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CALL FOR PAPERS

The 29th Wireless and Optical Communications Conference
(WOCC 2020)

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA
May 1 – May 2, 2020
http://www.wocc.org
*** full paper submission deadline Jan. 17th, 2020***
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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Submission will be managed electronically through EDAS ( http://edas.info/N26984).
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the WOCC 2020 Conference Proceeding and will be indexed in IEEE Xplore and EI Compendex.  The best papers will be awarded on innovative and technical merits for the papers presented at the conference. 
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The 29th Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2020) is an IEEE conference and one of the major international forums for researchers and professionals from academia and industry to present innovative ideas and new research results, as well as exchange the latest discoveries and developments in wireless communications, optical communications, photonics, networks, big data and emerging technologies in communications. Original technical papers are solicited. The paper submission can be conducted via http://edas.info/N26984. We invite submission in the following symposia:

Wireless Communications Symposium
 Radio access technologies (4G/5G/6G) and heterogeneous networks
 Novel antenna systems (wideband, extremely large aperture arrays), propagation, RF design and mmWave
 Signal processing (transmission and reception) for sub-6GHz and mmWave
 Multiple antenna systems: massive MIMO, hybrid beamforming
 Multi-cell cooperation and interference management
 Wireless networks: cross-layer design, security and services
 Mobile ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks
 Spectrum sharing, spectrum management, and cognitive radio
 Green communications and networking: energy harvesting and energy efficiency
 Unmanned aerial vehicle communications, vehicular networks, and telematics
 IoT, M2M, sensor networks, and Ad-Hoc networking
 Wireless network modeling and performance analysis
 Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into wireless systems solutions and applications

Optical Communications and Photonics Symposium
 Optical communications for long-haul and metro networks
 Optical access networks for fixed and mobile services
 Optical interconnections for data center applications
 Software defined networking (SDN) for optical networks
 Optical networking for data center and computing applications
 Optical networking in 5G systems
 Fibers and fiber devices
 Optoelectronic devices, amplifiers, and lasers
 Nonlinear optics and nano-photonics
 Radio-over-fiber and microwave photonics
 Free space and visible light communications
 Optical sensors and networks

Networks Symposium
 Future internet and next-generation network architectures
 IoT device connection efficiency
 IoT security
 Access systems and networks
 Network virtualization and services
 Hybrid wireless-optical networks
 Network security, privacy, survivability, and network resilience strategies
 Provisioning, monitoring, and management of IP services
 Overlay networks and P2P networking
 Social networking and computing
 Routing issues and technologies
 Cloud computing/mobile cloud computing
 Software-defined networks
 Data center networks
 Information-centric networks
 Ad hoc and sensor networks
 Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability

Big Data and Emerging Technology Symposium
 Machine learning for communication and networking
 Big data visualization, algorithms, and systems for communication and networking
 Probabilistic and statistical models and theories for communication and networking
 Real-time coding, streaming of large volume interactive multimedia
 Cloud-based big data, IoT, and multimedia computing and communications
 Scalable data management for big data and IoT
 Big data analytics and machine learning for network managements
 Big data analytics and machine learning for QoS improvements in communications and networking
 Big data analytics and machine learning for self-organized networks
 Big data analytics and machine learning for adaptive and accurate resource allocation

IMPORTANT DATES
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Full paper submission due: 1/17/2020
Notification of acceptance: 2/29/2020
Camera ready full paper submission due: 4/1/2020

NOTES
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Accepted and presented papers will be published in the WOCC 2020 Conference Proceedings and will be indexed in IEEE Xplore and EI Compendex. An author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full rate and the paper must be presented by an author or a qualified representative.
All final submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Papers exceeding 6 pages will not be accepted at EDAS.
The WOCC Charles K. Kao Best Paper awards will be given to authors who present significant and innovative research in their respective areas in each symposium, judged by an award committee
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We look forward to meeting you at the WOCC 2020.

Sincerely,

WOCC 2020 TPC Co-Chairs