Scope and Topics of Interest

Ad hoc networks are highly adaptive and self-organizing networks that do not rely on pre-existing communication infrastructure. Sensor and actuator networks consist of multiple devices that are usually sparsely distributed, and need to operate in an autonomic and energy-efficient manner. These networks have been the focus of interest of both academia and industry during the past few years, given their large application scope both in the military and civilian fields, ranging from environmental monitoring, body area networks for healthcare, to vehicular networks for road safety, and support for communications in the battle field. This interest is ever increasing now, with the gamut and diversity of sensors, devices and systems that are being connected to the Internet of Things, transforming the way we live and work, and making for smart cities, and smart industries. Notwithstanding the substantial advancements made through past research in the area, important challenges still need to be tackled. These include spectrum allocation and technology coexistence, autonomy and self-healing capabilities, and security, just to name a few.

The Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium at GC 2018 aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on the state-of-the-art solutions related to Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks.

We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of the topics listed below (but not limited to):

- Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks and their Applications
- Protocols, architectures and applications for the Internet of Things
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications in Ad Hoc Networks
- Standardization for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
- Aerial Ad Hoc Networks
- Underwater and Underground Sensor Networks
- Delay Tolerant Networks and Opportunistic Ad Hoc Networking
- Body Area Networks
- Nano Ad hoc Networks
- Software Defined Networking for Multi-Hop Networks
- Ultra-Wide Band Technology for Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
- Cognitive Radio Networks in Multi-hop Environments
- Co-existence Issues of Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Networks
- MAC and Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc networks
- QoS Provisioning for Ad Hoc Networks
- Data Aggregation and Dissemination in Multi-hop Networks
- Security, Privacy and Trust issues in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
- Energy Saving, Power Control and Energy Scavenging for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
- Cross-layer Design in Ad Hoc Networks
- Service Discovery for Multi-hop Networks
- Pricing, Modeling and Solutions for Multi-Hop Networks
- Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Ad Hoc Networks
- Experimental Prototypes and Testbeds for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
- Crowd Sensing and Crowd Sourcing Networks
- Machine Learning and/or Game Theoretical Models for Ad hoc and Sensors Networks



Important dates:
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Paper Submission: 15 April 2018
Paper Notification: 15 July 2018
Camera-Ready Paper: 15 August 2018



Submissions:
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Please use the following EDAS link for submissions:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24298&track=88582


Please find important Author and Submission Guidelines here:
http://globecom2018.ieee-globecom.org/authors/call-symposium-papers#asg


Co-Chairs:
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Soumaya Cherkaoui, University of Sherbrooke, Canada.
Hadi Otrok, Khalifa University, UAE.
Sharief Oteafy, DePaul University, USA.
Weixiao Meng, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.