*** Call for Papers ***

The 21th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2016)

27-30 June 2016, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

http://www.ieee-iscc.org

*** Submission Deadline (extended): February 26, 2016 ***

ISCC 2016, in its 21st year, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming
from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2016
will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia
to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art
areas of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be on the
challenging issues related to all the opportunities of computing, sensing and
communication in the era of the integration of Internet of Things, Cloud Computing,
and Big Data. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a panel/invited
session, or a tutorial, related to the following indicative topics of interest.

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

* 5th Generation Networks
* Access Networks
* Advances in Internet Protocols
* Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications
* Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications
* Bio-inspired Computing in Communications
* Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics
* Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
* Cognitive Radio Networking
* Communications Services and Management
* Connected Vehicles
* Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things
* Digital Media Technologies
* Digital Satellite Communications Service
* Distributed and Mobile Middleware
* Distributed Systems Architecture and Management
* E-Commerce and E-Services
* Economic and Regulatory Issues
* Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery
* Fog Computing
* Green Networking and Smart Grid
* Grid and Cluster Computing
* Human Language Technologies
* Image Processing and Visualization
* Internet of the Future
* Internet of Things and Smart Cities
* Internet Services and Applications
* Management of Telecommunications and Networks
* Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking
* Modeling and Simulation
* Network Design, Optimisation and Management
* Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
* Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management
* Optical Networking
* Overlay and Programmable Networks
* Peer-to-Peer Computing
* Real Time Communication Services
* Routing and Multicast
* Security, Cryptography and Privacy
* Sensor Networks and Mobile Sensing
* Services and Support for Smart Cities
* Social Networks, Crowdsourcing and Crowdsensing
* Software Defined Datacenters
* Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization
* Software Defined Smart Objects
* Software Engineering
* Standards Evolution
* Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures
* Wireless Body Area Network and Wireless Health
* Wireless, Cellular and Mobile Communications

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/N21787

IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference
(e.g. removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference.

Accepted papers will be included in IEEE-ISCC Proceedings, to be submitted for
inclusion to IEEE Xplore. Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional
upon proper formatting (IEEE Xplore compliant) and a satisfactory standard of English.
At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to
present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings.

Please note that final paper acceptance is conditional upon:
* One of the authors registers and one of the registered authors presents the paper.
* Payment is made and online copyright transfer form is signed and uploaded.
* The paper follows given format and the PDF file is IEEE Xplore compliant
* The standard of English is satisfactory

In the last years, the IEEE-ISCC Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore have been indexed
by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the IEEE ISCC one of the publication venues with
very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas.

If you have any questions, please contact the Technical Program committee at:
iscc2016@googlegroups.com


Important Dates:
* Paper Submission Deadline: January 21, 2016
* Notification of paper acceptance: March 15, 2016
* Submission of camera-ready papers due: March 31, 2016


General Co-Chairs:
* Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy
* Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA
* Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy


Technical Program Co-Chairs:
* Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy
* Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy
* Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA


Local Arrangement Co-Chairs:
* Maurizio Giacobbe, University of Messina, Italy
* Davide Mulfari, University of Messina, Italy
* Alfonso Panarello, University of Messina, Italy
* Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy
* Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy


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


Publication Co-Chairs:
* Periklis Chatzimisios, Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Tolga Soyata, University of Rochester, USA


Keynote Speakers Co-Chairs:
* Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA
* Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.


Industrial Co-Chairs:
* Roberto di Bernardo, Engineering SPA, Italy
* Carlos Roberto De Rolt, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina and BRy, Brazil
* Prasad Saripalli, Edifecs, USA


Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs:
* Maria Fazio, University of Messina, Italy
* Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada
* Luiz Angelo Steffenel, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France


Publicity Co-Chairs:
* Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn
* Stefano Chessa, University of Pisa, Italy
* Alex Galis, University College London, United Kingdom
* Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
* Djamel Sadok, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
* 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
* Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
* Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA
* Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada
* Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA
* Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Portugal
* Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan