Workshop, Med-Hoc-Net 2007
June 13-15 2007, Corfu, Greece
Ad hoc networks have attracted the attention of the research community in the last several years. By now, some of the early fundamental issues and challenges of ad hoc networking have been clearly assessed, while new ones emerge as a result of the ever expanding application domain of ad hoc networking. Current emphasis of ad hoc networking includes application scenarios (road safety, disaster recovery, sensors and actuators, etc.), autonomous organization and operation, optimization and control, service creation and support and middleware. Moreover, wireless mesh networking is emerging as an “ad hoc spin-off” aimed at extending and integrating the multi-hop paradigm with more traditional networking, which poses new and exciting technical challenges.

Med-Hoc-Net 2007 is an established annual international workshop aiming to serve as a forum where researchers from academia, research labs and the industry from all over the world, meet to share ideas, views, results, and experiences in the field of ad hoc networking. Anything from theoretical and experimental achievements, to innovative ad hoc systems, prototyping efforts, and case studies is of interest to the Med - Hoc-Net community. The papers solicited in Med-Hoc-Net 2007 cover a variety of topics related to ad hoc networks, including but not limited to:

> Novel multi-hop wireless network architectures.
> Routing algorithms and protocols.
> MAC protocols, scheduling, power control and radio resource sharing.
> Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks.
> Middleware for ad hoc networks.
> Application driven architectures and protocols.
> Sensor network applications and protocols.
> Vehicular networks.
> Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks.
> Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes.
> Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.20, etc.).
> Self organization and network reconfiguration.
> Optimization models and algorithms.
> Autonomic Communications: paradigms and algorithms.
> Resource and service discovery.
> Call admission and traffic shaping policies for ad-hoc networks.
> QoS support.
> Security and privacy.

The members of program committee will referee all papers, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be published in the Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks journal.

Manuscripts must be formatted according to the IEEE double-column standard format, with the exception of the font size, which must be 11pt. Authors should use only standard fonts, i.e., Times Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Helvetica, or their equivalent. The maximum length of the manuscript is 8 pages, including figure, tables and references.

Submission instructions: All papers in pdf format should be emailed to cdoulig@unipi.gr. The email subject should be: “MedHocNet07 Paper Submission”

IMPORTANT DATES
Full Paper Electronic Submission: Thursday February 15, 2007
Paper notification of acceptance/rejection: Tuesday April 3, 2007
Camera ready submission of full papers: Friday April 27, 2007
Conference dates: June 13-15, 2007

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Ioannis Stavrakakis, University of Athens.
Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus.
John Baras, University of Maryland.

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR
Konstantinos Oikonomou, Ionian University.

PUBLICITY CHAIR
George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean.

STEERING COMMITTEE
Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Khaldoun Al Agha, Université Paris-Sud.
Mario Gerla, University of California at Los Angeles.
Farouk Kamoun, Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique.
Giovanni Pau, University of California at Los Angeles.
Guy Pujolle, Université Paris 6