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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Apologies for possible multiple copies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-----------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Proposal Submission Deadline: {May 1, 2012}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A book edited by Dr. Thomas Lagkas*, Dr. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis*, Dr. Malamati Louta*, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios+<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>*University of Western Macedonia, Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+Alexander T.E.I. of Thessaloniki, Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/Aidb9Y<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Introduction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cognitive networking is a term with a broad meaning and refers to “smart” communicating entities that are capable of identifying current networking conditions and adapting to them. Research was focused until lately mainly on radio and spectrum related aspects. However, these can now be considered as just a part of the subject area. The current trends reveal major activity in other relevant fields towards the integration of different techniques for the realization of completely self-aware and self-adaptive communication systems. It is clear that the implications of cognitive networks can be critical for the evolution of future communication systems. Optimizing the coexistence terms of the wireless devices is expected to lead to significantly improved reliability, robustness, performance, cost management, and resource utilization. Hence, it becomes evident that extensively studying the specific area arises as a necessity.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Objective of the Book<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The book is intended to provide a complete overview of the cutting edge technologies that are combined for the formation of self-aware, self-adaptive, and self-organizing networks. One of the major goals is to attract chapters on both lower layer and higher layer approaches, all targeting at improving network behavior and user experience via enhancing devices’ intelligence. In this manner, this publication aims to inform the research community and the related industry of the state of the art solutions for cognitive networks, bring the involved technologies together, and clarify the latest trends towards a unified, cross-layer architecture for the realization of cognitive networking.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Target Audience<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The target audience of this book will be composed of students, instructors, researchers, and professionals. It could be considered as a modern guide for students and instructors to cognitive, wireless, adaptive, and next generation networks. Researches would find it to be a valuable source of information on the related area, on which source they could rely to develop novel methods and techniques. Lastly, the book could assist professionals in acquiring cutting edge knowledge on their field and motivate them towards the implementation of self-managing networking solutions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Self-adaptive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Self-organizing networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Self-managing networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Self-aware networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Autonomous networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cooperative networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cognitive radio<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spectrum management issues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Learning automata<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nature inspired networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>QoS and QoE provision in cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Energy efficiency in cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Heterogeneous cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MAC protocols for cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Routing schemes for cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mobility management in cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Resource allocation in cognitive networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submission Procedure<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 1, 2012 a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 1, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. http://www.icte.uowm.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemid=27<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publisher<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>May 1, 2012: Proposal Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>June 1, 2012: Notification of Acceptance<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>August 1, 2012: <span lang=EL> </span>Full Chapter Submission<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>September 30, 2012: Review Results Returned<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>November 30, 2012: Final Chapter Submission<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>January 15, 2013: Final Deadline<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editorial Advisory Board Members:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mischa Dohler, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ali Imran, QU Wireless Innovations Center (QUWIC), Qatar <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Arturas Medeisis, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joseph Mitola III, Mitola's STATISfaction, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>R. Venkatesha Prasad, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fernando Jose Velez, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes/Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chonggang Wang, InterDigital Communications, USA <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Honggang Zhang, Zhejiang University, China<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Thomas Lagkas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel.: +30 24610 56500 • Fax: +30 24610 56501 • GSM: +30 6972 866899<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: tlagkas@uowm.gr<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>