CFP for NETGCOOP 2012
International Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization

28--30 November 2012, Paris, France

http://www.netgcoop.org/

Scope
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The topic of network control and optimization has been of increasing importance in many networking application domains, such as mobile and fixed access networks, computer networks, social networks, transportation networks, and smart grids. These all require tools (both conceptual and algorithmic) for a better and more efficient control operation, for optimization of their performance, and/or for a better understanding of the relationships between entities that may be cooperative or act selfishly, and in an uncertain and possibly adversarial environment.

The goal of this international forum is to bring together researchers from different areas with theoretical expertise in game theory, control, and optimization, and with applications in the domains listed above.

Topics of interest to NetGCOOP include (but are not limited to):
* Resource allocation in networks
* Optimization and control theoretical tools in networking
* Algorithmic game theory
* Learning in games, multi-agent learning
* Computation of Nash, correlated, and market equilibria
* Hierarchical optimization and games in networking
* Incentives for cooperation between network entities
* Network pricing
* Preference elicitation and winner determination in combinatorial
auctions
* Flow and congestion control in networks
* Control of queuing networks
* Networked control systems
* Stochastic control
* Dynamical systems and stochastic approximation
* Scheduling transmissions in networking
* Transport networks
* Optimization of wireless networks
* Grid applications
* Trust and reputation management
* Formation of social networks
* Competitive routing
* Biological networks


Important Dates
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Deadline for submissions: August 22, 2012
Notification of acceptance: September 24, 2012
Camera ready version: October 8, 2012
Conference dates: November 28-30, 2012


Papers and Submission
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Submissions should be written in English and include no more than 4
double-column pages, 10pt, IEEE format
(http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/
conferenceTemplates.html).
Papers can be submitted via:
https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=netgcoop2012

Each paper will be subject to a full review process. Submissions must
be original work not under review at any other workshop, conference or journal.
Camera-ready versions of accepted papers can be up to 8 double-column
pages, 10pt, IEEE format. The conference proceedings will be
accessible through IEEE Xplore (pending).
Awards will be given to two best papers presented at the conference.


General Chair
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Ariel Orda

Program Chairs
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Tansu Alpcan (Univ. of Melbourne, Australia)
Tania Jimenez (Univ. of Avignon, France)
Samson Lasaulce (CNRS-Supélec, France)

Steering Committee
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Eitan Altman (Inria Sophia-Antipolis, France), Chair
Tijani Chahed (Telecom SudParis, France), Co-Chair
Daniel Kofman (Telecom ParisTech, France)
Alexandre Proutière (Microsoft, France)
Sergei Foss (Heriot-Watt, UK)
Laurent Massoulié (Technicolor, France)
Peter Glynn (Stanford University)
Sem Borst (TUE, The Netherlands)
Onno Boxma (TUE, The Netherlands)
Eilon Solan (Tel-Aviv Univ, Israel)
Tamer Basar (UIUC, USA)
Sylvain Sorin (Univ Paris 6, France)
Tony Ephremides (Univ of Maryland, USA)
Nahum Shimkin (Technion, Israel)
Bruno Tuffin (INRIA Rennes, France)


Program Committee
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Ivo Adan, TUE
Ashraf Al Daoud, The German-Jordanian University
Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA
Giacomo Bacci, University of Pisa
Giulio Cantarella, Univ. Salerno
Jose Correa, Univ. of Chile
Subhrakanti Dey, University of Melbourne
Rachid El-Azouzi, Univ. of Avignon
Jocelyne Elias, Univ. Paris 5
Atilla Eryilmaz, OSU, Columbus
Dieter Fiems, Ghent University
Majed Haddad, Univ. of Avignon
Yezekael Hayel, Univ. of Avignon
Jianwei Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Rahul Jain, USC
Eduard Jorswieck, TU-Dresden
Hisao Kameda, Univ. of Tsukuba
Iordanis Koutsopoulos, University of Thessaly
Lasse Leskela, Univ. of Jyväskylä
Michel Mandjes, UVA
D. Manjunath, IIT Bombay
Fabio Martignon, Univ. Paris-Sud
Angelia Nedich, Univ. of Illinois
José Niño-Mora, Carlos III Univ. of Madrid
Lacra Pavel, Univ. of Toronto
Balakrishna J. Prabhu, CNRS
Walid Saad, University of Miami
Slawomir Stanczak, TU-Berlin and Fraunhofer HHI
Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto Univ.
Hwee-Pink Tan, Institute for Infocomm Research
Sabine Wittevrongel, Ghent Univ.
(to be completed)

Contact
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Tansu Alpcan (tansu.alpcan@unimelb.edu.au)
Tania Jimenez (tania.jimenez@univ-avignon.fr)