Subject: [gaia] CFP CNBuB 2014

From: Braem Bart <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 14:16:26 +0000

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP)

CNBuB 2014, International Workshop on Community Networks and Bottom-up-Broadband 

http://research.ac.upc.edu/CNBuB2014 

Larnaca, Cyprus, October 8th, 2014 

Co-located with the 10th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMoB 2014) 

Submission deadline: June 1st, 2014 

The CNBuB 2014 workshop aims at serving as a meeting point for exchanging ideas, discussing solutions, and sharing experiences among researchers and practitioners, both from academia and community networks. The workshop solicits original papers addressing theoretical and practical challenges of community networks and bottom-up-broadband, including insights from other disciplines that contribute to the socio-technical-economic understanding of the community network operation and growth. 

Topics of interest for CNBuB 2014 include, but are not limited to: 

¦ Wireless mesh networks 
¦ Wireless MAC and routing protocols 
¦ Services and applications 
¦ Cross-layer designs 
¦ Hybrid networks with wireless and optical fibre links 
¦ Tools for bootstrapping and running community networks 
¦ Clouds for community networks 
¦ Interoperation of cloud-based community services 
¦ Performance modelling and evaluation 
¦ Quality of service provisioning 
¦ Quality of experience in community networks 
¦ Community network security and privacy 
¦ Large-scale management and data collection infrastructures 
¦ Incentive models for encouraging users and businesses to participate in community networks 
¦ Socio-technical-economic models for community networks

-- 
dr. Bart Braem
MOSAIC research group - iMinds
University of Antwerp
Campus Middelheim, G3.26
Middelheimlaan 1
B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
Phone: +32 (0)3 265.38.64
Web: www.pats.ua.ac.be