[Tccc] CFP: Special Issue of Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier), "Role of inter-disciplinary research in nano communications"

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Call for Papers
NANO COMMUNICATION NETWORKS JOURNAL (ELSEVIER)

Special Issue on
ROLE OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN NANO COMMUNICATION

Submission deadline: October 1, 2010
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Nanotechnology has gained increased popularity in recent years, due
largely to its potential applications (e.g. healthcare, aerospace,
communications). A new field of research that has emerged is nano
communication networks, which aims to enable communication between
nano devices, or communication between nano devices and the macro
world. Unlike communication in conventional computing devices, nano
scale communication brings on new challenges due largely to their
sheer size, capabilities, design constraints, and environment. This
has led to highly inter-disciplinary research involving various fields
to develop communication capabilities for nano devices. While various
fields have applied communication theory/concepts towards nano scale
developments, there is still a gap that exists between the different
disciplines. The aim of this special issue is to reduce this gap,
foster and increase cross-disciplinary research in the growing field
of nano communications. In particular, the special issue welcomes
experimental and theoretical papers from various disciplines (e.g. bio-
physics, bio-chemistry, telecommunications, systems biology, materials
science, mathematics) that have investigated communication at nano
scale, in order to share best practices, experiences, and enable new
research road maps. We invite authors to solicit original and novel
contributions to this special issue, based on the following (but not
limited to) topics:

* Inter-disciplinary approaches for nano sensor development: Network
infrastructure for nano sensors (molecular communication and
wireless), organic electronics and communication (including spin
electronics, organic spin valve, and hybrid system with inorganic
interface), interfacing between organic and non-organic network
components, device and circuit modeling, optical nano sensors

* Emergent behaviour of nano scale communication: Self-assembly, self-
organisation of nano communication structures, classical and emerging
nano communication paradigms, design for fault tolerance and robustness

* Systems biology association to nano communication: Atomic
communication, protein network and cellular communication, modeling of
intracellular trafficking

* Nanotube networks: Membrane nanotubes, biological cargo
transportation using nanotubes (DNA, proteins, drugs), carbon
nanotubes (CNT)

* Natural Computing in nano communication: Molecular computing,
chemical state machines, DNA automaton, quantum cellular automata,
membrane computing, amoeba based computing

* Theoretical models: Complex networks, queuing theory, channel
modelling, quantum mechanics, stochastic pooling networks, information
theory, performance evaluation, nonlinear dynamics at nano scale

* Network concepts in nano communication: Hybrid and heterogeneous
nano network architectures, switching and routing, molecular
information encoding/processing, nano scale security (e.g. DNA based
encryption), error correction/detection

* Nano communication applications: Healthcare (e.g. micro-surgery,
drug delivery/target networks), aeronautics, transportation,
communication, environmental monitoring, nano communication for
pervasive computing (e.g. pervasive sensing)

Submission Instructions and Important Dates:
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All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted
through the Elsevier Editorial System (EES), where the format must
follow the Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) journal format.
Details can be found in http://ees.elsevier.com/nanocomnet. The
authors must select "NanoCom inter-disciplinary research" when they
reach the "Article Type" step in the submission process. Papers
must be single-column, double-spaced pdf format, at least 11 pt
fonts, and should not exceed 25 pages including references

Submission Deadline: October 1st, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: December 19th, 2010
Final Manuscripts Due: January 30th, 2011
Publication Date: Second Quarter, 2011
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Guest Editors:

Dmitri Botvich (dbotvich@tssg.org)
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland

Adriele Prina-Mello (prinamea@tcd.ie)
CRANN - Naughton Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Christof Teuscher (christof@teuscher-lab.com)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dept. of Computer
Science, Portland State University, Portland, USA

Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (sasib@tssg.org)
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland
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