Subject: [dtn-interest] SustainIT 2012 - Ph.D. Forum: Call for extended abstracts - Deadline Extended to June 30

From: Valerio Arnaboldi<[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:07:01 +0200

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                 PhD FORUM: CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

                             SustainIT 2012
                       Second IFIP Conference on
          Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability

                  http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/sustainit2012/

                          October 4-5, 2012
                        Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

*******    PHD FORUM EXTENDED DEADLINE: June 30, 2012      *******

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SustainIT 2012 hosts the PhD Forum on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability. The Forum will provide an opportunity for PhD students to present their dissertation research, including work in progress. In addition, it will be a platform for PhD students to interact both with their peers as well as with experienced researchers from industry and academia. The Forum will be organized as a poster session and will include a '1-minute madness' introduction by each student.

Current PhD students and researchers who completed their PhD dissertations after December 2011 are encouraged to submit extended abstracts. The PhD student and his/her advisor(s) can be the only authors. Submissions will be reviewed to ensure quality and relevance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to attend SustainIT 2012 and present their poster at the PhD Forum. Accepted extended abstracts will appear in conference proceedings.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
 
PhD students are invited to submit an extended abstract describing current research and potential contributions to theory and innovation in the areas of Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability.
 
Extended abstracts should include the authors' names, affiliation, and email address. Submissions must be PDF files, written in English. Submissions should adhere to the IEEE format and be no more than 3 pages in size (all inclusive). Abstracts must be submitted by e-mail to the following address: [email-masked]. Please send the PDF file as attachment of an e-mail having as subject: "PhD-Submission-AUTHORS(last names only, separated by a '-')".

IMPORTANT DATES:
 
Manuscript submissions: June 11, 2012 (Extended to June 30, 2012)
Notification of acceptance: July 9, 2012
Camera-ready copy due: July 30, 2012
Conference date: October 4-5, 2012

PhD Forum Co-Chairs
  Franco Davoli, University of Genova, Italy
  Brunilde Sanso, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

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Valerio Arnaboldi - SUSTAINIT2012 Publicity Chair

Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)
Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
phone: +39 050 315 2195
email: [email-masked]