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HONET 2009 : 6th International Symposium on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies | |||||||||||||||
Link: http://honet.uncc.edu/cfp.htm | |||||||||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||||||||
Authors are invited to submit R&D and visionary papers, presenting research work related to the practice and theory of ‘High-capacity Optical Networks & Enabling Technologies’. All submissions must describe original and pertinent research educational goals, and future vision. The topics of interest should include, but not limited to the following:
· Nanophotonics & Enabling Technologies · Emerging Nanotechnologies and Applications · Optical Internet – the next generation · IPV6 - Emerging Testbeds · ICT Service Oriented Architectures · Convergence of Metro/Access Networks · Optical Access Networks · Optical-Wireless Networks · Security, Survivability and Reliability · Network Test & Monitoring, and Field Trials · Wireless & Satellite Communication · Wireless Mesh & Sensor Networks · Passive Optical Networks/FTTH/RoF · e-Applications · Traffic Engineering and Grooming · Grid Computing/ Multi-Agent Systems · Performance Evaluation & Modeling · Optical Switching These topics should be discussed in terms of research concepts, state-of-the-art, standards, implementations, developments, field trials/experiments, educational goals and new applications. Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be under review currently for any other publication. The accepted papers will be reviewed using “IEEE standards and criteria”. Authors should note that only the accepted papers that are presented in the workshop/symposium will be eligible for proceedings. The accepted but unattended submissions will be omitted from all proceedings. Instructions for Authors All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers, which should not exceed seven pages. The format should conform to the guidelines available here, or you can download the sample instructions in template pdf by clicking here. The paper must contain a cover page with title, abstract, and name(s) of author(s) with respective affiliations, postal address(es), phone/fax numbers, and email address(es). The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Additionally, five keywords relevant to the research paper or theme area must also be listed on the cover page. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published in proceedings (details will follow), and indexed with the major indexes. All HONET papers should be submitted at; http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=honet09. And deadlines are 11:59 pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST). Important Dates Paper Submission: August 31, 2009 Acceptance Notification: October 10, 2009 Camera Ready Due: November 10, 2009 Steering Committee Chairs Dr. Hussain Mouftah Distinguished Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada mouftah@site.uottawa.ca Dr. Mustafa A. G. Abushagur President, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Dubai, UAE maeen@rit.edu General Chair(s) Dr. M. Yasin Akhtar Raja University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA raja@uncc.edu Dr. El-Sayed Abdel-Moety El-Badawy Prof. & Dean Alexandria Higher Institute of Engg. & Tech (AIET), Smouha, 21311 Alexandria, Egypt. Email: sbadawy41@yahoo.com International Co-Chairs Dr. Medhat Shawky Dean Faculty of Engineering, Pharos University (PU) Alexandria, Egypt Email: Medhat_shawky@hotmail.com Dr. Ahmed E. Kamal Professor ECE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Ph: +1 515 294 3580 Email: kamal@iastate.edu Dr. Rosni Binti Abdullah Dean School of CS, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Penang, Malaysia rosni@cs.usm.my Dr. Syed M. H. Zaidi Dean School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan drzaidi@niit.edu.pk Technical Program Committee Chairs Dr. Nasir Ghani Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of New Mexico, NM, USA nghani@ece.unm.edu Dr. Awad S. Gerges Physics and Optical Science UNC Charlotte, NC, USA agerges@uncc.edu Dr. Hadia El-Hennawy Prof & Dean Faculty of Engineering Ain-Shams University, Egypt hadia@shams.eun.eg Dr. Said I. El-Khamy, Prof EED, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria University, Egypt elkhamy@ieee.org |
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