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Call for Papers
IEEE GIIS 2007
Global Information Infrastructure Symposium Closing the Digital Divide
2-5 July, 2007; Marrakech, Morocco
Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society,
Information infrastructure brings together information processing applications, communications networks and services, physical and software elements in networks, and end systems. The scope of GIIS covers the interrelated technical, policy, and social issues implicit in the development of national and international information infrastructures. GIIS aims at identifying and promoting the exchange of knowledge on these interrelated issues and to stimulate interdisciplinary symposium sessions and workshops to discuss, built and further the use of local, regional and global information infrastructures, with a particular focus on underserved areas.
GIIS will provide a forum for the participants to broaden professional contacts and for technical discussions on information infrastructure issues. The symposium also aims at establishing liaisons to bodies in the global society, technical forums and international standards.
The technical issues addressed by the symposium include alternative technologies for building the information infrastructure, broadband access, convergence, interoperability at various levels, standard services and user interfaces, world wide naming and addressing, and the international mobility of persons and services. The policy issues addressed by the symposium are those with a large technical element, including protection of intellectual property, privacy and security, open source software, international use of encryption technology, commercial protocols, and standards vs. proprietary technologies. The symposium is specifically interested in shareability, ubiquity, equal access, ease of use, cost effectiveness, standards, and architectural openness.
The technical program of GIIS 2007 will include keynote talks, tutorials, refereed paper presentations, workshops and multi-disciplinary panel discussions.
Authors are invited to submit full or short papers presenting new research related to the development of global Information and Communication Infrastructures. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Networking: ---------- Next Generation Internet Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks Communications Switching & Routing Cognitive Networks Optical and Wireless Networking Delay-tolerant Networks
Access Technologies: ------------------- Transmission, Access and Optical Systems Radio Communications Cable, Satellite and Space Communications Power Line Communications
Communication applications: -------------------------- Multimedia Communications Enterprise Networking Personal Communications Tactical Communications Peer-to-peer & overlay networks Home Networking
Software & services: -------------------- Communications & Information Security Autonomic & Adaptive Communications Network Operations and Management Communications Quality and Reliability
Policy and social implications: ------------------------------ Infrastructure Financing models Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Agriculture, and Environmental applications e-Commerce, e-Government and e-Health
Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the symposium. In addition, the authors of the best symposium papers will be invited to submit an extended version for possible publication in special issues of International Journals.
Submission Instructions: -----------------------
Paper submissions will be handled electronically through the JEMS web-based system. Details about the submission process including formatting instructions and IEEE Press templates are available at the conference website. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. In addition, authors of the best GIIS 2007 papers will be invited to submit extended versions for possible publication in special issues of International Journals
Important Dates: ---------------
Full/Short Papers Submission: February 15, 2007 Panels/Tutorials Submission: February 15, 2007 Authors Notification: April 15, 2007 Camera-Ready Due: May 15, 2007