Call For Papers

GENERAL CHAIR
Alexandre Schmid
EPFL, CH

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR
Sanjay Goel
U. Albany, USA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM
CO-CHAIRS
Alexander Sergienko
Boston U., USA

Andrei Vladimirescu
ISEP, FR

Gabriel Molina-Terriza
ICFO, Spain

Sorin Cotofana
Delft U. of Technology, NL

Alhussein Abouzeid
RPI, USA

Maggie Cheng
Missouri U. S&T, USA

Sylvain Martel
Ecole Polytech. Montréal, CA

Nikolaus Correll
MIT, USA

Costin Anghel
ISEP, FR

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Imrich Chlamtac
Create-Net, IT

Gian Mario Maggio
Create-Net, IT

WORKSHOPS
CO-CHAIRS
Sandro Carrara
EPFL, CH

Valeriu Beiu
UAEU, UAE

Wladek Grabinski
GMC Consulting, CH

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR
Wei Wang
U. Albany, SUNY, USA

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Gabriella Magyar
ICST

WEBMASTER
Annabel Bush
annabelwebdesign.com
USA

SCOPE: The Nano-Net conference positions itself at the intersection of two worlds, namely, emerging nanotechnologies on one side, and Information & Communication Technologies on the other side. One of the standing questions that this conference addresses is: What are the new communication paradigms that derive from the transition from micro- to nano-scale devices? The convergence of nano-technologies with established and novel engineering disciplines such as communication and network theory, sensors and actuators, and biomedical engineering is expected to radically shift our notions about efficient system and network design. Nano- Net provides a unique multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of novel techniques in modeling, design, simulation, and fabrication of nano-scale systems.

PAPERS: The conference invites original technical papers that have not been published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing subjects pertaining to nanotechnology and networking are solicited. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Emerging nano-devices and fabrication technologies CNTs, nanowires, nanoparticles, graphene devices, molecular processing and self-assembly, nano-patterning, emerging 3D-interconnects technologies, memristor, embedded memory technologies


2. Modeling and simulation of nano-devices and systems Physical characterization and modeling of nanodevices, interconnects, CAD for nano-devices and communication, power/thermal modeling in nano-devices and systems


3. Nano-materials, nano-photonics Coatings and surfaces, dendrimers, production techniques and applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage, catalysis, optical modulators and switches, optical and wireless interconnects, optical tweezers, photonic band-gaps, surface plasmons and collective excitations, and applications


4. Nano-electronics and architectures Processor and memory architecture in the nano-age, new computing paradigms, array processing nano-fabrics, routing and addressing issues, NoC performance and trade-off analysis, hybrid CMOS-nano systems, quantum electronics, molecular electronics


5. Reliability and fault-tolerance Self-healing properties of nano-systems and networks, yield issues, reconfigurability, (life time) diagnosis and test, design for reliability, bio-inspired circuits and architectures


6. Nano-networks Information theory aspects of nano-networks, network architectures and topologies, nanocoding, applications of complex network theory, modeling of nano/bio communication channels, wireless nanoscale transmitters and receivers


7. Nano-bio paradigms and applications Nano-bio paradigms and applications: new paradigms linking nanotechnology and biology for nano-networks and related applications


8. Nanosensor Self-Organization Nano-robotics, swarm behavior in nano networks, nano-bio networks, modeling and simulation of nano-networks


9. Nano-mechatronics Nano-robotics, nano-sensors, nano-fluidics, nano-filtration, arrays of nanomechatronic systems, molecular motors, NEMS, nanometrology


10. Emerging topics in nano-technologies Nano-toxicology and safety, standardization and regulatory issues, social and ethical aspects, clean and green technologies, economic and industrial development

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of the full paper in English. Papers are limited to 5 pages (regular papers), or 2 pages (work-in-progress papers), and must fulfill the submission details listed at: http://www.nanonets.org/ (submission guideline); the Author's Kit for the LNICST style listed at: http://www.nanonets.org/ (author’s kit). Presentation will be either oral or in poster format, as deemed appropriate by the Technical Program Committee.

PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be subject to a rigorous peer-review. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Nano-Net Conference Proceedings, and made available online through Springer Lecture Notes LNICST, and ICST digital library, the European Union Digital Library. Selected high-quality papers will be invited to a post-conference journal publication in the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, in extended form.

WORKSHOP & TUTORIAL PROPOSALS: Proposals for Special Sessions, Panel Sessions, and Tutorials are encouraged. Potential Workshop and Tutorial organizers should submit a proposal of at most 5 pages, including scope/motivation of the session/tutorial, list of invited papers (still subject to peer-review) and shortbio of the organizer(s). Workshops and tutorial proposals should be submitted by e-mail to: alexandre.schmid@epfl.ch.