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The Sixth International Conference on Smart Grids, Green Communications and IT Energy-aware Technologies ENERGY 2016 |
| Call for Papers |
There is a perceived need for a fundamental transformation in IP communications, energy-aware technologies and the way all energy sources are integrated. This is accelerated by the complexity of smart devices, the need for special interfaces for an easy and remote access, and the new achievements in energy production. Smart Grid technologies promote ways to enhance efficiency and reliability of the electric grid, while addressing increasing demand and incorporating more renewable and distributed electricity generation. The adoption of data centers, penetration of new energy resources, large dissemination of smart sensing and control devices, including smart home, and new vehicular energy approaches demand a new position for distributed communications, energy storage, and integration of varii sources of energy.
ENERGY 2016 continues the event considering Green approaches for Smart Grids and IT-aware technologies. It addresses fundamentals, technologies, hardware and software needed support, and applications and challenges.
We solicit both academic, research, and industrial contributions. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the above topics short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals.
Industrial presentations are not subject to the format and content constraints of regular submissions. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial position and status.
Tutorials on specific related topics and panels on challenging areas are encouraged.
The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.
All topics and submission formats are open to both research and industry contributions.
Fundamentals in Smart Grids
Architectures for Smart Grids
Smart Grids Modeling
Middleware for Smart Grids
Energy-efficient communication for Smart Grid infrastructures
Smart Grid Specific Protocols (DNP3, ICCP)
Scalable infrastructures for Smart Grids
Service-oriented architectures for Smart Grids
Standards for Smart Grids
Implementation and projects on Smart Grids
Innovations on Smart Grids
Green communications
Energy-efficient communication protocols and power management
Green communications (energy efficient modulation, coding, resource allocation)
Optimization of energy-efficient protocols/algorithms
Cross-layer optimization techniques for efficient energy consumption
Energy-efficient scheduling algorithms
Voltage and frequency scaled networks protocols
Energy-efficient transmission technologies
Energy-efficient protocols/algorithms in physical and IP layers
Energy-efficient radio resource management and routing
Hardware energy-efficiency systems
Virtualization techniques for energy efficiency
Simulation/modeling tools for energy efficient solutions
Green computation
Energy-efficient service provisioning
Energy-efficient networking
Technology as Green Enablers (Grid, Cloud, Data Centers, Virtualization)
Energy-efficient methodologies for infrastructure
Cooling/heating efficient energy
Power distribution
Green service life cycle
Energy efficiency planning
Green performance metrics
Energy and performance profiling
Energy consumption and energy efficiency analysis
Energy demand prediction for appliances in industrial and home environments
Green certificates
Green maturity models
Energy-aware vehicular technologies
Alternative vehicular energy
Hybrid car energy and new battery technologies
Smart charging infrastructure
New forms of energy storage
Integration of electric vehicles and battery technology
Monitoring and sense-and-control of charging
Energy-aware vehicular sensor networks
Pricing models for charging stations, roaming across territories
Systems and computing for electric vehicle
Car energy optimization
Pricing models for charging stations
Smart Grids technologies
Sensors for Smart Grids
Wireless communications and networks for the Smart Grid last mile
Transport layer mechanisms for Smart Grids
IP interoperability in the Smart Grid
Multicast and secure multicast for the Smart Grids
Intelligent electronic devices (IED) for Smart Grids
Precision time synchronization protocols for the Smart Grids
Smart Grids Transmission Infrastructure
High Voltage DC (HVDC)
Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)
Automatic Correction Substations
Phasor Measurement Units (PMU)
Optical Sensors (OS)
Smart Grids management and control
AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure)
QoS, latency and reliability in Smart Grids
Security (including wireless, wire-line, broadband over power lines) in Smart Grids
Data aggregation, privacy considerations, and network data anonymization
Mobility issues in Smart Grids
Demand - response with dynamic pricing on a real-time in Smart Grids
Intelligent status monitoring in Smart Grids
Fault tolerance and disaster recovery in Smart Grids
Load balancing in Smart Grids
Dynamic discovery in Smart Grids
Software for Smart Grids
Management software for Smart Grids
End-User software application for Smart-grids
Firmware for Smart devices
Smart Grid modeling applications
Smart Grids applications
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Energy Management Systems (EMS)
Demand Response Control
Meter Data Management System (MDMS)
Home Area Networking (HAN) technologies with smart meters
Wind energy integration in Smart Grids
Disseminating power grid status information in Smart Grids
Solar, wind and energy storage integration in Smart Grids
Business issues for Smart Grids
Resilient operations against physical and cyber attacks, and natural disasters
Power quality operations in a digital economy
Anticipation and responses to system disturbances in a self-healing manner applications
Smart Grids and social infrastructure challenges
Utilities and transportation assets
Smart Grid efficiency, security and reliability
Smart Grids and renewable technologies
Enabling active participation by consumers
Accommodate all generation and storage options
Enable new products, services, and markets
Optimize asset utilization and operating efficiency
Legislation on Smart Grid
Advanced IT energy-aware technologies
Communications, sensors, wireless, mobility
Integration of consumer with utility's infrastructure
Automation, including billing and monitoring (smart meter integration)
User interfaces (e.g., personal mobile devices)
Appliance integration of smart appliances (communications interfaces, data formats)
Integration of customer perception and response
Integration of solar technologies
Integration of wind mill technologies
Energy storage integration - battery, hydro, mechanical
Renewable energy - energy source integration models
Sensors use for energy management
Challenges in Smart Grids and IT-energy aware technologies
Scaling up
Cyber-infrastructure and cyber-security - technologies, models
Open-systems wireless and communications interface software
Security of information technology
Governments and corporation visions
Social perception and support
Standardizing approach
INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals.
Publisher: XPS (Xpert Publishing Services)
Archived: ThinkMindTM Digital Library (free access)
Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.
Articles will be submitted to appropriate indexes.
Important deadlines:
| Submission (full paper) |
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| Notification | April 9, 2016 |
| Registration | April 23, 2016 |
| Camera ready | May 17, 2016 |
Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.
Contribution types
- regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
- short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
- ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org]
- doctoral forum submissions: [in the proceedings, digital library]
Proposals for:
- mini symposia: [in the proceedings, digital library]
- workshops: [in the proceedings, digital library]
- tutorials: [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
- panels: [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org]
FORMATS
Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission. All received submissions will be acknowledged via an automated system.
Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11", not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost. The formatting instructions can be found on the Instructions page. Helpful information for paper formatting can be found on the here. Latex templates are also available.
Slides-based contributions can use the corporate/university format and style.
Your paper should also comply with the additional editorial rules.
Once you receive the notification of contribution acceptance, you will be provided by the publisher an online author kit with all the steps an author needs to follow to submit the final version. The author kits URL will be included in the letter of acceptance.
We would recommend that you should not use too many extra pages, even if you can afford the extra fees. No more than 2 contributions per event are recommended, as each contribution must be separately registered and paid for. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to ensure that the paper will be included in the conference proceedings and in the digital library, or posted on the www.iaria.org (for slide-based contributions).
CONTRIBUTION TYPE
Regular Papers (up to 6-10 page article -6 pages covered the by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost- ) (oral presentation)
These contributions could be academic or industrial research, survey, white, implementation-oriented, architecture-oriented, white papers, etc. They will be included in the proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing.
Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the appropriate contribution type.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Short papers (work in progress) (up to 4 pages long) (oral presentation)
Work-in-progress contributions are welcome. These contributions represent partial achievements of longer-term projects. They could be academic or industrial research, survey, white, implementation-oriented, architecture-oriented, white papers, etc. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as work in progress. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. For more details, see the Work in Progress explanation page.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Ideas contributions (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
This category is dedicated to new ideas in their very early stage. Idea contributions are expression of yet to be developed approaches, with pros/cons, not yet consolidated. Ideas contributions are intended for a debate and audience feedback. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Idea. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. For more details, see the Ideas explanation page.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Extended abstracts (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
Extended abstracts summarize a long potential publication with noticeable results. It is intended for sharing yet to be written, or further on intended for a journal publication. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Extended abstract. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Posters (paper-based, two pages long) (oral presentation)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic.
A two-page paper summarizes a presentation intended to be a POSTER. This allows an author to summarize a series of results and expose them via a big number of figures, graphics and tables.
Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Poster Two Pages. Contributors must follow the conference deadlines, describing early research and novel skeleton ideas in the areas of the conference topics. The work will be published in the conference proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing.
8-10 presentation slides are suggested.
Also a big Poster is suitable, used for live discussions with the attendees, in addition to the oral presentation.
Posters (slide-based, only) (oral presentation)
Posters are intended for ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications/projects presentations. The poster may be presented during sessions reserved for posters, or mixed with presentation of articles of similar topic. The slides must have comprehensive comments.
This type of contribution only requires a 8-10 slide-deck. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Poster (slide-only). The slide-deck will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
8-10 presentation slides are suggested.
Also a big Poster is suitable, used for live discussions with the attendees, additionally to the oral presentation.
Presentations (slide-based, only) (oral presentation)
These contributions represent technical marketing/industrial/business/positioning presentations. This type of contribution only requires a 12-14 slide-deck. Please submit the contributions following the submission instructions by using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Presentation (slide-only). The slide-deck will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Demos (two pages) [posted on www.iaria.org]
Demos represent special contributions where a tool, an implementation of an application, or a freshly implemented system is presented in its alfa/beta version. It might also be intended for thsoe new application to gather the attendee opinion. A two-page summary for a demo is intended to be. It would be scheduled in special time spots, to ensure a maximum attendance from the participants. Please submit the contributions following the submission instructions by using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the contribution type as Demos. The Demos paper will be posted, post-event, on www.iaria.org.
Doctoral forum submissions: (up to 6-10 page article -6 pages covered the by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost- ) (oral presentation)
There contributions refer to PhD dissertations, new PhD approaches, and PhD out-of-the-book thinking, etc. They will be included in the proceedings, posted in the free-access ThinkMind digital library and sent for indexing. Please submit the contributions following the instructions for the regular submissions using the "Submit a Paper" button and selecting the appropriate contribution type Doctoral forum.
12-14 presentation slides are suggested.
Tutorial proposals
Tutorials provide overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals should be for 2-3 hour long. Proposals must contain the title, the summary of the content, and the biography of the presenter(s). The tutorials' slide decks will be posted on the IARIA site.
Please send your proposals to tutorial proposal
Panel proposals
The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms. Panel moderators are asked to identify their guests and manage that their appropriate talk supports timely reach our deadlines. Moderators must specifically submit an official proposal, indicating their background, panelist names, their affiliation, the topic of the panel, as well as short biographies. The panel's slide deck will be posted on the IARIA site.
Please send your proposals to panel proposal
Workshop proposals
See http://www.iaria.org/workshop.html
Mini Symposium proposal
See http://www.iaria.org/symposium.html
