomenal natural beauties – Lake Ohrid, just a stroll to major tourist attractions.  To book your accommodation, please visit http://fabulous-conf.org/2015/show/venue

IMPORTANT DATES

• Full Paper Submission deadline: 28 June 2015
• Notification and Registration opens: 10 July 2015
• Camera-ready deadline: 15 August 2015

STEERING COMMITTEE

 Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net and University of Trento, Italy

 Liljana Gavrilovska, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje,  Macedonia

 Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto, Canada

 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs

 Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net and University of Trento, Italy

 Liljana Gavrilovska, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje,  Macedonia

TPC Chair

 Alberto Leon-Garcia, University of Toronto, Canada

Publlication Chair

 Vladimir Atanasovski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia

Workshops Chair

 Aleksandar Risteski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in  Skopje, Macedonia

Publicity & Social Media Co-Chairs

 Marina Petrova, RWTH Aachen, Germany

 Mile Stankovski, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia

 Dimitar Trajanov, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia

Sponsorship Chair

 Miroslav Jovanovic, Makedonski Telekom

Web Chair

 Valentin Rakovic,  Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia

Conference Coordinator

 Simona Szíkorová, EAI