[ConTEL 2011] International Conference on Telecommunications

ConTEL 2011 - The 11th Int'l Conference on Telecomunications

June 15-17, 2011

Graz, Austria

http://www.contel.hr/

(Technically cosponsored by the IEEE Communications Society; supported by the IEEE ComSoc Communications Software TC.)

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 Paper Submission Deadline ....(extended!). February 21, 2011

 Notification of Acceptance................ April 8, 2011

 Final Camera Ready Paper Due ............. April 29, 2011

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The 11th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2011, will be held in Graz, Austria, from June 15-17, 2011. The conference venue will be the Graz University of Technology campus at Inffeldgasse.

The conference program will feature technical paper sessions, keynote talks, and workshops, covering a broad range of topics in telecommunications.

* Confirmed special sessions

-  Special Session on SmartCards and Contactless Communication Technologies, organized by Michael Gebhart and Michael Stark, NXP Semiconductors

- Special Session on Optical Access, organized by Giorgio M. Tosi Beleffi, Italian Ministry of Economic Development – Communication Department (MED), Rome, Italy, and Antonio Teixeira, IT, Aveiro, Portugal

- Special Session on Quality of Experience in Future Television Services: User, Content and Connectivity Aspects, organized by Marie-Jose Montpetit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Cambridge, USA, Thomas Mirlacher, IRIT-ICS, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, Maja Matijasevic, University of Zagreb, FER, Croatia

* General conference scope

The technical sessions will refer to three main areas:

- Next Generation Networks, Protocols, and Services

    - All-optical networks, Broadband wireless LANs/MANs, Satellite and Space Communications, Network convergence, Network Management, Next generation Internet, Multimedia Communication, Mobile  multimedia, Networked virtual environments, Quality of Service/ Experience, Mobile agents & multiagent systems, Web services and architectures, Telecom market

- Communications Software and Services

    - Service architectures, Communications systems software, Software engineering, Software testing and evaluation, Software design for mobile devices, Formal methods, Tools, environments and testbeds

- Information Infrastructure

    - e-Commerce & e-Government, Information society, Knowledge management, Security & privacy, Social networks services

* Submission and Review Process

Papers submitted to ConTEL must not have been published, submitted, or accepted for publication elsewhere. IEEE policy regarding plagiarism and duplicate submission/publication will be strictly enforced. Papers must be submitted electronically via EDAS (http://www.edas.info). The submissions should not exceed 8 pages, and should follow the IEEE double-column format for conferences. Templates will be available on the conference website.

Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the TPC, and evaluated for originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation. The proceedings will be published in the ConTEL 2011 Proceedings and in IEEExplore(tm), and submitted for indexing in INSPEC.

* General Chairs

Ignac Lovrek, University of Zagreb, FER, Croatia

Gernot Kubin, Graz University of Technology, Austria

* TPC Chairs

Maja Matijasevic, University of Zagreb, FER, Croatia

Erich Leitgeb, Graz University of Technology, Austria

* Organizing Committee Chair

Pirmin Pezzei, Graz University of Technology, Austria

* Technical Program Committee

Karl Aberer, EPFL, Switzerland

Slavisa Aleksic, TU Wien, Austria

Paulo Sergio de Britto Andre, IT, Aveiro, Portugal

Magdy Bayoumi, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

Dinko Begusic, University of Split, Croatia

Wolfgang Bosch, TU Graz, Austria

Zmago Brezocnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Antun Caric, HAKOM, Croatia

Hakan Delic, TU Delft, Netherlands

Sasa Desic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla Zagreb, Croatia

Bernd Eichberger, IfE, TU Graz, Austria

Wilfried Gappmair, IKS, TU Graz, Austria

Michael Gebhart, NXP Gratkorn, Austria

Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech, USA

Irena Grgic Gjerde, Telenor R & D, Norway

Manfred Hauswirth, DERI & Ntl Univ. of Ireland, Ireland

Steve Hranilovic, McMaster University, Canada

Vlasta Hudek, HT Croatian Telecom, Croatia

Sandor Imre, Budapest Univ. of Tech. & Econ., Hungary

Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia

Andreas Kassler, Karlstad University, Sweden

Wolfgang Kogler, EADS Astrium, Germany

Mladen Kos, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Yevgeni Koucheryavy, Tampere Univ. of Tech., Finland

Bozidar Kovacic, University of Rijeka, Croatia

Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

Oscar Martinez Bonastre, MH Univ. of Elche, Spain

Vjekoslav Matic, Infineon, Graz, Austria

Branko Mikac, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Thomas Mobert, U.of Applied Sciences Leipzig, Germany

Jadranka Pecar-Ilic, Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Croatia

Antonio Pescape, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy

Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway

Reinhard Posch, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Nikola Rozic, University of Split, Croatia

Yuval Shavitt, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Nicolas Sklavos, T. E. I. of Patras, Greece

Zoran Skocir, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Andreas Springer, University of Linz, Austria

Giorgio Maria Tosi Beleffi, ISCOM, Italy

Antonio J. S. Teixeira, Univ. de Aveiro, Portugal

Toshitaka Tsuda, Fujitsu, Japan

Manfred Wittig, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Drago Zagar, University of Osijek, Croatia

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Detailed info: ConTEL 2011 Web site http://www.contel.hr

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The conference is jointly organized by the Graz University of Technology - Faculty of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Zagreb - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, and, Osterreichischer Verband fur Elektrotechnik (OVE); and technically cosponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Communication Society Croatia Chapter, and IEEE Communication Society Austria Chapter.