*** Call for Papers ***

The 23rd IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
25-28 June 2018, Natal, Brazil
Call for Papers

www.ieee-iscc.org

*** Paper submission deadline (extended): Feb 16, 2018 ***

ISCC 2018, in its 23rd edition, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2018 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be computers and communications on the fog. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a Panel/Invited Session or a Tutorial, related to the following topics of interest:

* 5th Generation Networks
* Access Networks
* Advances in Internet Protocols
* Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications
* Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking
* Bio-inspired Computing in Communications
* Bioinformatics and Medical informatics
* Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
* Cognitive Radio Networking
* Communications Services and Management
* Connected Vehicles
* Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things
* Digital Media Technologies
* Digital Satellite Communications Service
* Distributed and Mobile Middleware
* Distributed Systems Architecture and Management
* E-Commerce and E-Services
* Economic and Regulatory Issues
* Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery
* Fog Computing
* Green Networking and Smart Grid
* Grid and Cluster Computing
* Human Language Technologies
* Image Processing and Visualization
* Real Time Communication Services
* Internet of Things and Smart Cities
* Internet Services and Applications
* Modeling and Simulation
* Management of Telecommunications and Networks
* Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications
* Network Design, Optimization and Management
* Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
* Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management
* Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications
* Overlay and Programmable Networks
* Peer-to-Peer Computing
* Internet of the Future
* Routing and Multicast
* Security, Cryptography and Privacy
* Sensor Networks and Mobile Sensing
* Wireless Body Area Network and Wireless Health?
* Social Networks, Crowdsourcing, and Crowdsensing
* Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures
* Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization
* Software Defined Smart Objects
* Software Engineering
* Standards Evolution
* Software Defined Datacenters
* Optical Networking
* Molecular, Biological and Multi-scale Communications
* Signal Processing for Communications
* Services and Support for Smart Cities

Submission Guidelines:
Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 7 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted at EDAS. Extended versions of selected best papers will be recommended for publication in a special issue of a prestigious international journal. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only registered and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

All papers for ISCC 2018 should be submitted via EDAS (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24186).

Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2018 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. The IEEE ISCC Proceedings have been indexed in the past by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the IEEE ISCC conference one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas.

Important dates:
* Paper submission deadline: Feb 16, 2018
* Notification of paper acceptance: Mar 26, 2018
* Submission of camera-ready papers due: Apr 9, 2018

General Co-Chairs:
* Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
* Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, University of Aveiro, PT

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
* Antonio Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
* Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs:
* Augusto Venancio Neto , Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
* Luiz Affonso de Oliveira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
* Silvio Costa Sampaio, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
* Vicente Angelo Junior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Workshop Co-Chairs
* Antonio Celesti, Universit` degli Studi di Messina, Italy
* Lisandro Granville, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Tutorial and Panel Co-Chair
* Alex Borges Vieira, Universit` degli Studi di Messina, Italy

Award Co-Chairs
* Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy
* Douglas D. J. de Macedo, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Publicity Co-Chairs
* Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, FAERO AeroTD, Brazil
* Sharief Oteafy, Queens University, Canada
* Marco Di Renzo, CNRS/Supelec, France
* Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy

Finance and Registration Co-Chairs
* Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, United States
* Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Steering Committee:
* Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA
* Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy
* Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
* Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA
* Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada
* Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA
* Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicagues, University of Aveiro, Portugal
* Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan