CALL FOR PAPERS

11th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness

19-20 August, 2015 – Taipei, Taiwan

Scope

Computer networking has been embracing increased heterogeneity since its inception, in terms of the range of the applications it has to support, the various communication technologies it can run on, and the hierarchical, hybrid and heterogeneous techniques it has to rely on to meet the challenges from both the diverse application requirements and communication technologies. 

As the only conference focusing on heterogeneous networking, QShine has been established as the primary venue for researchers and practitioners to disseminate, exchange and discuss all recent advances related to heterogeneous networking, particularly for quality, experience, reliability, security and robustness. The 2015 edition of Qshine will focus on Innovative and Intelligent Infrastructure for the Future Networks.

Original submissions, not under any concurrent reviews, are solicited in all areas related to heterogeneous wired, wireless and hybrid networks varying from sensor, vehicle, cellular, ad hoc, enterprise, datacenter, to service-provider and overlay networks, ranging from in/on-body, personal/local/metropolitan/wide-area, to intra/inter-planetary scales.

Highlights

?The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.

?Qshine 2015 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Taipei Section.

?The conference will focus on?Innovative and Intelligent Infrastructure for the Future Networks and it will take place at Howard International House. 

?Keynote speakers: Prof. Yi-Bing Lin from Ministry of Science and Technology and  Prof. Kwang-Cheng Chen from National Taiwan University.

?All accepted papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for archival processing.

?Selected extended versions of accepted papers will be considered for the following SI: MONET (SCIE), JIT (SCIE), JoC (EI), EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications.

Conference topics

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

?Quality-of-Service (QoS) provisioning: architectures, protocols, mechanisms, etc.

?Quality of Experience (QoE): user-perceived quality, cost-sensitive experience, etc.

?Reliability and Scalability: performance, adaptation, cognition, extensibility, etc.

?Security and Privacy: system/network security, user privacy/accountability, etc.

?Robustness: fault/disruption/disaster-tolerance, resilience, survivability, etc.

?Cross-Layer Design, Optimization and Implementation: spectrum/energy efficiency.

?Social and Economic Perspectives: incentive, pricing, billing, governance, etc.

  New Applications and Communication Technologies: cloud, smart grid, SDN, etc.

Workshop proposals

Overview

The QShine 2015 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference.

Proposals for workshops should be at most four pages in length and must be submitted to Prof. Tony Q.S. Quek. Please find more details here.

Important Dates

?Deadline for proposal submission: 15 February 2015

?Notification of proposal acceptance: 28 February 2015

Paper Submission

Conference language is in English. Please visit the Submission page for detailed submission requirements and procedures. Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance. Submitted papers must be original work, and may not be under consideration for another conference or journal. 

Submission of the paper implies agreement of the author(s) to attend the conference and present the paper if accepted. 

Publication

All presented papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference. We reserve the right to exclude papers accepted but not presented from the conference proceedings submitted for archiving and indexing. Selected papers, particularly those nominated for the Best Paper competition, will be automatically considered for publication will be invited to publish in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications and in the special issues of:

 Springer Mobile Networks and Applications Journal (MONET) (SCIE-indexed)

 Journal of Internet Technology (JIT) (SCIE-indexed)

 Journal of Computers (JoC) (EI-indexed)

Important dates

?Full Paper Due                                         15 February 2015

?Acceptance Notification                               27 June 2015

?Camera‐ready Due                                          14 July 2015

Organizing committee 

Honorary Chairs

Yen-Kuang Kuo, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan

General Co-Chairs

Der-Jiunn Deng, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan

Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, China

TPC co-chairs

Chih-Cheng Tseng, National Ilan University,Taiwan

Chun-Cheng Lin, National Chiao Tung University

Neeli R. Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark

Workshops Chair

Tony Quek, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Publicity Chair

Jong-Hyouk Lee, Sangmyung University, Korea

Alexey Vinel, Halmstad University, Sweden

Local Arrangement Chair

Shih-Ming Cheng, Nation Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Publication Chair

Rung-Shiang Cheng, Kun Shan University, Taiwan

Web Chair

Chien-Liang Chen, Aletheia University, Taiwan