******************************************************************************** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO October 7, 2012 (FIRM deadline) ******************************************************************************** Accepted papers in GIIS 2012 will be invited to submit an extended version of their manuscript to the Annals of Telecommunications Journal (Springer) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIIS 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium GIIS 2012 December 17th - 19th, 2012 Choroni, Venezuela Technically sponsored by IEEE Communications Society http://giis2012.lip6.fr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: 7 October 2012 Workshops Paper Submission: 7 October, 2012 Author Notification: 28 October 2012 Camera-Ready Due: 11 November 2012 Authors Registration Deadline: 11 November 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Overview: Global Information Infrastructure Symposium (GIIS 2012) follows the success of GIIS 2007 (http://www.giis2011.org/GIIS2007), GIIS 2009 (http://www.giis2011.org/GIIS2009) and GIIS 2011 (http://www.giis2011.org). The scope of GIIS consists of interrelated set of technical, policy, and social issues implicit in the development of national and international (global) information infrastructures. GIIS aims at identifying and promoting the exchange of knowledge on these interrelated issues and provides liaison to bodies in the global society, technical fora and international standards. GIIS 2012 will stimulate interdisciplinary conference sessions to discuss, built and further the use of national and international information infrastructures. The conference also aims at providing a forum for the participants to broaden professional contacts and for technical discussions and interactions on specific information infrastructure topics. Information infrastructure brings together information processing applications, communications networks and services, physical and software elements in networks, and end systems. The program of GIIS 2012 will include invited talks, paper presentations, tutorials, panel, and discussion sessions. The technical issues addressed by the conference include Interoperability at various levels, standard services and user interfaces, world wide naming and addressing, and the international mobility of persons and services. The humaniarian and policy issues addressed by the conference are those with a large technical element, including protection of intellectual property, privacy and security, international use of encryption technology, commercial protocols, and standards vs. proprietary technologies. The conference is specifically interested in ubiquity, open source/equal access, ease of use, cost effectiveness, standards, and architectural openness. The program of GIIS 2012 will include a Technology Track, and a Humanitarian and Policy Track. Topics of interest include but are not restricted to the following aspects: ---------------- TECHNOLOGY TRACK ---------------- COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE & SERVICES --------------------------------- Communications & Information Security Middleware for networked applications Communications Quality and Reliability Network Operations and Management Autonomic Communication Systems VoIP, IPTV, MobileTV, TVOD, Gaming e-Government, e-Health, Networked Medical Applications NETWORKING ---------- Ad Hoc & Sensor Communications & Networks Communications Switching & Routing Delay/Disruption tolerant wireless networks High-Speed / Optical Networking Next Generation Internet Multimedia Communications Optical Networking Home and Enterprise Networking Personal Communications Peer-to-peer & overlay networks Tactical Communications and operations COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES --------------------------- Communication Theory Power Line Communications Wireless Communications Satellite and Space Communications Transmission, Access and Optical Systems ----------------------------- HUMANITARIAN AND POLICY TRACK ----------------------------- TELECOM FINANCE and ECONOMICS ----------------------------- Telecom price regulation, pricing strategies Cost accounting, cost structures for telecom Economic model of international interconnection Economic & intellectual property issues CONVERGENCE AND COMPETITION --------------------------- Competition in International Service Municipal broadband Net neutrality issues Global telecom business, country and region cases TELECOM AND SOCIETY ------------------- Communities in connectivity policy making Training, support, relevant applications Non-Governmental Organizations Professional organizations and standards activities Implications of new telecom technologies Digital Opportunity Index Telelcom policies for rural and poor areas POLICY AND RESTRUCTURING ------------------------ Region and country specific telecom policies Services focused telecom policy Strategies for growing rural connectivity Spectrum management policies DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL ACCESS ---------------------------- Development plans and activities Economics and financing of the global access Prospects for stable development and growth growth especially in developing countries Organizational issues, deployment and operations Oversight issues - transparency and accountability Submission Process: ------------------- Authors should submit a research paper or experience report. All submissions should be written in English with a suggested paper length of 3000 words (6 pages using 10-point type), including figures and references. The cover page should indicate whether it is a research or an experience paper. Note that submitted papers should not exceed 4000 words (8 pages using 10-point type). The maximum number of pages for a paper is 8; 6 pages plus 2 additional pages allowed. Papers must be submitted online through EDAS via the GIIS 2012 website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=13039 Submission of a paper for review will be considered your agreement that at least one author will register and attend the conference if your paper is accepted. For further information visit: http://giis2012.lip6.fr or send an email to: khaled.boussetta@univ-paris13.fr Special Issues of Journals: --------------------------- Selected papers will be invited for publication in special issues of Annals of Telecommunications (Springer) General co-Chairs: ------------------- Guy Pujolle, University of Paris 6, France Carlos Figueira, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela Gladys Diaz, Universite Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, France TPC co-Chairs - Technology Track: --------------------------------- Khaled Boussetta, INSA Lyon, France Louis Costa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil TPC co-Chairs - Humanitarian and Policy Track: ---------------------------------------------- Latif Ladid, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Franco Silva Colombeia Consultores C.A. Venezuela Special Sessions and Workshops co-Chairs: -------------------- Noura Limam, University of Waterloo, Canada Tutorials co-Chairs: -------------------- Sidi Mohammed Senouci, University of Bourgogne, France Publicity co-Chairs: -------------------- Carlos Becker Wesltphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Publications co-Chairs: ----------------------- Nadjib Achir, INRIA, France Local Arrangements co-Chairs: ----------------------------- Armando Borrero, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela Marwen Abdennebi, Universite Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, France Lounis Aziza, University of Paris 6, France Information: ----------------------------- For further information visit: http://giis2012.lip6.fr