Description
Recent developments in nanotechnology have enabled the manufacturing of low-power and low-cost nanoscale machines, i.e., nanomachines, with basic sensing, actuating and computing capabilities. Due to their size and simple structure, nanomachines individually have limited functionality. However, when they start to communicate to each other and construct nanonetworks, they are expected to collaboratively achieve more complex tasks and promise new solutions for several applications in biomedical, industry and military fields. Traditional computing and communications paradigms are not applicable due to the challenges posed by the physical laws governing this regime, and novel methods are required to realize nano networks.
The main goals of the 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM/IEEE NanoCom 2018), are to increase the visibilty of this growing research area to the wider computing and communication research communities as well as bring together researchers from diverse disciplines that can foster and develop new paradigms for nanoscale devices. Due to the highly inter-disciplinary nature of this field of research, the conference aims to attract researchers and academics from various areas of study such as electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, bioengineering, biotechnology, materials science, nanotechnology, who have an interest in computing and communications at the nanoscale.
Call for paper
Important Dates
Draft paper submission deadline：2018-03-18
Draft paper acceptance notification：2018-06-18
Final paper submission deadline：2018-07-08
Call for paper description
Communication technologies at micro- and nanoscale are essential for tackling numerous challenges in many fields, including ICT, medicine, pharmacology, synthetic biology, and materials science. The interdisciplinary nature of the related research challenges has prompted the creation of new multidisciplinary work groups.
The 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM/IEEE NanoCom 2018) aims at further growing the research community contributing to Nanocomputing and communications and to stimulate the knowledge transfer to industries.
ACM/IEEE NanoCom 2018 will highlight novel research results, stimulate novel and breakthrough ideas, and identify directions for short and medium term exploitation. Both novel theoretical and experimental research contributions are welcome. Conference will feature contributed and invited papers, posters, and keynote addresses in this emerging inter-disciplinary field.
We invite submissions in areas including (but not limited to) the following:
- Electromagnetic communication at (sub-)THz and optical frequencies
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Coding, modulation, detection, and estimation
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Channel modeling including free-space propagation and intra-chip/intra-body propagation
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Devices based on nanomaterials and metamaterials
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- Molecular communication in the biological, chemical, or mechanical environments
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Signal design, detection, estimation, and sensing
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Modeling channels of free diffusion, guided transport, microfluidic, in-vivo/in-vitro biological
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Molecular communication components including signal sources and encoders/decoders
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Interfaces for molecular and electromagnetic nanoscale communications
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Nanoscale communication network protocols for nanosensor and biological networks
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Simulation tools and experimental testbeds for nanonetworks
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Design and formal methods for specifying components and parameters
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Experimental demonstration of nano-communication systems
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Interworking of nano- and traditional macroscale communication systems
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Nano-computing paradigms, including neuromorphic computing, DNA and molecular computing, membrane computing, quantum computing, and biological computing
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Applications, such as the Internet of Nano(-Bio)-things, nanosensor networks, systems on chip, nanomedicine, tissue engineering, future and emerging applications, nanonetworks in exotic materials such as functional meta-surfaces and metamaterials