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Dear All,
Due to the large amount of requests, the paper submission deadline for regular papers and extended abstracts has been extended to July 15, 2011. Note that you shall choose either of these two submission links for ISABEL and CogART, respectively, and if you do not have an Easy Chair account, you shall create it.
In this period, we have intensively worked to create the technical and social programmes of ISABEL and CogART 2011 (you can find a draft of our final programme here). Basically, all the elements of the technical programme (from keynotes to special invited lectures, from tutorials to prototypes/demos, from special sessions to workshops) have been enriched by the presence of prestigious speakers and organizers (Prof. Fernand Cohen, Prof. Gaetano Marrocco, Prof. Tamas Roska, Prof. Tommaso Melodia, Prof. Kaushik Chowdhury, Dr. Giovanni Saggio, Prof. Marina Mondin, Prof. Ilangko Balasingham, Dr. Kamran Sayrafian, Prof. Peter Jung and Prof. Liljana Gavrilovska, just to mention some). In particular, the FP7 project CROWN will hold its annual workshop under CogART 2011. Also, we are glad to announce that Prof. Xiaoliang Zhang has recently joined the International Scientific Committee of ISABEL.
WiseSense GmbH is officially sponsoring CogART 2011. WiseSense is a technology-oriented company located in Hannover, Germany, which develops sophisticated test and analysis tools for wireless automation and professional mobile radio networks. The products employ cognitive-enabled software defined radio technologies to facilitate wireless service classification, link-level and network-level analysis, advanced spectrum portfolio management, and proactive radio resource management in heterogeneous wireless scenarios. Furthermore, WiseSense is offering consultancy and development services dedicated to software defined, cognitive radio as well as intellectual property cores to deliver applicable solutions at your needs. Expertise includes information acquisition (sensing, context), cognitive engine, radio resource management, and CR-enabled PHY/MAC architectures. Contact us at secretariat@isabelconference.com to hear about our sponsorship opportunities.
In the past month, we have also worked hard for devising our social programme, so to create a pleasant environment where you can meet your professional needs as well as enjoy your stay in Barcelona. Hotel Alimara has been chosen as our conference venue and main accommodation (we are though working on a larger spectrum of hotels for your convenience). Our social events, i.e., the welcome reception, the gala award dinner and the third night out (28.10.2011) have been finalized, while we are currently working on the guided city tours (29.10.2011). Also, our registration fees are now available. As you can notice, this year we have introduced a specific reduced fee for non-presenters and fees for those registrants, who have already attended one of the previous editions of CogART (CogARTnet).
Our mission this year is to further elevate the scientific quality of our conferences and to ultimately launch them as renowned international events, where you will find appealing and well-developed topics, and you will be able to fruitfully share ideas with prominent personalities within your field. In particular, the development of the One2One tool, our business and science match making, will facilitate you during our conferences to create even more research opportunities and potential business partnerships by means of one-to-one meetings with various stakeholders, both from business and academia. As we are willing to make One2One as a customized match making event, which would perfectly fit your specific needs, please indicate what you are exactly looking for by answering to our quick 1-page online survey.
In conclusion, we would like to ask you to mark your calendar with our events, as many of your colleagues from all over the world have already done!
All updates can be found below and on our website. Have a look at videos and photos from last year’s conferences in our multimedia gallery.
Thanks and kind regards,
Simone Frattasi, Ph.D.
ISABEL and CogART President
www.isabelconference.com
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ISABEL 2011
4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences
in Biomedical and Communication Technologies
Theme: Smart Enablers of Communication and Biomedical Technologies supporting Post-Disaster Aftermath
See our Call for Papers here.
The inter-disciplinary approach is becoming an increasing need in scientific and industrial communities. The most evident example of such a need is represented by the strong interconnection between biomedical and communication engineering. On the one hand, ICT can provide new tools for making healthcare systems more efficient and responsive in order to supply in-the-home and mobile healthcare solutions. On the other hand, many of the most recent advances in communication technologies - from algorithms to the electronics and materials - are "bio-inspired". Moreover, it is increasing the awareness of the great potentials offered by the synergistic combination of many disciplines (e.g., mathematics and physics, biology and chemistry) in both biomedical and communication engineering.
The global interest towards a safer Planet is forcing the industrial and scientific worlds to seek for engineering solutions in order to re-establish normal conditions both in terms of communication and medical-related functionalities, which are two of most basic needs of human beings, especially under critical scenarios in the aftermath of a disaster, either natural or man-made. Hence, from 2011 onward, ISABEL will also look upon the application of sciences in biomedical and communication engineering so as to develop novel technologies and solutions that can make our lives "safer" in critical situation.
Upcoming deadlines:
July 15, 2011 | Regular paper/Extended abstract submission
New – See our Keynote Speakers here.
New – See our Special Invited Lecturers here.
New – See our Tutorials here.
New – See our Prototypes and Demos here.
New – See our Special Sessions here.
New – See our Workshops here.
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CogART 2011
4th International Conference on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management
Theme: Cognitive and Self-Organizing Networks for Disasters Aftermath Assistance See our Call for Papers here.
Conventional fixed spectrum allocation cannot successfully cope with the scarcity of radio frequency spectrum. Cognitive radio is a novel technology, which improves the spectrum utilization by seeking and opportunistically utilizing radio resources in time, frequency and space domains on a real time basis. The cognitive radio technology poses many new technical challenges, and overcoming these issues becomes even more challenging due to non-uniform spectrum and other radio resource allocation policies, economic considerations, the inherent transmission impairments of wireless links and user mobility. Cognitive radio technology advances are based on interdisciplinary research, including among others: signal processing, information theory, communications engineering, artificial intelligence, game theory, economics and legal issues. This conference aims at publishing high quality research papers related to cognitive radio and its applications.
An important and emerging application of cognitive networks and self-organizing networks, in general, is to help in the aftermath assistance in case of natural or man-made disaster strikes. To give relief in the affected areas, the interested parties, i.e., relief and security groups, need communications support; therefore, a communication network needs to be established as quickly and as easily as possible in order to ensure that rescue and relief efforts are not further hindered. From a communication perspective, a disaster scenario can be characterized as having hazardous spatial environments (with the prevention of infrastructure deployment as a consequence) and possibly radio environments as well (with the impairment of the spectrum bands assigned to disaster relief services as a consequence). Cognitive and self-organizing networks come as a solution to implement disaster relief networks, the latter being infrastructure-less or not.
Upcoming deadlines:
July 15, 2011 | Regular paper/Extended abstract submission
New – See our Tutorials here.
New – See our Special Sessions here.
New – See our Workshops here.
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One2One
Business & Science Match
See our Invitation Letter here.
Networking during conferences is certainly productive. However, there is a way to make it more effective! Do you want to find new clients for your services and products; partners for your R&D projects; authors/editors for your publications? Via the One2One 2011 we will help you in generating new business collaborations and research opportunities by means of one-to-one meetings between you and managers, researchers and other professional figures from companies, universities, public institutions, publishers, etc. As we are willing to make One2One as a customized match making event, which would perfectly fit your specific needs, please indicate what you are exactly looking for by answering to our quick 1-page online survey.
New – See our list of potential match makers, here.
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