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ENERGY 2011 : The First International Conference on Smart Grids, Green Communications and IT Energy-aware Technologies | |||||||||||
Link: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/ENERGY11.html | |||||||||||
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There is a perceived need for a fundamental transformation in IP communications, energy-aware technologies and the way all energy sources are integrated. This is accelerated by the complexity of smart devices, the need for special interfaces for an easy and remote access, and the new achievements in energy production. Smart Grid technologies promote ways to enhance efficiency and reliability of the electric grid, while addressing increasing demand and incorporating more renewable and distributed electricity generation. The adoption of data centers, penetration of new energy resources, large dissemination of smart sensing and control devices, including smart home, and new vehicular energy approaches demand a new position for distributed communications, energy storage, and integration of varii sources of energy.
ENERGY 2011 is an inaugural event considering Green approaches for Smart Grids and IT-aware technologies. It addresses fundamentals, technologies, hardware and software needed support, and applications and challenges. We welcome technical papers presenting research and practical results, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the above topics short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals. Industrial presentations are not subject to the format and content constraints of regular submissions. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial position and status. Tutorials on specific related topics and panels on challenging areas are encouraged. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions. Fundamentals in Smart Grids Architectures for Smart Grids Smart Grids Modeling Middleware for Smart Grids Energy-efficient communication for Smart Grid infrastructures Smart Grid Specific Protocols (DNP3, ICCP) Scalable infrastructures for Smart Grids Service-oriented architectures for Smart Grids Standards for Smart Grids Implementation and projects on Smart Grids Innovations on Smart Grids Green communications Energy-efficient communication protocols and power management Green communications (energy efficient modulation, coding, resource allocation) Optimization of energy-efficient protocols/algorithms Cross-layer optimization techniques for efficient energy consumption Energy-efficient scheduling algorithms Voltage and frequency scaled networks protocols Energy-efficient transmission technologies Energy-efficient protocols/algorithms in physical and IP layers Energy-efficient radio resource management and routing Hardware energy-efficiency systems Virtualization techniques for energy efficiency Simulation/modeling tools for energy efficient solutions Green computation Energy-efficient service provisioning Energy-efficient networking Technology as Green Enablers (Grid, Cloud, Data Centers, Virtualization) Energy-efficient methodologies for infrastructure Cooling/heating efficient energy Power distribution Green service life cycle Energy efficiency planning Green performance metrics Energy and performance profiling Energy consumption and energy efficiency analysis Energy demand prediction for appliances in industrial and home environments Green certificates Green maturity models Energy-aware vehicular technologies Alternative vehicular energy Hybrid car energy and new battery technologies Smart charging infrastructure New forms of energy storage Integration of electric vehicles and battery technology Monitoring and sense-and-control of charging Energy-aware vehicular sensor networks Pricing models for charging stations, roaming across territories Systems and computing for electric vehicle Car energy optimization Pricing models for charging stations Smart Grids technologies Sensors for Smart Grids Wireless communications and networks for the Smart Grid last mile Transport layer mechanisms for Smart Grids IP interoperability in the Smart Grid Multicast and secure multicast for the Smart Grids Intelligent electronic devices (IED) for Smart Grids Precision time synchronization protocols for the Smart Grids Smart Grids Transmission Infrastructure High Voltage DC (HVDC) Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) Automatic Correction Substations Phasor Measurement Units (PMU) Optical Sensors (OS) Smart Grids management and control AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) QoS, latency and reliability in Smart Grids Security (including wireless, wire-line, broadband over power lines) in Smart Grids Data aggregation, privacy considerations, and network data anonymization Mobility issues in Smart Grids Demand - response with dynamic pricing on a real-time in Smart Grids Intelligent status monitoring in Smart Grids Fault tolerance and disaster recovery in Smart Grids Load balancing in Smart Grids Dynamic discovery in Smart Grids Software for Smart Grids Management software for Smart Grids End-User software application for Smart-grids Firmware for Smart devices Smart Grid modeling applications Smart Grids applications Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Energy Management Systems (EMS) Demand Response Control Meter Data Management System (MDMS) Home Area Networking (HAN) technologies with smart meters Wind energy integration in Smart Grids Disseminating power grid status information in Smart Grids Solar, wind and energy storage integration in Smart Grids Business issues for Smart Grids Resilient operations against physical and cyber attacks, and natural disasters Power quality operations in a digital economy Anticipation and responses to system disturbances in a self-healing manner applications Smart Grids and social infrastructure challenges Utilities and transportation assets Smart Grid efficiency, security and reliability Smart Grids and renewable technologies Enabling active participation by consumers Accommodate all generation and storage options Enable new products, services, and markets Optimize asset utilization and operating efficiency Legislation on Smart Grid Advanced IT energy-aware technologies Communications, sensors, wireless, mobility Integration of consumer with utility's infrastructure Automation, including billing and monitoring (smart meter integration) User interfaces (e.g., personal mobile devices) Appliance integration of smart appliances (communications interfaces, data formats) Integration of customer perception and response Integration of solar technologies Integration of wind mill technologies Energy storage integration - battery, hydro, mechanical Renewable energy - energy source integration models Sensors use for energy management Challenges in Smart Grids and IT-energy aware technologies Scaling up Cyber-infrastructure and cyber-security - technologies, models Open-systems wireless and communications interface software Security of information technology Governments and corporation visions Social perception and support Standardizing approach INSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORS Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals. Publisher: XPS (Xpert Publishing Services) Archived: ThinkMindTM Digital Library (free access) Submitted for indexing: - ISI Thompson Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) - Elsevier's EI Compendex Database, EI’s Engineering Information Index - DBLP, IET INSPEC, and other relevant specialized indexes. - Other indexes are being considered Important deadlines: Submission (full paper) January 10, 2011 Notification February 20, 2011 Registration March 5, 2011 Camera ready March 20, 2011 |
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