Call for Papers: 9th Latin America Networking Conference 2016 (LANC 2016), Valparaiso-Chile, October 13-14, 2016, collocated with CLEI 2016

The 9th Latin America Networking Conference 2016 (LANC 2016) will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia everywhere in the world, but especially from the Latin American countries, to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in networking. LANC 2016 is organized jointly with CLEI (Centro Latinoamericano de Estudio em Informatica) 2016.

Topics of interest include networks and communication systems (but are not limited to):
· Cloud computing
· Delay/Disruption-tolerant networks
· Green and Energy-efficient communications
· Internet based applications
· Low cost access networks
· Multimedia networking systems
· National ICT infrastructures for education
· Network and service management
· Network performance evaluation
· Network security
· Optical communications
· Peer-to-peer and overlay networks
· Smart grid communications
· Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) in communication systems
· Social Multimedia Networking
· Software Defined Networks
· Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, Vehicular and sensor networks
· Cyber-physical systems and Internet of things
· Dynamic spectrum management
· Implementation and experimental Testbeds
· Cognitive radio networking
· Cross layer design and optimization Protocol

Submission Instruction:
Only original papers (written in English) not published or under review elsewhere can be submitted: full papers (up to 8 pages including references) and short papers (4 pages up to 1 additional page). Templates can be downloaded from the ACM website (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings: templates / The LaTeX2e - Tighter Alternate style is preferable to the Strict one). Papers should be uploaded electronically, ONLY in PDF format, to the Easychair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lanc2016

Important Dates
Full Paper Submission Deadline: June 19, 2016
Notification of Acceptance: August 16, 2016
Camera-ready Copy: August 23, 2016

Information about the Venue:
For more information about travel, hotels, etc. please visit CLEI 2016 web site (http://www.clei2016.cl/)

General Co-Chair
Eduardo Grampin, UDELAR, UY

Steering Committee
Ana Pont, U. Politécnica Valencia, ES
David R. Oran, CISCO, US
Eduardo Cerqueira, Federal University of Para, BR
Ernst L. Leiss, U. of Houston, US
Hector Cancela, U. de la República, UY
Ramón Cáceres, AT&T Labs, US
Rodrigo Santos, U. Nacional del Sur, AR

Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
Cristiano Bonato Both, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, BR
Denis Rosário, Federal University of Pará, BR

Publicity Chairs
America: Leandro Villas, University of Campinas, BR
Europe: Clarissa Cassales Marquezan, Huawei European Research Center, and Giovane Cesar Moreira Moura, SIDN Labs

Organizing Committee
Hector Cancela, UDELAR, UY

Technical Program Committee
Ariel Sabiguero, UDELAR, UY
Arthur Ziviane, LNCC, BR
Augusto Neto, UFRN, BR
Daniel Fernandes Macedo, UFMG, BR
David Oran, CISCO, US
Desislava Dimitrova, ETZH SW
Edjair Mota, UFAM, BR
Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, PT
Eduardo Cerqueira, UFPA, BR
Eduardo Grampin, UDELAR, UY
Gustavo Pesin, ITV, BR
Hector Cancela, UDELAR, UY
Javier Baliosian, UDELAR, UY
Javier Bustos, University of Chile, CL
Jeferson Nobre, Unisinos, BR
Leandro Villas, UNICAMP, BR
Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, UFRGS, BR
Magnos Martinello, UFES, BR
Marcelo Bagnulo Braun, UC3M, ES
Maria Elena Villpol, UCV, VE
Marília Curado, University of Coimbra, PT
Moises Renato Nunes Ribeiro, UFES, BR
Pablo Belzarena, UDELAR, UY
Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, US
Torsten Braun, University of Bern, SW
Xavi Masip, UPC, ES
Waldir Moreira, COPELABS/University Lusofona, PT
Zhongliang Zhao, University of Bern, SW