Call for papers: UNSA ISCOMM 2019

UNSA ISCOMM 2019 is the most important event in the field of wireless and wired communications to take place in Arequipa, Peru. It will be hosted by Universidad Nacional San Agustín de Arequipa on March 28–29, 2019. We aim to attract professionals from the academia as well as the industry to share their latest results with the scientific, academic and industrialcommunity in the field of communications technologies. This symposium is organized around the keynote speeches of our award-winning guests. You are eagerly invited to see the details and news at our symposium homepage: https://www.unsaiscomm.org.

Arequipa is called the white city and is well-known for its nice weather all year round, colonial downtown, delicious cuisine and touristic attractions nearby.

Papers in all areas of wired and wireless communications and networks are welcomed. Expected topics include, but they are not limited to:

Physical layer and Communications theory

• AI-based communications systems
• Channel estimation and modeling
• Modulation techniques
• Multi-carrier schemes
• Interference estimation
• Cognitive radio
• Energy efficient PHY
• Physical layer security
• Ultra wideband
• mmWave
• Massive MIMO
• Antenna design and characterization
• Pulseshape design
• 5G PHY
• IoT PHY

Wired and Wireless Networks

• AI-based networks
• Software-defined wired/wireless networks
• Wireless sensor networksOptical networks
• Internet
• Social networks
• QoS and traffic management
• IoT Networks
• Ultra-dense networks
• Multi-RAT networks
• Heterogeneous networks
• Smart cities

Applications

• Visible light communications
• Power line communications
• Satellite communications
• Intelligent transport systems
• Localization and tracking
• M2M communications
• P2P communications

Authors are invited to submit original, 4-6 pages papers written in English and following the IEEE conference format guidelines and the instructions at our webpage. Accepted and presented papers will be published at IEEE Xplore and in the UNSA ISCOMM 2019 Proceedings. Aiming to encourage undergraduate students’ participation, a poster session is also planned. Check our webpage for details. Further information can be obtained mailing to information@unsaiscomm.org

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline: December 18, 2018

Extended Deadline: February 10, 2019

Notification of Acceptance: February 15, 2019

Camera ready submission: February 28, 2019

Call for Nominations

Dear ComSoc members in Latin America,

Annually, two awards are given to ComSoc members from the LA region to recognize their valuable work: the Latin America Region Young Professional Award and the Latin America Region Distinguished Service.

Candidates for awards must reside in the Latin America Region at the time of the publication or activity for which the awards is made and must be regular or student members of the IEEE Communications Society. 2016 winners will be invited to the Awards Ceremony to be organized in Latincom 2016’s Closing Session, Nov. 17th, in Medellin, Colombia (www.ieee-latincom.org).

Note the deadline and requirements for the nomination.

I) Latin America Region Young Professional Award

IEEE ComSoc Members evidencing of an outstanding and promising professional record in the field of communications.

Eligibility: Professionals in communications and related fields in their first five years of their careers following a professional degree. Latin America background is required.

Nominations: Nomination should include a supporting statement as well as contact information of the nominee and of the nominator. Self-nominations are accepted.

Prize: Plaque and US $ 1,000.00

II) Latin America Region Distinguished Service Award

IEEE ComSoc Members evidencing significant contribution to the development of IEEE Communications Society activities in the Latin America Region.

Eligibility: Individual who have significantly contributed to the development of IEEE Communications Society activities in the Latin America Region.

Nominations: Nomination should include a supporting statement as well as contact information of the nominee and of the nominator. Self-nominations are accepted.

Prize: Plaque and US 1,000.00

Nominations should be sent to:

Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, granville@inf.ufrgs.br

Deadline for nomination: September 9th, 2016    Extended deadline: September 23, 2016