IEEE BlackSeaCom 2014

Second International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking

Odessa, Ukraine, May 27-30, 2014

Call for Papers

The IEEE BlackSeaCom series of conferences are held in the countries surrounding the Black Sea. The goal of the IEEE BlackSeaCom is to bring together visionaries in academia, research labs and industry from all over the world to the shores of the Black Sea. Here they will address many of the outstanding grand challenges that exist in the areas of communications and networking while having an opportunity to explore this exciting and dynamic region that has a rich history.

Following the inaugural edition of the conference in Batumi, Georgia in July 2013, the second edition of the conference will take place on May 27-30, 2014 in Odessa, Ukraine – a beautiful major port city on the Eurasian Crossroad.

We seek original completed and unpublished work not currently under review by any other journal/magazine/conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Information theoretic analysis of wireless networks and theoretical analysis frameworks
• Communication protocols (transport, routing, link, and physical layers)
• Cross-layer design and optimization
• Theoretical analysis frameworks
• Resource management
• Energy efficiency, resiliency, reliability, and robustness
• Deployment scenarios and experiences
• Integration of heterogeneous networks
• Infrastructures, Platforms, test beds, and software
• Wireless networks, Ad hoc and mesh networks, Wireless sensor networks
• Massive MIMO, Millimeter wave and Terahertz communications
• Microwave devices
• Communication in challenging environments (underwater, underground, tunnels/mines, space, disasters)
• LTE/LTE-Advanced and beyond
• Nano-scale networks

Submission Guidelines

Papers should describe original work and should be no more than 5 pages in the IEEE double-column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Accepted papers up to 5 pages will be published in the proceedings as well as in IEEEXplore with no additional charge. One extra page is allowed with an additional fee, if accepted.

To submit a paper, please use the instructions here.

To be published in the IEEE BlackSeaCom 2014 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore¨, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE BlackSeaCom 2014 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline:January 31st, 2014
Notification of acceptance: March 24th, 2014
Camera-ready papers due: April 10th, 2014