e-Energy 2012: where energy, computing and communication meet

Call for Papers

Third International Conference on Future Energy Systems

May 9-11, 2012 -- Madrid, Spain

http://e-energy2012.networks.imdea.org/

e-Energy is the conference on future energy systems, where energy, computing and communication meet. The first e-Energy conference was held in April 2010, in Passau (Germany), and the second took place in May/June 2011 at Columbia University, in New York City (USA).

e-Energy 2012 invites submission of two categories of paper: full papers and discussion papers. Full papers should be no longer than 10 pages and discussion papers should be no longer than 4 pages. All papers must present original theoretical and/or experimental research that has not been previously published, accepted for publication, or is not currently under review by another conference or journal. Submissions must be in PDF-format using the double-column ACM format given at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates Further submission information can be accessed via http://events.networks.imdea.org/content/e-energy-2012/paper-submission Proceedings will be published by ACM and appear in the ACM library and IEEE Xplore (subject to agreement by ACM and the IEEE).

Full papers should include a detailed description of research either in progress or completed. A discussion paper describes innovative and novel ideas that have not yet been fully explored, but have the potential to influence the research community. A discussion paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate a new approach, re-frame or debunk existing work, report unexpected results from a deployment, or propose new evaluation methodologies. We especially encourage submissions of early-stage work and enticing but unproven ideas.

Papers are to be submitted via EDAS: http://edas.info/N11357

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Energy-efficient networking and protocols:
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-energy-efficient network architectures
-high-capacity optical transport
-access networks (wired and wireless)
-energy-efficient network components (switches, routers, transceivers, amplifiers, etc.)
-peer-to-peer networking and overlays
-energy, performance, quality of experience trade offs
-sensing techniques and sensor networks for energy efficiency
-energy-efficient data transmission
-security challenges in energy-efficient networking
-instrumentation and measurement of energy-efficient networking

Energy-efficient computing:
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-cloud computing and virtualization
-energy-efficient data centers
-energy-efficient application design
-energy-efficient terminal design
-security challenges in energy-efficient computing
-energy and performance trade offs
-design methodologies and tools for energy-efficient services
-instrumentation and measurement of energy-efficient computing

ICT for energy efficiency:
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-energy-demand reduction techniques
-demand management in industrial applications
-demand management in domestic applications
-energy monitoring and management
-smart metering and dynamic pricing
-energy-efficient transport and logistics
-energy-efficient buildings

Smart Grids:
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-network architecture for future power networks
-networking and computing issues in smart grids
-reliability and power management
-service design and management
-electric vehicles and smart grids
-virtual power plants, distributed generation, microgrids, renewables and storage
-field trials

Important Dates
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Full paper due: January 10, 2012
Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2012
Final version due: April 13, 2012