*** Last Mile ***

The 20th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2015)

6-9 July 2015, Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus

http://ieee-iscc.org/2015

*** Final Submission Deadline: February 16th, 2015 (firm) ***


ISCC 2015, in its 20th anniversary, will provide an insight into the unique
world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and
communications. ISCC 2015 will provide an international technical forum for
experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of
ongoing research in most state-of-the-art areas of computer and
communications. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues
and opportunities related to the computing, sensing and communication in
the era of the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and Big Data. You are
invited to submit a full paper or a proposal for a panel/invited session or a
tutorial, related to the following topics of interest.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

* ACCESS NETWORKS
* DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
* BIOINFORMATICS AND MEDICAL INFORMATICS
* MODELING AND SIMULATION
* BIG DATA, DATA MINING AND DATABASE
* APPLICATIONS
* DIGITAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
* NETWORK DESIGN, OPTIMIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT
* NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS INFRASTRUCTURES AND MANAGEMENT
* DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT
* NETWORK RELIABILITY, QUALITY OF SER-VICE AND QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE
* ECONOMIC AND REGULATORY ISSUES
* OPTICAL NETWORKING
* E-COMMERCE AND E-SERVICES
* FAULT-TOLERANCE AND ERROR RECOVERY
* PEER-TO-PEER COMPUTING
* REAL TIME COMMUNICATION SERVICES
* GRID, CLUSTER AND CLOUD COMPUTING
* ROUTING AND MULTICAST
* HUMAN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES
* IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION
* SECURITY, CRYPTOGRAPHY AND PRIVACY
* SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
* INTERNET SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS
* STANDARDS EVOLUTION
* ADVANCES IN INTERNET PROTOCOLS
* MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
* COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKING
* SENSOR NETWORKS AND MOBILE SENSING
* DISTRIBUTED AND MOBILE MIDDLEWARE
* OVERLAY AND PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKS
* WEB SERVICES AND SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES
* WIRELESS, CELLULAR AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
* GREEN NETWORKING AND SMART GRID
* CLOUD COMPUTING
* INTERNET OF THE FUTURE
* BIO-INSPIRED COMPUTING IN COMMUNICATIONS
* COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND MANAGEMENT
* INTERNET OF THINGS AND SMART CITIES
* ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
* SOCIAL NETWORKS AND CROWDSOURCING
* SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR SMART CITIES
* WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS AND WIRELESS HEALTH

Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more
than 8 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. Extended versions of selected best papers will be
recommended for publication in a special Issue of a prestigious international
journal.

Papers must be submitted electronically, in PDF format, on-line via the EDAS
system: http://edas.info/N18819

Paper Submission Deadline: February 16th, 2015 (firm)
Notification of Paper Acceptance: March 27th, 2015
Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: April 17th, 2015

General Co-Chairs
Andreas Pitsillides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Vasos Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Honggang Wang, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Finance and Registration Co-Chairs
Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA
Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece

Publication Co-Chairs
Josephine Antoniou, University of Central Lancanshire, Cyprus
Nicos Komninos, City University London, UK

Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs
Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Marios Lestas, Frederick University, Cyprus

Workshop Co-Chairs
Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
Andreas Kamilaris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy

Publicity Co-Chairs
Habib M. Ammari, Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Frederick University, Cyprus
Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash University, Australia
Qing Yang, Montana State University, USA

Steering Committee
Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA
Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy
Mahmoud Daneshmand, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Christos Douligeris, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece
Adel S. Elmaghraby, Univ. of Louisville, USA
Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA
Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA