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  3rd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems – SMARTGREENS 2014

  Barcelona, Spain

  CALL FOR PAPERS

  3rd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems – SMARTGREENS 2014

  Website: http://www.smartgreens.org

  April 4 - 5, 2014

  Barcelona, Spain

  Regular Papers

  Regular Paper Submission: October 3, 2013 
  Regular Paper Authors Notification: January 17, 2014 
  Regular Paper Camera Ready and Registration: January 31, 2014

   

  Sponsored by:

  INSTICC-Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

  INSTICC is Member of:

  WfMC - Workflow Management Coaliton

  OMG - Object Management Group

   

  Logistics Partner:

  SCITEVENTS – Science and Technology Events

   

  Scope:

  The purpose of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems (SMARTGREENS) is to bring together researchers, designers, developers and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of Smart Grids, Green Information and Communication Technologies, Sustainability, Energy Aware Systems and Technologies.

  KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  SMARTGREENS 2014 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

   

  PUBLICATIONS

  All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.

  SCITEPRESS is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).

  All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.

  The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus.

   

  AWARDS

  The awards will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session.

  Please check the website for further information: http://www.smartgreens.org/BestPaperAward.aspx

   

  CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:

  Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland
  Karl-Heinz Krempels, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

   

  PROGRAM CHAIR

  Brian Donnellan, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

   

  CONFERENCE AREAS:

  Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

  1. SMART GRIDS
  2. ENERGY-AWARE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
  3. SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS
  4. SMART CITIES

   

  AREA 1: SMART GRIDS 

  • Real-Time Systems
  • Architectures for Smart Grids
  • Smart Grids Modeling
  • Smart Grid Specific Protocols
  • Scalable Infrastructures for Smart Grids
  • Load Balancing in Smart Grids
  • Smart Grid Security and Reliability
  • Smart Grids and Renewable Technologies
  • Sensors for Smart Grids
  • Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery in Smart Grids
  • Integration of Smart Appliances
  • Smart Homes (Domotics)
  • Interoperability and strategies to meet communications demands
  • Real time analytics and self-healing grid capability

   

  AREA 2: ENERGY-AWARE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES 

  • Optimization Techniques for Efficient Energy Consumption
  • Economic Models of Energy Efficiency
  • Greener Systems Planning and Design
  • Energy Monitoring
  • Virtualization for Reducing Power Consumption
  • Scheduling and Switching Power Supplies
  • Energy Profiling and Measurement
  • Renewable Energy Resources
  • Embedded Sensor Networks
  • Energy Management Systems (EMS)
  • Driving innovation in energy storage
  • Virtual Power Plants
  • Evolutionary Algorithms in Energy Applications

   

  AREA 3: SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS 

  • Green Data Centers
  • Algorithms for Reduced Power, Energy and Heat
  • Qos and Green Computing
  • Green Software Engineering Methodologies and Tools
  • Virtualization Impact for Green Computing
  • Green Computing Models, Methodologies and Paradigms
  • Green Communications Architectures and Frameworks
  • Energy Efficient Network Hardware
  • Energy-Efficient Communication Protocols
  • Case Studies on Green Computing and Communications
  • Educational Ecosystems
  • Ecological monitoring, analytics and visualization
  • Low power wireless communication technologies

   

  AREA 4: SMART CITIES 

  • User-Centred and Participatory Design of Services and Systems for Smart Cities
  • Innovation Labs, Experimental Test-Beds and Simulation Environments
  • Internet-Enabled Infrastructures and Services
  • Mechanisms for Motivating Behaviour Change
  • Service Innovation and Design to Support Smart Cities
  • Cloud Computing and Service Models for Smart City Solutions
  • e-Work and e-Business Applications
  • Planning and Design Challenges for Smart Cities
  • Intelligent Transport Systems and Traffic Management
  • Smart Sensor-Based Networks and Applications
  • IS Architecture Designs and Platforms for Smart Cities
  • Case Studies and Innovative Applications for Smart(er) Cities
  • Integrating renewable energy sources into the smart cities grid
  • Harvesting energy with customer participation
  • Microgeneration
  • Frameworks and models for Smart City Initiatives

   

  PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  http://www.smartgreens.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

   

  Please check further details at the conference website (http://www.smartgreens.org)