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Network Coding Applications and Protocols Workshop (NC-Pro 2011),
May 13, 2011, Valencia, Spain

(in conjunction with IFIP Networking 2011)


Web page: http://www.networking2011.org/workshops/NC-Pro.html



CALL FOR PAPERS:

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Aim and Scope:

The Network Coding Applications and Protocols Workshop (NC-Pro 2011)
is the 1st workshop on network coding collocated with the
Networking conference and sponsored by the IFIP Technical Committee
on Communication Systems (TC6). The main objectives of NC-Pro 2011
are to bring together members of the network coding community from
both academia and industry, and to discuss recent advances in
applications and protocols based on network coding. The ultimate goal
is to highlight key research and industry challenges, identify current
trends and develop visions for the future.


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Workshop topics:

- Network Code Constructions and Algorithms
- Security and Error Correction for Network Coding
- Network Coding for Internet Communications
- Network Coding for Distributed storage
- Network Coding at the MAC Layer
- Network Coding and Routing
- Multi-path Network Coding
- Wireless Network Coding Protocols
- Implementation Aspects of Network Coding
- Robustness, Energy, or Delay Aspects of Network Coding
- Resource Optimization for Network Coding
- Network Coding in VLSI

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- Important Dates:

Abstract due: December 14, 2010
Full Paper Submission: December 18, 2010
Acceptance Notification: February 10, 2011
Camera ready due: March 1, 2011

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- Guidelines for Submission:


Authors are invited to submit full papers via the EDAS Conference
Management System. Only original papers describing previously
unpublished, not currently under review by another conference or
journal, addressing state-of-the-art research and development must be
submitted.

All papers will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the
workshop proceedings, LNCS published by Springer-Verlag, in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Papers must be written in English and should follow the instructions in
the Springer template file available in both LaTeX and Microsoft Word
format.

The first page should include paper title, an abstract of about 150
words,3-5 keywords indicating the paper topic area and symposium, name
and affiliation of author(s) as well as the corresponding author's
e-mail and postal addresses.
Maximum paper length is 8 printed pages (10-point font).


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Organizing Committee


-Workshop Chairs
João Barros, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
e-mail: jbarros@fe.up.pt
Daniel E. Lucani, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
e-mail: dlucani@fe.up.pt

-Technical Program Committee:
Alex Dimakis, University of Southern California, USA
Frank H. P. Fitzek, University of Aalborg, Denmark
Christina Fragouli, EPFL, Switzerland
Gerhard Kramer, University of Southern California, USA
Desmond Lun, Rutgers University, USA
Muriel Médard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Marie-Jose Montpetit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Danilo Silva, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Alberto Toledo, Telefónica I+D, Spain
Joerg Widmer, IMDEA Networks, Spain

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Carlos Calafate, PhD
IFIP Networking 2011 Publicity Chair
Computer Networks Group (GRC)
Technical University of Valencia, Spain

Voice: +34 96 387 7007 ext. 75727
Fax: +34 96 387 7579
E-mail: calafate@disca.upv.es

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