http://marjan.fesb.hr/SoftCOM/2011/files/cfp/CfP_SYM_RFID_Patrono_2011.pdf

Split (Croatia) September 15-17, 2011



The Symposium on “RFID Technologies & Internet of Things” in the frame of the 19th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2011) will be held in Split (Croatia), September 2011.
The main goal of this symposium is to present and discuss recent advances in the area of the Internet of Things, where innovative wireless technologies like RFID, short-range wireless communications, real-time localization and sensor networks are becoming research topics more and more interesting for both academia and industry.

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and indexed. Furthermore, authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their manuscripts for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Communications Software and Systems (JCOMSS).

We cordially invite speakers who wish to present original papers on the following subjects, but not limited to these, associated with the following topics:

* RFID Hardware component
- Performance evaluation of tags and readers
- Protocols
- RF modeling and simulation of reader-tag systems
- RFID and sensors
- Near-Field Communication (NFC)

* Wireless Sensor Networks
- Active RFID
- Ultra Wide Band (UWB)
- ZigBee
- Energy consumption minimization
- Monitoring and Localization systems
- Integration of heterogeneous WSNs


* Middleware and Standard
- EPCglobal network architecture
- Database integration
- Security & Privacy
- Integration with Internet protocols
- 6LoWPAN


* RFID case studies, field trials, and industrial Applications
- Manufacturing and Logistic
- Supply Chain
- Pharmaceutical and Healthcare


* Electromagnetic aspects of RFID-based systems
- Tag and reader antennas design
- Potential effects on molecular structures and human tissue
- Interferences with electronic devices



Important dates:
Paper submission (EXTENDED): June 30, 2011
Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2011
Camera ready papers due: September 1, 2011


Submission of Manuscripts: Please follow the general submission requirements of SoftCOM2011 (http://www.fesb.hr/SoftCOM).