GENERAL CHAIR
Stephen F Bush
General Electric, USA
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
CHAIR
Alexandre Schmid
EPFL, Switzerland
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
CO-CHAIRS
Alexander Sergienko
Boston University, USA
Kaustav Banerjee
UCSB, USA
Radu Marculescu
CMU, USA
Sumit Roy
U Washington, USA
Nikolaus Correll
MIT, USA
Tatsuya Suda
UC Irvine, USA
Sasitharan
Balasubramaniam
TSSG, Ireland
STEERING COMMITTEE
Imrich Chlamtac (Chair)
Create-Net, Italy
Gian Mario Maggio
Create-Net, Italy
WORKSHOP CHAIR
Sanjay Goel
UAlbany, USA
TUTORIAL CHAIR
Yun Li
General Electric, USA
PANEL CHAIR
Wei Wang
UAlbany, USA
STANDARDS CHAIR
Dan Gamota
Motorola, USA
PUBLICATIONS CHAIR
Maggie Cheng
Missouri S&T, USA
FINANCE CHAIR &
CONFERENCE
COORDINATOR
Karen Decker
ICST, Hungary
WEBMASTER
Damira Pon
UAlbany, USA
IMPORTANT DATES
Workshop Proposals:
May 2, 2008
Extended Submission
Deadline
June 15, 2008
(Regular/Invited)
July 15, 2008
(2-page Short)
Acceptance Notification:
July 16, 2008
(Regular/Invited)
July 21, 2008
(2-page Short)
Camera-Ready Version:
August 8, 2008
Nano-Net Conference:
Sept. 15-17, 2008
www.nanonets.org
Sponsors: Create-Net, ICST, EU (IST-FET), ENIAC
CALL FOR PAPERS
SCOPE: The Nano-Net conference positions itself at the intersection of two worlds, namely, emerging
nanotechnologies on one-side, and network/communication theory on the other side. The standing
question that this conference will address is: What are the new communication paradigms that derive from
the transition from micro- to nano-scale devices? The related degrees of freedom and constraints
associated with these new technologies will change our notions about efficient network and system
design. Nano-Net provides a multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of new techniques in modeling,
design, simulation, and fabrication of network and communication systems at the nano-scale.
PAPERS: The conference invites original technical papers that have not been previously published and
are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing all subjects pertaining
to nanotechnology & networking are solicited. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:
1. Applications for Nano-Networks
Wireless nanoscale transmitters and receivers, nano-sensors and actuators, nanorobotics, medical and
in-vivo imaging and sensing, lab on a chip, swarm micro and nano-inspection, embedding sensing, etc…
2. Modeling, Simulation, Standards and Architectural Aspects of Nano-Networks
Physical characterization/modeling of nano-scale interconnects and devices, Fault-tolerant and reliability of
nano-devices, Self-healing properties of nano-networks, CAD flows for NoCs and MP-SoC platforms, NoC
performance and trade-off analysis, Energy efficiency, Bio-inspired aspects
3. Novel Information and Graph Theory Aspects of Nano-Networks
Network architectures and topologies, Statistical mechanics approach to nano-communications,
Routing/addressing issues in nano-networks, Nano-coding, Applications of complex network theory, Selforganization in nano-scale systems, Modeling of Nano/Bio Communication Channels
4. Device Physics and Interconnects
Nano-technologies and devices for on-chip interconnects (CNTs, graphene nano-ribbons, semic., metallic
and DNA-templated nanowires), Molecular, optical and wireless interconnects, Interconnects for noncharge-based devices, emerging 3D-interconnects technologies
5. Nano-Robotics
Communication systems and networking protocols for sub-inch robotic systems, including low-bandwidth
coordination schemes for nano-robot teams and range and bearing devices for inter-robot relative
positioning
6. Bio-nano Applications
Bio-Micro/Nanoelectronics, Molecular scale chemical and biosensors, Bio-MEMS technology, Data and
power management, Nano-scale and molecular communications and information processing, Information
theory analysis of biological communications, Molecular Computation using molecular cells, Chemical
computing
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of the full
paper in English. Papers are limited to 5 pages (regular papers) and 8 pages (invited papers), or 2 pages
(work-in-progress, short position papers), and must fulfill the submission details listed at:
http://www.nanonets.org/submission.shtml and the Author's Kit for the LNICST style listed at:
http://www.nanonets.org/authorskit.shtml. Presentation will be either oral or in poster format, as deemed
appropriate by the Technical Program Committee.
PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be subject to a rigorous peer-review. Accepted papers will be
published by Springer in the Nano-Net Conference Proceedings, and made available online through
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNICST). Selected high-quality papers with a strong
nanoscale device component will be reviewed for a Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on
Nanotechnology, in an extended version. Short papers will be featured in the ICST upcoming magazine
I@CAST.
WORKSHOP & TUTORIAL PROPOSALS: Proposals for Special Sessions, Panel Sessions, and
Tutorials are encouraged. Potential Workshop and Tutorial organizers should submit a proposal of at most
5 pages, including scope/motivation of the session/tutorial, list of invited papers (still subject to peerreview) and short-bio of the organizer(s). Workshops should be submitted by e-mail to: goel@albany.edu,
tutorials to: liyun@research.ge.com.